Slim pickings for Louisiana companies looking for federal cleanup contracts

Morgan City Daily Review: "More than $2 billion has been awarded by the federal government to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, but only one Louisiana company was chosen among the handful of primary contractors. Shaw Group of Baton Rouge, which recently signed a $100,000 per month lease of all unused dock and warehouse space at the Port of Morgan City for post-hurricane restoration work, has been awarded separate $100 million contracts from both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Otherwise, the work appears to be going to out-of-state firms with FEMA experience."