Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 bureaucratic delays 50 bureaucratic hurdles 45 delays 44 red tape 43 inefficiency 43 bureaucratic 42 snags 42 backlogged 42 snafus 42 turf wars 42 glitches 41 FEMA 41 hurricane ravaged 40 bureaucracy 40 mismanagement 40 bottlenecks 40 cost overruns 39 inefficiencies 39 Nagin 39 disorganization 39 rampant corruption 39 slowness 38 bogged down 38 turf battles 38 dilapidated buildings 38 hindrances 38 stumbling blocks 37 tardy 37 lack 37 shortfalls 37 infighting 37 technical glitches 37 endemic corruption 37 inefficient 37 administration 37 backlogs 37 overruns 36 gridlock 36 infrastructure 36 Delays 36 cronyism 36 lax oversight 36 Frustrated 36 bureaucracies 36 federal 36 obstacles 36 impediments 36 missteps 36 squabbles 36 delaying 36 delayed 36 hurricane evacuees 36 painfully slow 36 underfunding 36 traffic snarls 35 debris removal 35 dearth 35 delay 35 power outages 35 bedeviled 35 rebuilding 35 wrangling 35 misspending 35 shortages 35 Federal Emergency Management 35 Stalled 35 haphazard 35 inadequate 35 failures 34 weatherization 34 stalled 34 squabbling 34 plaguing 34 roadblocks 34 deadlines 34 Mayor Ray Nagin 34 inaction 34 miscommunications 34 partisan bickering 34 griping 34 staffing shortages 34 traffic jams 34 byzantine 34 bickering 34 logistical 34 shortcomings 34 disputes 34 understaffing 33 stalling 33 Hurricane Katrina 33 inadequacies 33 hassles 33 finger pointing 33 disagreements 33 hamstrung 33 Gov. Kathleen Blanco 33 GAO 33 lagging 33 holdups 33 plagued 33 paucity