Professionalized Federal Airport Security Screeners abandon their posts in Houston causing massive delays in getting people out.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22319162.htm

From a report on how the Federal Government could save money in the wake of KatrinaRita:
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the nation’s accounting watchdog, has seen cost overruns of $47 million on its building projects. The SEC’s building project costs, initially estimated to total $22 million, have instead tripled to $69 million. The implementation of effective accounting controls would not just yield savings from building projects – increased efficiencies across the agency have the potential to yield even greater savings and benefits.

Anyone need me to point out the irony here? link

Local New Orleans official hordes relief supplies