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089034 1 (1977-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvas0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION R 8 / Lieutenant General J W Morris Chief of Engineers Corps of Engineers Department of the Army Washington, D.C. Dear General Morris We recently completed a survey of the Corps of Engineers' operation and maintenance activities on the intracoastal waterways (Code 08007) The survey was performed at the Corps' district offices in Norfolk, Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana We also had discussions with Corps headquarters officials in Washington, D.C. We identified the following three areas in the survey which offer potential savings to the Corps --consolidation of small dredging jobs to obtain less costly contract rates, --more extensive dredging, where feasible, to reduce both long term costs and dredging frequency, and --more efficient scheduling of Corps-owned sidecasting dredges These areas are not included in our follow-on review of the operation of Corps facilities on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Code 08016) Although we have not attempted to validate the expected savings, this letter summarizes our observations on these matters bringing them to your attention for any action or follow-up you feel is warranted BACKGROUND In carrying out its responsibility for constructing, operating, and maintaining Federal river and harbor projects, the Corps each year determines the capabilities of active projects to serve current navigation require- ments Following such determinations, requests are made for authorization oro_____

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