Katrina Watch
Katrina Watch ended Friday, May 25.
We appreciate your support for this important project, which brought you the best Katrina-related news stories daily for the past 15 months. We encourage you to check out the Center's new book, "City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina," a continuation of our commitment to keeping alive the story of Katrina and its aftermath.
The Center for Public Integrity spotlights the best coverage of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath and tracks government contracts awarded for cleanup and reconstruction. The Katrina Watch project presents original reports by the Center for Public Integrity and an archive of links to information culled from media and government Web sites.

Latest Center Investigations

Katrina Contracts Worth $2.4 Billion Offer Profit Guarantees
Under increasingly popular procedure, critics say, companies have no incentive to control expenses
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2007 — Federal agencies responding to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita awarded more than $2.4 billion in contracts using a controversial form of pricing that critics say offers no incentive for cost savings.  >>
E-mails from the Edge of Disaster
Ex-FEMA head's messages show unfolding drama behind the scenes
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2006 — On the day Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, a former U.S. senator who had become a registered lobbyist was trying to get the nation's top emergency manager to schedule a meeting to complain about a no-bid contract that was heading to his client's competitor. >>
These Center databases of government contractors also can be used to cross-reference companies that were awarded contracts for Katrina recovery efforts:
Windfalls of War
Outsourcing the Pentagon