New data sheds light on Georgia flooding
Levees.org discovered in a FOIA request that the majority of the nation’s population, 54.83% (156,615,630 people) lives in counties protected by levees. This figure is much higher than the percentage reported last year (43%) in a June 2008 briefing to Congress. Manmade levees, like navigational channels, highways and dams are alterations to a region’s hydrological [...]
Pentagon only partly investigated Senator Landrieu’s concerns
In a stunning show of apparent bureaucratic ineptitude, or perhaps tacit collusion, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD) ignored US Senator Mary Landrieu’s call for a federal investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the US Army Corps of Engineers and instead focused on Levees.org, one of the whistleblowers. The Pentagon concluded that no [...]
Pentagon says “no further action needed” on Corps Internet Scandal in New Orleans
The Pentagon’s Inspector General office has issued a response to Senator Mary Landrieu’s recent request for a federal investigation. In August, Senator Landrieu asked that the Army look into allegations by the founder and former editor in chief of NOLA.com of an organized campaign by the Corps of Engineers to undercut its critics. In a [...]
