Another Suspect Katrina Bid ; Army Corps Copied Supplier's Catalog Listing

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NEW ORLEANS When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications typos and all from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimately won the $32 million contract, a review of documents by The Associated Press found.

The pumps, supplied by Moving Water Industries Corp. (MWI) of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and installed at canals before the start of the 2006 hurricane season, proved to be defective, as the AP reported in March. The matter is under investigation by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.

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Another Suspect Katrina Bid ; Army Corps Copied Supplier's Catalog Listing

In a letter dated April 13, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., called on the corps to look into how the politically connected company got the post-Hurricane Katrina contract. MWI employed former Florida G...

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