Thank you Cain Burdeau of the Associated Press. A long awaited report putting the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) under “the ethics microscope” might nearly have gone unnoticed if not for you. The Boehlert Report was released at the height of Hurricane Ike on a Friday afternoon at 5pm, likely the worst moment possible [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
ASCE members challenged to give medals back
Saturday, October 4, 2008 – 1:55 pm
Citing breach of ethics, Levees.org challenged 16 people who received medals from the Army Corps of Engineers for their role investigating the deadly levee failures to give them back. Sixteen members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received the Outstanding Civilian Service medal for their participation peer reviewing the corps-sponsored levee investigation a [...]