FEMA Improperly Awarded $47.3 Million to Louisville, Mississippi

Homeland Security Today: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not approve the new scope of work for a $47.3 million Louisville, Mississippi project to redesign a new plywood facility and acquire/replace/repair 11 additional facilities under the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures (PAAP) program in relation to a PAAP award of $51.7 million for damages resulting from April 2014 storms, according to a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (IG) audit report.

“As a result,” the IG reported, “the project remains unauthorized, which increases the risk that some or all of the work the city is conducting will be ineligible for funding.”

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