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FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors

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149 points standardUser | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 02:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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duxup ◴[12 Jul 25 02:59 UTC] No.44538932[source]▶
>Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, who has instituted a new requirement that she personally approve expenses over $100,000, did not renew the contracts until Thursday, five days after the contracts expired.

Your classic manager who feels they are so important that hey HAVE TO be involved in X,Y,Z but they are not a responsible enough person to actually do the job.

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1. booleandilemma ◴[12 Jul 25 05:25 UTC] No.44539541[source]▶
I call people like this "octopuses". They need to have their tentacles everywhere, need to be involved in everything, no matter how little they're needed.