150 Water Projects Halted For Army Corps Review

The Washington Post;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The Army Corps of Engineers is suspending work on about...unprecedented response to mounting criticism of Corps analyses inside and outside the Bush administration...H. Griffin, civil works director of the Corps, announced yesterday that his agency will...

Vatican City deploys RAD Ethernet access solution.(Telephone Service of...

Fiber Optics Weekly Update;  January 20, 2006 ;     249 words ...The Telephone Service of the Vatican State, which is responsible for the study...Although the Telephone Service of the Vatican State did not disclose the precise nature...honored that the Telephone Service of the Vatican State selected RAD products for this application...

Corps proposes changes for issuing nationwide regulatory permits.

Corps Report;  January 5, 2005 ;     431 words ...The Corps has proposed two changes related to the agency...regulations. Through the NWP program the Corps issues permits to land developers covering...One of the changes being proposed by the Corps would allow holders of NWP permits--officially...

Army Corps' fees can delay, cancel projects

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  August 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...An Army Corps of Engineers policy instituted about three years ago...boards and townships, all with different claims on the Corps' time and attention -- say the Pittsburgh office of the Corps, in addition to charging them for services, is an entrenched...

Corps strives to get numbers right; high profile projects will tell...

Corps Report;  January 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The Corps of Engineers has been under fire for several...that 2004 could be a watershed year for the Corps to address these issues and to restore the...civil works projects. While criticism of the Corps from watchdog groups of various stripes...

Craig says Corps rolling with the cuts

Corps Report;  August 4, 1995 ;     700+ words ...CHICAGO -- The Corps is now executing a higher percentage of...of Management and Budget will damage the Corps' ability to do its traditional missions...commander of St. Paul Dist. Only 2% of the Corps strength is at Headquarters, with another...

Army Corps Suspends Del. River Project; Deepening Is Latest Plan Put on...

The Washington Post;  April 24, 2002 ;     695 words ...The Army Corps of Engineers has suspended its $311 million...the latest in a series of controversial Corps water projects held up by serious questions...Griffin, director of civil works at the Corps, shut down the project after learning that...

Corps prevails in Wetlands case as judge supports agency action.(Around...

Corps Report;  March 2, 2005 ;     422 words ...The Corps followed all the rules in granting a wetlands...judge. An advocacy group had charged that the Corps acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner...issue a preliminary injunction against the Corps. The decision underscored a legal point that...

Corps faulted for rejecting low bid; appeals board upholds protest....

Corps Report;  March 5, 2003 ;     423 words ...The Corps of Engineers made a mistake by rejecting a low-cost contract...at Fort Leonard Wood (Mo.) that was significantly below the Corps' own cost estimate for the project. The Corps could not use the fact of the low bid, in and of itself, to...

Missouri plan set to protect habitat; critics say Corps plan is flawed....

Corps Report;  February 5, 2003 ;     463 words ...The Corps of Engineers has proposed its 2003 annual...Endangered Species Act (ESA). Under the plan, the Corps will pursue a steady release program for...and Wildlife Service (FWS) has informed the Corps that steady to declining releases from June...

NAS study calls for new approach to Corps projects and planning.

Corps Report;  June 9, 2004 ;     671 words ...The Corps of Engineers should take a more comprehensive approach...studies were undertaken as a result of a contract with the Corps, spurred by a congressional initiative to examine how the Corps operates. The NAS study urged the Corps to essentially...

Corps prevails in contract appeal; company fails to show...

Corps Report;  March 17, 2004 ;     488 words ...The Corps has successfully defended itself against...that it signed as a result of pressure from Corps officials. The contract involved the construction...at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. The Corps managed the contract and monitored the project...

Public Works Study Halted; Army Corps' Analyses of Miss. River Projects...

The Washington Post;  March 1, 2001 ;     700 words ...The Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily suspended its...inappropriate methodologies, and urges the Corps to consider far less costly and less damaging...the Army inspector general, who found that Corps officers had manipulated the study to justify...

Corps will upgrade wetlands practices; agency agrees with GAO analysis.

Corps Report;  March 17, 2004 ;     651 words ...The Corps will embark on a program to improve its wetlands...Office (GAO) investigation that took the Corps to task for failing to provide a consistent...permits under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Corps allows each of its Districts to make its...

News Analysis Wanted: Corps political leadership

Corps Report;  December 24, 1993 ;     629 words ...The Corps slipped deeper into a political morass last...Army secretary for civil works. One senior Corps official said the ASA(CW) is far enough removed...Aspin's problems lower the priority of the Corps getting a leader. Robert Peck's appearance...