A month ago, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General released its audit of S&WB spending and tracking of all the FEMA dollars it has received for damages from hurricanes Katrina, Gustav, and Isaac. The audit was begun in the wake of the August 5, 2017 flooding. The findings were devastating, and confirmed much of what New Orleanians have suspected for years: S&WB has no idea how to manage the hundreds of millions of dollars that have come its way, and will likely have to return a very large chunk of it.
