Rhino
02-06-2007, 09:09 AM
FEMA Seeks to Recoup $309 Million in Katrina Recovery Aid
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
NEW ORLEANS — In the neighborhood President George W. Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave US$84.5 million (euro65.3 million) to more than 10,000 households. But official figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time.
Now the government wants back a lot of the money it gave out across the region.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 households improperly received US$309.1 million (euro239 million) in grants, and officials acknowledge those numbers are likely to rise.
FOX Fan Speakout: Do you think that the government should seek retribution for improperly granted Hurricane Katrina aid?
In the chaotic period after two deadly hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, slammed the Gulf Coast in 2005, federal officials scrambled to provide help to hard-hit areas.
But an Associated Press analysis of government data suggests the government might not have been careful enough with its aid as it gave out nearly US$5.3 billion (euro4 billion) to storm victims. The analysis found the government regularly gave money to more homes in some neighborhoods than the number of homes that actually existed......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250458,00.html
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
NEW ORLEANS — In the neighborhood President George W. Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave US$84.5 million (euro65.3 million) to more than 10,000 households. But official figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time.
Now the government wants back a lot of the money it gave out across the region.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 households improperly received US$309.1 million (euro239 million) in grants, and officials acknowledge those numbers are likely to rise.
FOX Fan Speakout: Do you think that the government should seek retribution for improperly granted Hurricane Katrina aid?
In the chaotic period after two deadly hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, slammed the Gulf Coast in 2005, federal officials scrambled to provide help to hard-hit areas.
But an Associated Press analysis of government data suggests the government might not have been careful enough with its aid as it gave out nearly US$5.3 billion (euro4 billion) to storm victims. The analysis found the government regularly gave money to more homes in some neighborhoods than the number of homes that actually existed......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250458,00.html