Army Corps of Engineers

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for Army Corps of Engineers:
News Releases
October 22, 2009  KATRINA CLEAN-UP RIFE WITH FRAUD AND MAYHEM — Documents Prompt Call for Review of Army Corps Contractor Supervision
March 3, 2009  MICHIGAN THREATENS TO FUMBLE OBAMA GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE — State Plan to Abandon Wetlands Protection Undercuts New Great Lakes Effort
December 9, 2008  ARMY CORPS KAYAKER CASE SETTLED — Biologist Who Demonstrated for the L.A. River Paddles off to Law School
October 9, 2008  CORPS BIOLOGIST FACES 30-DAY SUSPENSION FOR KAYAKING L.A. RIVER — Off-Duty Challenge to Ruling River Was Not Navigable “Undermined Authority”
January 15, 2008  MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN YET AGAIN IN 2007 — 18-Year Downward Trend Undercuts Congressional Plan to Build Bigger Locks
November 14, 2007  CORPS SLAMS FLORIDA FOR VIOLATING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS — Army Corps Refuses to Share Costs of Deficient Everglades Clean Up Projects
October 8, 2007  NEW ORLEANS PUMPS STILL QUESTIONABLE, SAYS CORPS ENGINEER — U.S. Special Counsel Orders Investigation of Whistleblower Disclosure
August 9, 2007  MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC CONTINUES 17-YEAR DECLINE — River Locks Sit Idle More Than Half the Year as Demand Keeps Dropping
May 29, 2007  VIRGINIA WETLANDS FIGHT SPARKS CHARGES — Top State Official Issues Threats and Calls for Silencing Corps Employees
December 11, 2006  CORPS POST-KATRINA PLAN PROMOTES MORE WETLANDS DESTRUCTION — Substantial Relaxation of Wetland Protections for Gulf Endangers Coastal Communities
August 23, 2006  CORPS-FEMA FEUD PUTS FLORIDIANS IN FLOOD PATH — Long-Running Dispute Leaves Housing and Critical Care Facilities on Floodplains
June 29, 2006  NEW “GREEN SCAM” RULES WILL CRIPPLE WETLAND PROTECTIONS — Mitigation Bank Expansion to Facilitate Construction in Marshes and Streams
April 11, 2006  CORPS SUED TO FORCE RELEASE OF WETLANDS PROTECTION RECORDS — Downward Data Trend Showed Mounting Wetland Losses
March 6, 2006  FIX FOR NEW ORLEANS MEANS BIG PAYDAY FOR CORPS INSIDER — Three-Year Corps Contract Will Pour Money into Former Chief’s Firm
February 8, 2006  BUSH BUDGET SHOOTS DOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCKS PROJECT — No Expansion Needed “For the Next 50 Years or More”
January 23, 2006  MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN AGAIN – 16-YEAR DECLINE — Big Locks Project Looking Doubtful; Industry Sees Lower Capacity
August 24, 2005  SCHEDULING BARGES CAN REDUCE CONGESTION & IMPROVE SAFETY — But Corps-Funded Study Finds Upper Mississippi Traffic Too Low to Justify Scheduling
June 21, 2005  CONGRESS POISED TO BUILD BIGGER LOCKS AS BARGE INDUSTRY FADES — Fewer Barges on Rivers, Less Traffic and Lowest Levels of Congestion in 30 Years
March 21, 2005  EVERGLADES RESTORATION STUCK IN THE MUD — Corps Memo Admits Delays, Cost Overruns and Uncertain Direction
February 10, 2005  BUSH BUDGET ZEROES OUT UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOCKS — Only Minor Funding for Environmental Restoration
January 6, 2005  MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN SHARPLY IN ‘04 — New Numbers May Be Death Knell for Big Locks Project
October 6, 2004  NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE RIPS CORPS UPPER MISSISSIPPI PLAN — Third NAS Report Is Scalding -- Most Critical
October 6, 2004  ARMY SLASHES ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AS "OPTIONAL" — Big Cuts Threaten to "Shut Down All Training Operations"
August 2, 2004  CORPS VIOLATES ITS OWN RULES ON MISSISSIPPI STUDY — $70 Million "Draft" Is Internally Inconsistent, Intentionally Inaccurate & Incomplete
July 19, 2004  HALLIBURTON GENERAL NOW TO SEEK FEDERAL CONTRACTS — Corps Revolving Door with Industry Continues to Swing
June 7, 2004  UPPER MISSISSIPPI PROJECT RETURNS ONLY NICKEL ON THE DOLLAR — Both Barge Traffic and Congestion Continue to Drop as Senate Vote Nears
April 27, 2004  TAXPAYER & GREEN GROUPS SLAM MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MISSISSIPPI RIVER PLAN — "Twice Cooked Pork" Report Released
April 15, 2004  IN BUDGET BUSTING MOVE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROPOSES MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCK EXPANSION — Conservation Groups Oppose Project
March 29, 2004  ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMMAND CHANGE – FOR BETTER OR WORSE? — Gen. Flowers Tenure Called "Disastrous;" Replacement an Unknown Quantity
February 9, 2004  BUSH ADMINISTRATION ZEROES OUT UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOCKS — Army Corps Civil Works Program Slashed
January 22, 2004  MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN AGAIN IN 2003 — Need for New Locks Fading
December 11, 2003  NEW NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE REPORT BLASTS CORPS PLAN FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI — NAS Tells Corps to Take Controversial Project Back to the Drawing Board
December 9, 2003  ARMY CORPS SUED ON MISSISSIPPI BARGE PLAN — Economic Plan on Controversial $2.5 Billion Project Flawed
November 26, 2003  BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN AGAIN IN 2003 — Industry Cites Overcapacity & Slow Growth -- Undercutting Case for Mississippi Lock Expansion
October 23, 2003  ARMY CORPS ISSUING MORE WETLAND PERMITS WITH LESS REVIEW — A Paper Exercise
September 24, 2003  ARMY CORPS WANTS TO OPERATE AS A BUSINESS — Latest Reorganization Called Step Backward
August 20, 2003  CORPS ECONOMIC MODELS FOR MISSISSIPPI NOT PEER REVIEWED — Troubled Study Violates Data Quality Act
May 5, 2003  ARMY CORPS INVOKES NATIONAL SECURITY ON OIL SPILLS IN COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS — Refuses to Cooperate With State Pollution Agencies
April 3, 2003  CORPS VIOLATES DATA QUALITY ACT — Government-wide Rules for Review of Studies Not Implemented
February 20, 2003  CORPS COOKING THE BOOKS AGAIN — Wants to Hurry Mississippi Study Before Problems Can Be Resolved
February 10, 2003  CONGRESS SHIELDS ARMY CORPS FROM PRIVATIZATION — Corps is Only Agency Protected From Outsourcing
February 6, 2003  NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ENDORSES "CORPS REFORM" — Calls for New Approach in Transport Funding
February 4, 2003  OMB IS GREENING THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS — President's Budget Contains Proposals Sought by Corps Reformers
January 20, 2003  BARGE TRAFFIC CONTINUES DROPPING ON MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS — New Figures at Odds With Corps Plans for Lock Expansions
December 4, 2002  ARMY CORPS ENDS YEAR WITH HALF BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SURPLUS — Carryover Belies Claims of Insufficient Funding
November 14, 2002  HOW-TO GUIDE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES EXPOSING PROBLEMS — Support Groups Warn: Anonymous Whistleblowing Safer
June 18, 2002  CORPS ACKNOWLEDGES COMPETENCE GAP — General Admits Planning Skills Have "Declined...to Unacceptable" Levels
June 12, 2002  BARGE TRAFFIC DROPS ON MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS; — New Figures At Odds With Corps Plans for Lock Expansion
May 28, 2002  CORPS CHANGES LIST OF PROJECTS UNDER REVIEW - AGAIN — Zigzags Further Undercut Corps Credibility
March 18, 2002  CORPS LOBBYING MACHINE STILL ROLLING — PARKER REMOVAL DOES NOT DENT DRIVE TO GROW CORPS BUDGET
March 4, 2002  CORPS REVOLTS AGAINST BUSH BUDGET CUTS — Billion Dollar Restoration Sought
December 15, 2001  NEW STUDY FINDS UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOCK EXTENSIONS UNJUSTIFIED — No Real Benefits to Local Agriculture
December 11, 2001  SHIPPING DECLINES ON MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS — New Figures Undercut Need for Billion-Dollar Lock Project
October 9, 2001  WETLAND PROTECTIONS WANING — Army Corps Tells Staff More Development Needed to Help the Economy Recover
July 25, 2001  CORPS TO PROCEED WITH BILLION DOLLAR UPPER MISSISSIPPI PROJECT — Decision to Reject Reforms Urged by National Academy & Pentagon
June 14, 2001  CORPS STILL "COOKING THE BOOKS" ON ECONOMIC STUDIES — Forecasts Grossly Inflated to Justify Construction
April 1, 2001  CORPS WHISTLEBLOWER TO TEACH AT UNIVERSITY — Sweeney to Become Visiting Scholar at UMSL
January 10, 2001  PCBS DUMPED INTO COLUMBIA RIVER FOR DECADES — Army Corps Has Known Since 1992
October 2, 2000  UPPER MISSISSIPPI-ILLINOIS LOCKS DELAYED TWO YEARS — Corps Admits Demand is Lower Than Forecast
July 17, 2000  CORAL REEFS RIPPED BY EXPLOSION OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES — Groups Petition U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
February 13, 2000  CORPS LAB IN TROUTDALE IS POSSIBLE SUPERFUND SITE — Corps Failed to Report Toxic Practices to EPA
White Papers
Count on the Corps — An Environmental Profile of the Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District (April 1999)
Purporting to regulate and develop responsibly, the Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers has violated the Clean Water Act by circumnavigating or breaking its own codes. With seven years of documented cases, such negligence in America's "Last Frontier" has caused environmental destruction, wasted public funds, and ruined careers of responsible public professionals. more >>
Rotten at the Corps — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Presiding Over the Death of the Florida Keys (January 1997)
The Army Corps of Engineers is presiding over ecosystem destruction in the Florida Keys through a systematic and deliberate dereliction of duty in protecting wetlands from illegal development. more >>
Other PEER Activities
Bias in Corps of Engineers Inland Navigation Traffic Forecasts
Disgraced Former Commander Attacks IG Report as “Slanderous Drivel”
Barge Industry and Corps Sing from the Same Hymnal
Chief of Engineers Declares, I Am Not a “Rogue”
PEER comments on the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) proposed rulemaking