Progress Made: A 6-month update on Hurricane Relief, Recovery and Rebuilding

now available here. among the highlights (and there are many):

2.5 Billion More than $2.5 billion in federal funds have been allocated for Public Assistance projects such as debris approval and emergency services in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This total is approaching the combined total of $2.6 billion allocated for Public Assistance projects from the 2004 hurricanes that resulted in hurricane-related damage in 15 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

More on this later.