Katrina Coverage

For now that is: "Witt's firm postpones Allstate job".

The firm counseling Gov. Kathleen Blanco on hurricane relief efforts has temporarily set aside another client — the nation's largest private insurance company — to avoid a possible conflict of interest.

While working for Louisiana, James Lee Witt Associates will not lobby Congress on behalf of Allstate Insurance Co., company vice president Barry Scanlon said Tuesday…

"We're suspending any work … for the duration of the time we're working with the governor, just so there's not even an appearance of a conflict of interest," Scanlon said…

The state's contract with James Lee Witt Associates, released late Monday evening, lays out a schedule of rates for company employees ranging from $50 per hour for a data entry clerk to $275 per hour for counseling from the company's namesake and leader James Lee Witt…

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