Corps of Engineers-Civil Works
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Who We Are |
Mission:
The civil works mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is to contribute to the national welfare and serve the public by providing the nation with quality, responsive development and management of the nation?s water resources; protection, restoration and management of the environment; disaster response and recovery; and engineering and technical services. The mission, defined by the WRDA?s and funded through the Energy & Water development appropriation along with sponsor and trust fund contributions, will be accomplished in an environmentally sustainable, economic and technically sound manner through partnerships with other agencies and organizations. The Corps operates multiple programs/business lines to accomplish its mission. Each program specifically addresses a single mission component, but each may also contribute to one or more of the other programs' missions. Our current CW Strategic Plan is available here: http://www.usace.army.mil/cw/hot_topics/cw_strat.htm
Organization:
The Corps executes its CW programs/business lines through 8 regional divisions and 38 of 41 districts. Oversight of civil works is provided through 4 levels of authority. The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASA(CW)) is appointed by the President and is responsible for civil works policy. The Chief of Engineers is a military officer who reports to the ASA(CW) and is responsible for mission accomplishment; however, he delegates most of his responsibilities for managing the programs to the Director of Civil Works (DCW). The Chief of Engineers, through the DCW is responsible for the leadership and management of the civil works program and for ensuring that policies established by the ASA(CW) are applied to all phases of the mission. The divisions are regional offices responsible for the supervision and management of their subordinate districts, which are the foundation of the civil works mission, managing water resource development over a project?s life cycle.
Personnel: The Corps employs approximately 35,000 people, including 650 military officers and 24,800 civilians, who perform civil works duties; the remaining approximately 9500 people perform duties related to the execution of the military programs mission. The distribution of civil works employees highlights the program?s customer focus: 95 percent of employees work at the district level (in labs or field operating agencies) reflecting the fact that project management and operations and maintenance activities are performed at the local (i.e., district) level. The civil works program contracts out to civilian companies all of its construction and most of its design work. As many as 150,000 people are indirectly employed in support of civil works projects. These contractual arrangements have served the nation well in times of emergency. Budgetary Resources: The budgetary resources for FY2008 totaled $5.592 billion or $18.54 per person. |
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Performance Snapshot |
Accomplishments:
Under our Flood Risk Management program, the Corps has constructed and currently operates 383 major lake and reservoir projects; raised and maintains over 8,500 miles of levees and dikes; and built hundreds of smaller local flood protection projects that have been turned over to non-Federal authorities for operation and maintenance. We are the largest owner/operator of hydroelectric power plants in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. Corps hydropower plants provided 100 billion kilowatt-hours in FY08, accounting for about 24% of America?s hydroelectric power. Under our Navigation program, the Corps operated and maintained 25,000 miles of navigable channels and 196 commercial lock and dam sites and is responsible for harbors and waterways in 41 states. With over 4,400 recreation areas located on Corps-managed lands at more than 400 lakes in 45 states, the Corps is the largest federal provider of outdoor recreation in the nation; we hosted 372 million visitors in FY08.
Challenges: America's infrastructure is aging. Corps of Engineers operating projects are no different. Dams, levees, locks and other structural elements of Corps projects may create risk to life or property if not maintained and rehabilitated to enable safe, reliable project operations in the future. The Corps has adjusted its budgeting process to improve asset management, to assess system risk and performance versus project risk and to seek to fund only the highest priority maintenance needs to insure that we operate and maintain the infrastructure necessary for flood control and navigation of our coastal and inland waterways. The Corps also provides lower priority services such as water supply, recreation, hydropower and others. Our future challenge will be to continue to maintain all of our projects and deliver safe, efficient, reliable projects and services into the future. |
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Summary of Corps of Engineers-Civil Works Ratings for Fiscal Year 2008
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Strategic Goal:
Repair Past Environmental Degradation and Prevent Future Environmental Losses
Restore degraded, significant ecosystem structure, function, and process to a more natural condition; protect the nation's wetlands and prevent degradation from future development; assist in the cleanup of hazardous waste sites as authorized or requested by others. |
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2008 Actual = $737
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Performance Measure(s)* | 2006 Results | 2007 Results | 2008 Target | 2008 Results | 2009 Target |
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration: Nationally-significant acres of habitat restored, created, improved or protected annually. | 5,500 | 2,987 | 15,400 | 1,986 | 6,000 |
Regulatory: The percent of field compliance inspections completed on active mitigation sites each fiscal year. Active mitigation sites are those sites authorized through the permit process, monitored as part of the permit process, but which have not met final approval under the permit special conditions. | 26% | 63% | 20% | 39% | 20% |
Environmental Remediation: Individual properties returned to beneficial use. Number of properties released for general use following remediation. (cumulative) | 15 | 27 | 34 | 40 | 52 |
Strategic Goal:
Ensure that Projects Perform to Meet Authorized Purposes and Evolving Conditions
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing Corps water resource projects; address the operations and maintenance (O&M) backlog. |
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2008 Actual = $2,465
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Performance Measure(s)* | 2006 Results | 2007 Results | 2008 Target | 2008 Results | 2009 Target |
Coastal Ports & Harbors: The percent of time that high commercial-traffic navigation channels are available to commercial users. There are approximately 59 high-use projects, defined as those that pass 10 million or more tons of cargo per year. | 35% | 32% | 30% | Unknown at this time | 29% |
Operating projects (e.g., dams, levees, channels, flood gates) in zones 21-25(High Risk) | NA | 51 | 49 | 49 | 46 |
Environmental Stewardship: Mitigation compliance. This measure demonstrates the Corps? performance in meeting mitigation requirements that are specified in project authorizations. | 61% | 86% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Strategic Goal:
Reduce Vulnerabilities and Losses to the Nation and the Army from Natural and Man-Made Disasters, Including Terrorism
Prepare and provide for rapid, efficient, and effective all-hazards response and recovery; improve the safety and security of critical water resources infrastructure. |
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2008 Actual = $847
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Performance Measure(s)* | 2006 Results | 2007 Results | 2008 Target | 2008 Results | 2009 Target |
Emergency Management: Damaged project restoration. The Corps repairs flood control projects damaged by floods or storms under authority of Public Law 84-99. This measure is determined by the percentage of projects damaged during a fiscal year, and that are repaired prior to the next flood season. | 65% | 29% | 20% | 85% | 92% |
Emergency Management: Planning response team readiness. The Corps established designated planning and response teams (PRT) that are organized to provide rapid emergency response within a specific mission area. This measure is calculated as a percentage of time during the fiscal year that PRTs are fully staffed, trained and ready to deploy. | 92% | 72% | 70% | 94% | 95% |