Halliburton Snags Another One

Here is the Department of Defense press release from last night. Halliburton Watch reports:

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.

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.

At least this one wasn't no-bid, but the question remains why a chronic law-breaker is still getting taxpayer money.

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.