ASCE members challenged to give medals back
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 […]
Integrity of Corps of Engineers levee study questioned
A panel led by retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY has dealt a harsh blow to the credibility of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) convened in New Orleans after Katrina by the Army Corps of Engineers. Rep. Boehlert’s panel looked at the way the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) takes part in post […]
Media blames New Orleanians for our hardships – again
Updated June 29, 2014. For me, during the ordeal of Gustav, lots of things were hard. Like packing for an evacuation, traveling in traffic jams, and hunkering down during a hurricane. But for me, the hardest thing of all was watching the media–yet again–blame us, the citizens of New Orleans for the difficulties and hardships […]
