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[Marie26]

dirty little secret is that there was no evacuation plan. IEM, w/no experience in evacuation,
got a million-dollar contract from FEMA to plan NO's evacuation - most probably as a
reward for fat campaign donations. But it appears that IEM never actually produced a plan
or distributed it to first responders. No one can even find a copy of the evacuation plan
now - probably because it was never produced.

Despite this incompetence, the contracts still keep rolling in for IEM. From their press
releases:


- IEM and Employees Receive American Red Cross "Circle of Humanitarians" Award (August

30, 2006) :eyeroll:

- IEM Selected as State of Louisiana IT Contractor (August 8, 2006)

- DHS Senior Federal Official Joins Local Disaster Consulting Firm (July 5, 2006)

("Scott Wells, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Coordinating Officer
(FCO) for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, has joined the company as a Senior Consultant for
Disaster Response Operations." So the guy who failed at coordinating the Katrina response
has joined IEM to fail again.)

- IEM to Study Response to Hurricane Katrina (November 17, 2005) - receiving another
FEMA contract to study their own incompetent plan.

- IEM to Help Improve Preparedness for Chemical Weapons Emergencies under Multi-Year
Contract with FEMA (October 17, 2005)

What's weird is that this emergency management company also deals in information
technology and defense support. In that way, it follows the pattern of other Bush crony
companies like Choicepoint, Dyncorp, Halliburton etc. Each begins to expand far beyond their original purpose in order to accomodate all the new contracts Bushco. is sending them. So, IEM
not only does La's evacuation plan, but also manages IT Offices & military exercises. There's something very shady about this company.