Add Hurricane Harvey as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Hurricane Harvey news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The bulk of the federal money spent so far has gone through federal agencies, which — unlike Texas agencies — maintain public, frequently updated databases of their spending. "There's no way to say, 'Just give me Harvey contracts,' because there's no identifier for that," said R.J. DeSilva, a board spokesman. Hirsch, the governor's spokesman, said the office is working on coding that would distinguish Harvey contracts from other state contracts. A lack of such transparency and oversight dogged federal agencies after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Source: ABC News December 17, 2017 15:41 UTC