FEMA Accused Of Wasting More Katrina Funding
Gosh I am getting tried of writing about FEMA. According to multiple news sources (here and here) a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis reports poor management and planning led the FEMA to waste $30 million on trailer maintenance contracts.
The report highlights that FEMA approved $16 million in improper or fraudulent invoices for trailer maintenance between June 2006 and January 2007. FEMA also failed to award those contracts to contractors with the lowest prices. Another $15 million was wasted on maintenance inspections FEMA cannot prove ever took place. Adding to the waste (some like myself may say fraud) is FEMA’s decision to place many trailers at group sites, which at one location runs the agency an average of $30,000 per 280 square feet—because FEMA only placed eight trailers there. The contract for this site was fixed in advance, meaning the cost was the same no matter how many trailers were placed there.To pour more salt on the wounds of Katrina victims, at one site FEMA paid $229,000 for repairs” on one trailer—the equivalent of a five bedroom house in that area. How do these people still have jobs?
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