Katrina Coverage

Hey, let's counteract some bad publicity and try to look better! Hand me that $12 million over there:

BILOXI, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a small business contract worth up to $12 million to a small, disadvantaged Pascagoula business to install blue roofs for FEMA’s Operation Blue Roof program on Mississippi homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

The contract was awarded competitively Wednesday to S&M Associates of Pascagoula, a community extremely hard hit by Katrina. The company’s president is Darron L. Miles.

“The Corps is pleased to have another small business, especially a small, disadvantaged enterprise, from a Katrina-ravaged area join our response team,” said Michael Logue, public affairs officer for the Corps’ Vicksburg District.

From this 10/5/05 press release:

www.mvd.usace.army.mil/hurricane/mvk/news/pascagoula_company_wins_blue_roof_contract.pdf

See the earlier post "Is FEMA overpaying for roofing?"

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