http://www.kiiitv.com/news/txstatenews/36628904.html 

KIIITV News
Dec 23, 2008 

DALLAS (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is investigating 
how personal information from about 16,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 
Texas ended up online.

FEMA spokesman Terry Monrad in Washington told The Associated Press 
early Tuesday that the information involved evacuees from Louisiana, 
Mississippi and Alabama.

All sought FEMA assistance after Katrina hit the Gulf coast in August 
2005.

The individuals are being contacted by phone and mail, plus will receive 
18 months of a security monitoring service. Monrad declined to identify 
which Web sites posted the information, which he says has been removed 
at FEMA's request.

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