Eileen Norcross is quoted in the Times Picayune about similarities
between the Gulf Coast recovery and stimulus package. Read the
complete story here .
Eileen Norcross, a senior fellow at the Mercatus Center, a
conservative think tank, said the Obama administration should learn
from the problems the federal government had in trying to funnel
hundreds of millions of dollars to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane
Katrina. She said the flow of money was slowed by bureaucratic
squabbles and conflicting rules for different federal programs and
agencies.
Norcross said Obama might do well to appoint an official to
oversee the release of stimulus money to avoid similar
problems.
