Of course no one will be surprised to learn that President Bush's first FEMA Director, Joe Allbaugh, is now a lobbyist for Halliburton.

His role, according to his lobbyist registration statement:

Educate congressional and executive branch on defense, disaster relief and homeland security issues affecting Kellogg Brown and Root. No specific bill to be lobbied at this time.

FEMA Director Michael Brown served as Allbaugh's deputy at FEMA, and as it happens, Allbaugh was central in selecting Mike Brown to be his replacement at FEMA.

Halliburton was just awarded a $500 million contract to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  

I suspect Allbaugh had little trouble "educating" Brown on the merits of hiring Halliburton/KBR for the reconstruction efforts.