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GAO-20-113R 1 (2019-12-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeajd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 December 18, 2019 The Honorable John Barrasso Chairman The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Peter DeFazio Chairman The Honorable Sam Graves Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Information on Evaluations of Benefits and Costs for Water Resources Development Projects and OMB's Review The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is one of the world's largest public-engineering, design, and construction-management agencies.' Through its Civil Works program, the Corps plans, designs, constructs, operates, and maintains water resources development projects to address its three primary program missions: (1) restoration, protection, and management of aquatic ecosystems; (2) support of commercial navigation; and (3) flood risk management.2 For its navigation mission, the Corps' guidance indicates that the agency is to provide safe, reliable, and efficient waterborne transportation systems-such as channels, harbors, and waterways-for movement of commerce, national security needs, and recreation.3 According to Corps headquarters officials, the agency's navigation projects potentially provide navigation benefits to noncommercial harbors, and some of these harbors are used by various state maritime academies for military-training purposes.4 The state maritime academies educate and 'The Corps has both a military and a Civil Works program. The military program provides, among other things, engineering and construction services to other U.S. government agencies and foreign governments, while the Civil Works program is responsible for investigating, developing, and maintaining water resources development projects. This report discusses only the Civil Works program. 2U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sustainable Solutions to America's Water Resource Needs: Civil Works Strategic Plan 2014-2018, EP 1165-2-503 (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 31, 2014). 3U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Planning Guidance Notebook, ER 1105-2-100 (Apr. 22, 2000). 4There are six state maritime academies: (1) California Maritime Academy; (2) Great Lakes Maritime Academy; (3) Maine Maritime Academy; (4) Massachusetts Maritime Academy; (5) State University of New York Maritime College; and (6) Texas A&M at Galveston Maritime Academy. GAO-20-113R Army Corps' Project Evaluations Page 1

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