More procurement questions

So the true finger pointing will now begin.
The NYT has a story about questions raised in some of the post-Katrina awards.

Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions [NYT, 9.26, 2005]
Topping the federal government's list of costs related to Hurricane Katrina is the $568 million in contracts for debris removal landed by a Florida company with ties to Mississippi's Republican governor. Near the bottom is an $89.95 bill for a pair of brown steel-toe shoes bought by an Environmental Protection Agency worker in Baton Rouge, La.