From the Knock me Over with a Feather Department: case #234233

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Bush cronyism rears its ugly head once again, this time vis a vis Katrina contracts.


"The review of federal contracts from five government agencies, conducted by the House Small Business Committee, is the latest to document missteps in the award of billions of dollars of lucrative government work since the 2005 storm.

The findings were provided Wednesday to The Associated Press in advance of a hearing by the committee Thursday at which officials from the five agencies were to testify about the contract awarding system.

The committee's review found that small businesses in Louisiana had an overall net loss of $8.9 million in contracting dollars since April, when the agencies reaffirmed their commitment to give smaller companies a share of the work. The loss was due in part to a decision at the Homeland Security Department to modify several existing agreements instead of awarding significant new contracts."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_go_co/katrina_contracts