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 I am very proud of the USACE-ACEC partnership and what we have
accomplished together. That's the first partnering agreement the Corps
signed with a private organization, and it became the model for subsequent
agreements. Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers 50 percent of our civil works
Transportation recently launched a c o n c e p t . Instead of working More
recently, the Corps has planning and design, and about n a t i o n a l
initiative to expedite independently, the districts in a a c t i v e l y
participated in the 7 5 percent of our military e n v i r o n m e n t a l
permitting for r e g i o n work collaboratively Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n
Infrastructure design. This is about the right transportation projects. How
is under the RBC approach. They Streamlining Task Force created balance for
us to maintain the USACE supporting this initiative? share personnel,
contracts and under Executive Order 13274, in-house technical expertise to
o t h e r resources, and work is Environmental Stewardship and FLOWERS: The
Corps of Engi- fully execute our civil and mili- a s s i g n e d to the
district best Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Infrastructure n e e r s , in
accordance with the tary programs. s u i t e d to accomplish it. Our
Project Reviews. Corps represen- e n v i r o n m e n t a l streamlining
future direction is to strengthen tatives have attended task force
FLICKER: ACEC has learned that provisions of TEA-21, was one the RBC
concept. Some of the meetings with representatives of the Corps may not be
able to of seven agencies that signed the implications are that more con-
the office of the Assistant Secre- tary of the Army, Civil Works, maintain
41 full-service districts National Streamlining Memo- tracts, including A/E
contracts, to discuss unresolved regulatory a n d is considering a move r a
n d u m of Understanding in w i l l be written on a regional p r o g r a m
issues for identified toward a centralized organization Ju l y 1999. In
this agreement, basis and that technical expertise transportation
projects. In addi- with emphasis on regional busi- the Department of
Transporta- in various areas will be concen- tion, the Corps is
represented on n e s s centers. How would this tion, the Corps and five
other trated in specific districts. Dis- interagency work groups that are
affect the way USACE contracts federal agencies agreed to pur- tricts will
have different types developing products to improve for services with the
A/E com- sue timeframes and other solu- and levels of capabilities, but no
transportation project planning munity? Is this part of a broader tions
with the project sponsor at districts will be eliminated. Our a n d
environmental impact reorganization of the Corps? the regional, state,
local or proj- pending reorganization is mainly analysis, as well as
resolving out- e c t level where their specific f o c u s e d on making
our head- FLOWERS: For several years we standing issues associated with p
r o c e s s e s come into play and quarters structure more efficient. have
been operating under the C o r p s permit decisions for where the most
effective solu- transportation projects. RAYMOND: The Department of
regional business center RBC tions lie. N o v e m b e r l December 2003
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