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Civil Works: Meeting the Nation's Needs

Civil Works: Meeting the Nation's Needs. Presentation to ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER INFORMATION Herndon, VA 14 September 2004. Bill Dawson Chief, Policy and Policy Compliance U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Meeting the Nation’s Needs.

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Civil Works: Meeting the Nation's Needs

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  1. Civil Works: Meeting the Nation's Needs Presentation to ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER INFORMATION Herndon, VA 14 September 2004 Bill Dawson Chief, Policy and Policy Compliance U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  2. Meeting the Nation’s Needs • Our water infrastructure supports our quality of life. It delivers: • prosperity • safety and protection • healthy ecosystems • commerce • usable water • energy • enjoyment Our Quality of Life Depends on Water Economic Security = National Security

  3. Our Message to the American People • We have a vital role in the Global War on Terror • We support work that will provide for sustainability for the future, and address critical water resources infrastructure needs • We execute, to best of our abilities, focusing on: • Contributing to national security • Energizing the economy • Enhancing our environment

  4. StrengtheningOur Security Corps experience and history of relief and support during natural disasters is proving invaluable as soldiers and civilians of USACE help rebuild Iraq. • 40% of proposed budget supports U.S. commercial transportation network we use to deploy military vessels. • Over 300 security reviews and assessments of our locks, dams, hydropower projects and other facilities. • We improved security engineering capability and prioritized critical infrastructure and are implementing at 85 critical projects.

  5. Strengthening Our Economy • U.S. navigation network • critical to domestic trans- • portation and international • trade. • Support for aging waterway • infrastructure critical. • Funding for flood control and storm damage projects about 27% of budget. • Every $1 spent on flood control projects prevents over $6 in damages

  6. Enhancing Our Environment • 19% of budget supports efforts to protect and restore the environment • All of our projects strive to adhere to the Corps Environmental Operating Principles

  7. Criticisms of Us • Biased in favor of construction • Non-transparent • Environmentally insensitive • Seeking inappropriate growth into new mission areas • Not treating partners as equals • Too slow from problem identification to solution • Losing technical capability

  8. Challenges Environmental restoration – restoring nationally significant resources Aging infrastructure – performance & safety implications Balancing objectives – between traditional water resources demands & environmental or ecosystem goals Minimizing institutional barriers – to efficient, effective water resources planning, decision making and management

  9. Challenge: Large Scale Environment Restoration • Everglades • Coastal Louisiana • Great Lakes • And More On the Way

  10. Challenge: Aging Water Resources Infrastructure • Investments in water resources infrastructure have declined in real terms • Aging infrastructure results in more frequent closures for repairs, decreased performance and costly delays • Unscheduled delays draw resources from scheduled maintenance

  11. Challenge:Balancing Objectives Environment $$S $$S $$S $$S $$S $$S Flood & Coastal Storm Damage Reduction

  12. Challenge: Minimizing Institutional Barriers • Authorities • Planning Processes • Relationships • Budgeting Processes

  13. What We Are Doing • HQ streamlining/elimination of layers of review • Delegated post-authorization and reconnaissance report approval • Planning improvements and model R&D • Civil Works Strategic Plan • Environmental Advisory Board and Operating Principles • Office of Water Project Review • WRDA Provisions • USACE 2012

  14. Objectives • Re-focus on mission objectives, not subordinate processes • Streamline Project Review and Approval • Leverage technology in project execution • Enhance technical capability • Save money • Become more flexible and responsive

  15. A USACE 2012Glossary • RBC: Regional Business Center, a.k.a. Division; an extension of HQ with mission toleverage talents of subordinate districts, conduct regional-level interface. • RIT: Regional Integration Team, at Washington HQ, one team for each of the 8 RBCs, integrating all disciplines and activities of HQ to enable RBCs and District to deliver products to our partners. • CoP: Community of Practice: A grouping of Corps members at Washington, RBC and District level with similar interests (e.g., planning, environmental, public affairs, etc.) having frequent contact with each other to maintain professional skills at highest level.

  16. Communities of Practice Professional/Trade Organizations Cross Functional PDT Academia Govt Agencies PM Stakeholders Industry Becoming a Learning Organization… Leveraging the Knowledge

  17. What Does This Mean for YOU? • Decision-making authority closer to project execution • Stronger collaborative partnerships • Reduced project delivery costs • Common business practices • Broadened knowledge and experience platforms • Enhanced technical capability

  18. Funding Issues • Funding shortfalls this year are more severe than at any point in the last 30 years • Reduced appropriations in “real dollars” • Virtual elimination of usable carry-over from prior years • Impacts studies, construction, and operations and maintenance • How we are responding: • This year: “just in time” movement of $ and national program reviews – “get by” in the short term • Fundamental change in approach to budgeting . . . “a little for everyone” not working

  19. Civil Works Program($ Millions) FY03FY04FY04FY05 FY05 House ExpendedBudgetAppropriation Budget Markup Construction, Gen. 1,8121,3501,7221,421.5 1,880 Ops. & Maint., Gen. 2,1351,9391,9681,925 1,980 Gen. Investigations 14810011790.5 145 Miss. River & Tribs. 340280324270 325 Regulatory 141144140150 140 Flood/Coastal Emerg. * 3770* 050 0 FUSRAP 145140140140 190 Gen. Expenses 147171160167167 Total Appropriation 4,9054,1944,5714,215 4,827 * Flood Control & Coastal Emergencies includes $60 M FY03 supplemental, partially carried over into FY04

  20. FY 04 Appropriationby Business Program Recreation $260 M 6% Exec. Dir. & Mgmt. $160 M 3% Water Supply $3 M 0.1% Hydropower $246 M 5% Navigation $1,816 M 40% Environment & Regulatory $867 M 19% Flood & Storm Damage Reduction $1,213 M 27% Emergency Management $7 M 0.2% Total = $4,571 M

  21. New for FY05: Performance-Based Budgeting • Priorities for funding, as well as amounts going to projects and activities, will vary greatly from that traditionally seen • Priority to funds providing most value for money—performance metrics • No business, account or regional element guaranteed a "pot" • All activities will live by their performance

  22. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Budget – Way Ahead • Continued operations in a fiscally constrained environment • Refining performance and prioritization measures as we develop FY 06 budget • Growing Congressional interest in 5-Year plan to focus $ on high pay-off projects and hold back others

  23. Questions?

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