Levees.Org is angry over long delays and other conduct by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and its management of two ethics panels. We think the delays are contrived and that both panels are more focused on protecting ASCE’s reputation than protecting the American public.

We will not to let this continue unchallenged, and at a press conference Tuesday, we will document our position and take action.

When: Aug 5, 2008 at 10:30am
Where: Lakeview Harbor Restaurant, 911 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans (Lakeview area). Enter door with “the gold ribbon.”

The details:
Late last year, the ASCE announced the formation of two separate ethics investigations and promised the final reports by April 2008, but each has yet to produce the much anticipated reports. One panel is an internal committee looking into allegations by Dr. Ray Seed, University of California Berkeley who says the US Army Corps of Engineers, with the help of the ASCE covered up its mistakes in the flooding after Hurricane Katrina . The other panel, lead by retired Congressman Sherwood Boehlert R-NY is looking at how the ASCE participates in engineering studies of national significance.

Click here for Associated Press story.