CQ Homeland Security - Handling Post-Katrina Aid Often a Tricky Diplomatic Task

CQ Homeland Security - Handling Post-Katrina Aid Often a Tricky Diplomatic Task: "Handling Post-Katrina Aid Often a Tricky Diplomatic Task By Eileen Sullivan, CQ Staff Foreign countries and organizations came forward with more than 400 offers of assistance in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, ranging from cash to forensic experts to 3.5 tons of sardines. The federal government was berated for lacking a system in 2005 to efficiently process such donations, and specifically for not acting on more than $800 million pledged by the international community."