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Homeland Security IG sets up Katrina oversight office
Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner announced Monday the creation of a new Office of Hurricane Katrina Oversight to review the spending of federal disaster assistance funds.
The office will be headed by Matthew Jadacki, who will serve on detail from the National Weather Service, where he is the chief financial officer and chief administrative officer.
Prior to joining the Weather Service in January, Jadacki was acting CFO of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where he managed 11 branches and more than 200 employees. He also has worked as an audit manager at the State Department and accountant at the Commerce Department.
The Office for Hurricane Katrina Oversight will have a "visible presence" in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, DHS announced.
Jadacki will oversee the management of all contracts, grants and government operations related to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, and will coordinate auditing activities of the other departments and agencies to which FEMA has transferred funds as part of the effort.
COMMENTS
- Let me get this straight. The first DHS IG, Clark Kent Ervin was sacked because he was honest about the Department being a mess. Richard Skinner was appointed in his place and I'm sure he was warned, either implicitly by Mr. Ervin's sacking or verbally by the Administration, not to do the same thing. And now Mr. Skinner has been put in a position whete he might end up criticizing the Department? How can anyone expect DHS to police itself after such an obvious, politically motivated act such as getting rid of a man because he did his job? And how can anyone expect Mr. Skinner or Mr. Matthew Janacki to perform a fair assessment? Get ready for a major political spin coming from the DHS IG. former CBP employee Posted September 21, 2005 8:58 AM
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