The GAO has released its follow-up report on FEMA’s management of Katrina and Rita relief funds. Of the $290 million dollars FEMA acknowledged as overpayments after GAO’s initial report, only $7 million has been collected. Apparently, once a government agency spends money, it’s gone. Go figure.

Also still missing, 42 laptops, 18 printers, 23 GPS units, and 2 flat-bottom boats. The boats I suppose I can understand, and certainly the GPS units. Both are items used on the ground during the crisis. Laptops? Printers?

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