Connections Are Key to Contracts For Katrina Aid.

Focuses on the federal aid going to the Gulf Region of the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Role of previous directors of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), James Lee Witt and Joe Allbaugh, as lobbyists looking for and winning contracts for clients; How the former government officials have been helping clients with their proposals and pitches for federal aid; Reasons why the services of Witt and Allbaugh are in great demand, noting their connections with government; Discussion of the so-called revolving door between government and the private sector, which has escalated in recent years with the buildup of Iraq and now the Gulf Coast.