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NEW ORLEANS – The Federal Emergency Management Agency hasn't tried to recoup about $643 million in improper payments made to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters in the wake of a judge's order more than three years ago, according to a government audit issued Monday.
The improper payments have gone uncollected for more than three years because FEMA hasn't given its final approval to a new process for recovering the money, auditors found in a report by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general's office.
The federal agency has distributed more than $7 billion in disaster assistance payments since hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. An estimated 160,000 applicants received about $643 million in improper payments resulting from fraud, FEMA errors or other mistakes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110103/ap_on_re_us/us_fema_disasters_audit
this is seriously beyond incompetent government, its an epic failure of government
that amount is close to TARP payouts....good lord, that is a huge amount of waste/fraud that should be recouped ASAP...maybe FEMA is too big to fail...i think the government should clean its own house before telling wall street what to do
The improper payments have gone uncollected for more than three years because FEMA hasn't given its final approval to a new process for recovering the money, auditors found in a report by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general's office.
The federal agency has distributed more than $7 billion in disaster assistance payments since hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. An estimated 160,000 applicants received about $643 million in improper payments resulting from fraud, FEMA errors or other mistakes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110103/ap_on_re_us/us_fema_disasters_audit
this is seriously beyond incompetent government, its an epic failure of government
that amount is close to TARP payouts....good lord, that is a huge amount of waste/fraud that should be recouped ASAP...maybe FEMA is too big to fail...i think the government should clean its own house before telling wall street what to do