Angela B. Styles, OFPP Administrator, "Guidelines for Using Emergency Procurement Flexibilities," May 2003.

The government already has the flexibility to enter into contracts under an expedited process. Requirements for when this is used are outlined in federal contracting regulations. http://www.arnet.gov/far/current/html/Subpart%206_3.html

This memo from the General Service Administration’s David Drabkin is the definitive document demonstrating that enough emergency procurement authorities exist for the Department of Homeland Security.
http://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_DOCUMENT/Emergency%20Procurement%20Authority_R2E-c-o9_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.doc

Letter from GAO on Agencies' Use of Procurement Flexibilities Provided in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296). Saying that Department of Homeland Security did not use expanded emergency procurement flexibilities when they were provided. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04447r.pdf

Less than a month after 9/11, contracting officials were sending out instructions on available contracting techniques to quickly supply troops what they needed to fight the war on terrorism. Air Force Brig. Gen. Darryl A. Scott in a four page memo in October 2001 wrote: “During the past couple of weeks I’ve heard lots of folks say that the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) and statutes such as the Competition in Contracting Act hinder us from responding quickly to warriors’ requirements,” Scott wrote. “This is nonsense. In nearly all cases we have all the authority we need to do the right thing, we just need to get on with it.” http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/files/contracting_memo_2001.pdf