Coast Guard will spend millions for Sandy-related emergency supplies without ‘full and open competition’

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Due to the urgent need for food, shelter and other services in the Northeast in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Coast Guard has authorized the procurement of as much as $30 million worth of mortuary services, construction, bottled water, trailers, food services…

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Obama hasn’t OK’d 100 percent federal reimbursement for all Sandy-related costs, says FEMA’s Fugate

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  Craig Fugate During a press conference on Nov. 2 in which he outlined a wide variety of assistance FEMA is providing to areas hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, the agency’s administrator, Craig Fugate, explained that President Obama has thus far authorized 100…

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