When you do something like this, you do increase the vulnerability for fraud, plain waste, abuse and mismanagement. We are very apprehensive about what we are seeing so far.
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Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing. They were under a lot of pressure, and they took a lot of shortcuts that may have resulted in a lot of waste. And they may have abused their authority to enter into contracts that they were not authorized to do.Richard Skinner
The focus is going to be on prevention, ... Let's don't wait for the problem to raise its ugly head. Let's make sure controls are in place to reduce the opportunity for any waste, fraud or mismanagement.
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At the maximum occupancy level, this equates to 416,000 per evacuee. We understand that FEMA terminated the lease and returned the improved property to the Joint Powers Authority.
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By using no-bid contracts, we do increase our vulnerability for waste, and that's what we want to take a close look at.
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In my experience, I don't care where you're at, whether you're in New York or Florida, California or Louisiana, after disasters, when you have this kind of money being pumped into the community this fast, there are going to be people who are going to try to take advantage of it.
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