Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that approximately 17 billion with a B in federal disaster funds for states has been delayed over the past year. The article states The delays stemmed from a directive issued by Ms. Nome in June that said any expenditure over $100,000 or more must be approved by her office. which oversees the disaster agency, to root out waste, fraud and abuse. The bottleneck includes money that already had been approved by regional FEMA offices for things like. (01:12–01:30)
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Asserts that delays are due to a directive requiring approval for expenditures over $100,000.
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