Army Corps of Engineers: Budget Requests Included Construction Projects Located in Over 30 States, Selected Using a Multilevel Process

Abstract

The President's annual budget request to Congress usually includes more than a billion dollars for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resource construction projects. These projects help protect people from flooding, improve navigation, and restore ecosystems. In fiscal years 2008-2017, there were 164 such projects in 31 states. Florida, Illinois, California, Washington, and Kentucky accounted for 61 percent of requested funds. To prioritize the work outlined in its 2017 request, Corps officials ranked more than 25,000 discrete sets of tasks that make up its projects. They did so using criteria such as population at risk and benefits vs. cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 19, 2018
Accession Number
AD1154284

Entities

People

  • Anne-marie Fennell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Columbia River
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Dams
  • District Of Columbia
  • Drainage Basins
  • Ecosystems
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Federal Budgets
  • Flood Control
  • Flood Hazards
  • Floods
  • Geographic Distribution
  • Governments
  • Habitats
  • Mississippi River
  • New Jersey
  • Risk Management
  • Rivers
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Riverine Ecology