Here is the Department of Defense press release from last night. Halliburton Watch reports:
This comes on the heels of the report by Newhouse News that government contracts are going to corporations outside the Gulf region:
The U.S. Navy awarded $33 million to Halliburton for clean up work at naval air stations damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Defense announced last night.At least this one wasn't no-bid, but the question remains why a chronic law-breaker is still getting taxpayer money.
The money will be added to the $12 million awarded to Halliburton on August 29, the day Katrina made landfall. Both awards, totalling $45 million, require the company to repair structures and remove debris at naval air stations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Mississippi and in Louisiana.
This comes on the heels of the report by Newhouse News that government contracts are going to corporations outside the Gulf region:
Of the 140 contracts the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded through Oct. 3 for such things as travel trailers, pre-fabricated homes, satellite phones, computers and even mosquito control, just two went to Louisiana companies. The pair of contracts accounted for less than half of 1 percent of the $1.6 billion total.Although I guess Halliburton is based in Houston. Just helpin' out the local boys.
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