The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has just announced they’ve convened two ethics panels to review questionable practices within their ranks.
One, an internal committee composed of three past ASCE presidents will review allegations that specific ASCE staffers colluded with the US Army Corps of Engineers to cover up corps mistakes in the Katrina flooding. The other, an even broader task force headed by a retired US Congressman will review how ASCE participates in engineering studies of national significance. Both should be completed in about four months.
The creation of not one but two ethics inquiries into alleged collusion between ASCE and the corps is of huge significance!
The smell of corruption is ripe and the citizens of south Louisiana should not be told to wait four more months. Clearly, the integrity of the corps-sponsored levee investigation has been compromised!
If you haven’t already, please go to www.levees.org and demand the 8/29 Investigation. Don’t we all deserve levees that work?
Sandy Rosenthal