According to the GAO, the government overpaid 20 percent (roughly $7.8 million) on a no-bid contract for portable classrooms after Hurricane Katrina. FoxNews reports that Akima Site Operations LLC charged the US government $39.5 million for portable classrooms, and the Army Corps of Engineers failed to negotiate a lower price.
This is on top of reports that FEMA paid $301.7 million for manufactured homes that were sitting unused in runways and open fields.