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I thought Thursday's editorial "Another disaster for FEMA" made a lot of good points. However, I think you missed the main reason why the Federal Emergency Management Agency loosened the distribution controls (the red tape) on the Katrina disaster relief debit cards and other forms of disaster assistance payments and thus you came up with the wrong recommendation: that lawmakers and the leadership at FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security should "pay close attention to the stunning fraud and use it as a guide to make the necessary reforms."
First, I think we need to understand that "necessary reforms" is just another name for more red tape. I would suggest that these controls, or so-called necessary reforms, probably already are in place at FEMA.See the full content of this document
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Fema and Fraud
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