> [A FEMA rep] said the agency factors in the populations of states and major metropolitan areas and the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in various locales

> [A FEMA rep] said the agency factors in the populations of states and major metropolitan areas and the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in various locales. [...] But the agency has refused to provide any details about how these determinations are made or why it is choosing to seize some supply orders and not others. Administration officials also will not say what supplies are going to what states. What possible reason could there be for distribution not to be transparent?