A bill by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General says the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency misspent nearly $18 million in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction grants. It includes money spent on grant management and overpayments to local governments for debris removal.
For more information, read the Sun Herald’s article.
Mississippi Emergency Management Misspent $18 Million, Auditors Say
by News Report on March 15, 2010
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