Audit Of Homeland Security Dept. Finds "Unprecedented Opportunity For Fraud, Waste and Abuse"...

The Washington Post Dan Eggen December 29, 2005 at 12:38 AM
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Nearly three years after it was formed, the mammoth Department of Homeland Security remains hampered by severe management and financial problems that contributed to the flawed response to Hurricane Katrina, according to an independent audit released yesterday.

The report by Homeland Security Inspector General Richard L. Skinner aimed some of its most pointed criticism at one of DHS's major entities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Katrina and a subsequent storm, Rita, added to FEMA's "already overburdened resources and infrastructure," the report said.

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