American Society of Civil Engineers Progress Report

Panel Satisfied with Progress of Corps' New Orleans Levee Performance Assesment

Organizational and System Issues Need 'Urgent Attention'

While expressing overall satisfaction with the work product and progress made to date by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' investigation, performed by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), a report issued today by the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) External Review Panel (ERP) identifies four key areas that require urgent additional attention.

http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/ERPLetter.pdf