related contracts and grants every day and the total bill could reach $200 billion, he said. "What you have is a recipe for waste and abuse." The Bush administration has said a team of government department inspector generals would review all federal expenditure. The Department of Homeland Security's own probes could result in some of the first disaster contracts that were awarded without competitive bidding to be reopened even if there is no evidence of criminal abuse, he said. --more 2233 Local Time 1933 GMT
