Audit says FEMA squandering Katrina aid
This government agency needs a complete overhaul. I sure hope some heads roll over this. A lot of rebuilding could have been done with this billion dollars.
Audit says FEMA squandering Katrina aid
WASHINGTON - The government is squandering tens of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina disaster aid, in some cases doling out housing payments to people living rent-free, investigators said Wednesday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recouped less than 1 percent of the $1 billion that investigators contend it squandered on fraudulent assistance, according to the Government Accountability Office. Its report shows the disaster relief agency's struggles, one year after the deadly storm, to rush aid to those in need while also preventing abuse.
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A copy of the GAO report can be found at: http://wid.ap.org/documents/katrina/GAO120606.pdf
