Contractor criticized over Katrina aid
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Nearly eight months after it was hired by the state, a consulting company in charge of dispensing billions in federal aid to people whose homes were damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has received 101,000 applications but handed out fewer than 300 grants.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday criticized security contractors in Iraq as Baghdad piled more pressure on the State Department to pull the Blackwater firm out of Iraq after deadly shootings last month.
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U.S. security contractor Blackwater, under investigation in the shooting deaths of 11 Iraqis this month, came under criticism again on Thursday over an ambush in 2004 in which four of its staff were killed.
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If war is out of control, contractorsâ incentives may lead to errors.
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Federal emergency officials claim the New Orleans levee system is ready for another major hurricane, despite the less-optimistic views of other political leaders and engineers.
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By Penix, Matthew  Oil and gas infrastructure was left mangled when Hurricane Katrina rambled through the Gulf of Mexico in August 2005. Vast amounts of work needed to be done by engineering firms already short on employees.
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Private consultants hired by the Department of Homeland Security have found widespread problems with its contracting operation, including nearly three dozen contract files that could not be located.
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The Bush administration is challenging a court order requiring it to make housing payments to thousands of families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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A public funding watchdog criticises the government's financial response to the summer's floods.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'  top contracting official on Friday called the government's  grant of multi-billion dollar contracts to oil services giant  Halliburton the worst case of contracting abuse she has ever  seen.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium The incoming European Union trade commissioner is criticizing the United States for failing to work to resolve a dispute over government aid to Boeing and Airbus.
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Bad contractors can make your life miserable -- avoid them.
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Overwhelmed volunteers, inflexible attitudes and inadequate anti-fraud measures are among the many shortcomings acknowledged by the American Red Cross in a candid and comprehensive new report assessing its response to Hurricane Katrina.
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A United Nations official who has toured parts of Louisiana and Mississippi devastated by Hurricane Katrina says the thousands of victims of the storm resemble poor people displaced by natural disasters in other parts of the world.
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The massive federally funded program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged Louisiana homes is short nearly $3 billion largely because Louisiana officials are compensating thousands of homeowners who were not originally supposed to benefit, according to an analysis by the Bush administration.
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A watchdog group says the $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding the city after Hurricane Katrina is a muddled wish-list of projects, and city officials should use the best parts to create a more cohesive, realistic plan.
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Louisiana's grant program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged homes is giving money to thousands who weren't supposed to be eligible, the White House's hurricane recovery czar testified Thursday.