A Corps of Engineers Report from Washington, DC

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A Corps of Engineers Report from Washington,
DC Presented to The Pacific Northwest Waterways
Association Ms. Carol Angier Civil Works
Deputy Northwestern Division RIT Headquarters,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday, June 21,
2006
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TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED
My role as a RIT Civil Works Deputy at the Corps
Headquarters
Performance Measures
Five-year Development Plan
Regionalization of Operation Maintenance
Questions?
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What are RITs ?????

• Delectable, buttery crackers, served at the most
  elegant of social events

b. A pack of killer, hairless, Mexican attack
dogs
c. Corps of Engineers Headquarters support teams
located in Washington, DC
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CORRECT ANSWER

• A Corps of Engineers Headquarters
• support team located in Washington, DC

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Directorate of Civil Works
Executive Office
Assistant Directors
Director of Civil Works (CECW-ZA) MG Don
Riley 3L94 761-0099 Deputy Director of Civil
Works (CECW-ZB) Mr. Steven Stockton 3L92 761-0100
Executive Director (CECW-ZC) LTC Gregory Gunter
(Acting) 3M93 761-0101 Executive Officer CPT
Clay Morgan 3M92 761-0103
Eastern (NAD, SAD) (CECW-ZE) LTC David Berczek
3K91 761-0105 Central (LRD, MVD, SWD)
(CECW-ZM) LTC Gregory Gunter 3K94 761-0107 Wester
n (NWD, SPD, POD) (CECW-ZW) LTC Mark
Mines 3K93 761-0108 Planning Legislative
(Acting) Mr. Larry Prather 3K92 761-0106
4 Regional Integration Teams (RITs) Assigned
to Directorate of Military Programs
Programs Integration Division (CECW-I)
North Atlantic Division RIT (CEMP-NAD)
Great Lakes Ohio River Division RIT (CECW-LRD)
Policy Policy Compliance Division (CECW-P)
Office of Homeland Security (CECW-HS)
Mr. Ed Hecker Chief 3B92 761-4601 Vacant Deputy
Chief 3H49 761-4966
Mr. Gerald Barnes Chief 3E92 761-1983 Dr. Larry
Lang Civil Deputy 3D94 761-4670
Dr. Ed Theriot Chief 3T77 761-5642 Ms. Jessica
Fox Acting Civil Deputy 3T72 761-5782
Mr. Gary Loew Chief 3 I 92 761-4100 Mr. Bill
Augustine Dep. Chief 3 I 93 761-4117 George
Lea Special Asst. 3J94 761-1816 Program
Development Team Mr. Pete Luisa Team
Ldr. 3J93 761-1917 National Programs Team Mr.
Jack Jurentkuff Team Ldr. 3J75 761-4091 Project
Programs Team Vacant Team Ldr. 3J76 761-xxxx Futur
e Directions Team Ms. Jennifer Greer Team Ldr. 3
I 88 761-4113
Mr. Tom Waters Chief 3G92 761-0115 Mr. Raleigh
Leef Dep. Chief 3F20 761-1380 Policy
Branch Ms. Rennie Sherman Chief 3H25 761-7771 Ofc.
of Water Project Review Ms. Robyn
Colosimo Chief 3F21 761-8647
Planning Community Of Practice (CECW-CP)
Mississippi Valley Division RIT (CECW-MVD)
Pacific Ocean Division RIT (CEMP-POD)
Mr. Tom Waters Chief 3G92 761-0115 Mr. Harry
Kitch Deputy 3 I 27 761-4127
Mr. Lloyd Pike Chief 3Z10 761-1839 Mr. Gil
Kim Civil Deputy 3U42 761-7094
Mr. Tom Waters Chief 3G92 761-0115 Mr. Zoltan
Montvai Civil Deputy 3F94 761-4495
Operations Regulatory Community of
Practice (CECW-CO)
Engineering Construction Community of
Practice (CECW-CE)
Northwestern Division RIT (CECW-NWD)
South Pacific Division RIT (CEMP-SPD)
Mr. Gerald Barnes Chief 3E92 761-1983 Dr. Larry
Lang Deputy 3D94 761-4670 Navigation
Operations Ms. Angela Premo (Acting) 3H31 761-864
8 Regulatory Programs Dr. Mark Sudol 3 I
30 761-8560 Natural Resources Mgmt. Ms. Janice
Smith (Acting) 3D88 761-4690
Mr. Donald Basham, PE Chief 3H92 761-8826 Vacant
Deputy 3L21 761-5533 Mr. Michael Holt Value
Engineer 3J22 761-4125 DOD Team Mr. Albert
Young Team Ldr. 3U01 761-7419 Construction
Technical Integration Team Mr. M.K. Miles,
PE Team Ldr. 3L35 761-5532 Engineering Tech.
Svcs. Team Mr. Eric Halpin Team Ldr. 3L26 761-7775
Mr. Ed Hecker Chief 3B92 761-4601 Ms. Carol
Angier Civil Deputy 3C93 761-4605
Mr. Joe Calcara Chief 3T55 761-0579 Ms. Cynthia
Jester Act. Civil Deputy 3T61 761-0415
South Atlantic Division RIT (CECW-SAD)
Program Project Mgmt. Community of
Practice (CECW-CB)
Southwestern Division RIT (CEMP-SWD)
Mr. Don Basham Chief 3H92 761-8826 Mr. Michael
Klosterman Civil Deputy 3G96 761-4106
Ms. Patricia Rivers Chief 3T50 761-0858 Mr. John
Meador Civil Deputy 3T46 761-4268
Mr. Gary Loew Chief 3 I 92 761-4100 Ms. Mary
Gauker Deputy 3 I 63 761-1811
Dual or triple-hatted Deployed to
CENTCOM AAR
cecw-zd/bjs 18 May 06
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Current NWD RIT Organization

ASSIGNED Chief
Ed Hecker Deputy, CW
Carol
Angier Program Manager(CW)
Ken Hall Environmental Planner(CW)
Bill Schmitz Secretary
Pamela Wardrick Deputy, MP
Robert
Rizzieri Program Manager(MP)
Craig Roberts Civil Engineer (MP)
Sue Abu-Eid Works Mgmt. Sys
Spec.(MP) Juliet Rosa Secretary

Sheron Davis
MATRIXED MEMBERS CW (Regulatory)
Jennifer Moyer CW Ofc. Water
Project Review Ellen Cummings
Paul
Rubenstein CW EC CoP
Gary House Counsel
Monroe Lesser Realty
Specialist
Robert Wright CGs Staff Group
MAJ Martha Kiene (supports NWD,
SAD) Corporate Info.
Brenda Ball Corporate Integration
David Engels Human Resources
Anthony Johnson Logistics
Mgmt. Jeffrey
Tharp PAO (supports LRD, MVD, NWD, SAD)

Dave Hewitt PARC
Kathleen Wysocki Resource
Management Rowena Rulona Safety
Occ. Health Ellen
Stewart Virtual Members ERDC Jeff Holland
ITL Mary Ellen Hynes GSL
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A CIVIL WORKS DEPUTY Serves as the Senior Civil
Works program advocate and Deputy Chief of the
Regional Integration Team (RIT), responsible for
leadership, program execution, and oversight for
Civil Works activities managed by the RIT.
Responsible for providing executive leadership
and oversight to the planning, programming,
design, acquisition, construction, operations
maintenance for all Civil Works activities
assigned to the USACE Major Subordinate
Command/RBC. Responsible for oversight/leadership
of financial management, customer interface,
HQUSACE interface, review/analysis reporting
for all Civil Works activities assigned to the
RIT. Participates in HQUSACE Program Review
Board, and other executive level coordination
activities associated with Civil Works missions
assigned to the RIT. This position oversees the
development of program management plans for
activities assigned to the RIT, and provides
effective leadership and supervision for
personnel assigned to the Civil Works core of the
RIT. In more simpler terms this means
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I answer the mail!!
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PERFORMANCE MEASURES
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Performance Based Budgeting Which Projects Make
the Cut?

• Performance Measures Ranking Criteria
• Benefit/Cost Ratio, Remaining Benefit/Remaining
  Cost Ratio
• Time to Complete
• Dam Safety
• Flood Damage Reduction
• People in 100-year flood plain
• Average annual damages prevented
• Property at risk in 100-year floodplain
• Navigation
• Tonnage
• Average Annual Benefits
• Environmental Restoration
• Loss prevention for significant natural resources
• Endangered Species Act other environmental
  compliance needs

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Performance Based Budgeting Modifications for
FY07

• Adding key metrics to Remaining Benefit to
  Remaining Cost Ratio
• Risk to human life if no action taken
• Restoration of significant ecosystems
• Remedying impacts from existing Civil Works
  projects
• Corps unique expertise in modifying aquatic
  regimes of watersheds

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5-year Development Plan
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Five-Year Development Plan
BACKGROUND
H.R. 108-554 directed the Corps to prepare and
submit, beginning with the fiscal year 2006
budget submission and annually thereafter, a
comprehensive five-year plan for the Civil Works
Program. The Committee believes strongly in the
value of preparing five-year plans to guide
Administration budget requests and Congressional
spending decisions. Such plans force discipline
in making budgetary decisions and encourage some
stability from year to year. By giving Congress
and the Administration a view of what lies ahead
in the coming years of the Civil Works program,
this fine-year plan may alleviate some of the
pressure to fund every project in the coming
fiscal year.
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Five-Year Development Plan (Contd.)

• Provides an overview of the Civil Works program
  and budget for FY 2007-2011
• A collaborative effort between the Corps, OMB and
  the Committees.
• Presents projections of discretionary funding for
  the Civil Works program
• Focus on projects and activities that provide the
  highest net economic/environmental returns on the
  Nations investment
• Approved and submitted to the Congress on 1 Mar 06

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Five-Year Development Plan (Contd.)

• The funding is distributed among eight accounts
  over the five-years Investigations,
  Construction, Operations and Maintenance, MRT,
  the Regulatory Program, FUSRAP, Flood Control and
  Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) and Expenses
• The plan includes three scenarios
• Middle scenario Based on the Presidents budget
  (4.733 billion) and are formula driven funding
  levels through the out-years
• High scenario Based on the total FY 2006
  enacted funding level (5.446 billion) as the
  base and adjusted over time for GDP price index
• Low scenario Based on funding levels below
  those in the Middle scenario
• The budget projections are formula-driven/policy
  neutral and do not represent budget
  decisions/policy beyond FY 2007

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Five-Year Development Plan (Contd.)

• Each scenario presents out-year budget
  allocations based on FY07 Administration
  assumptions and construction guidelines
• A funding wedge is accounted on each scenario to
  fund those studies, PEDs and construction
  projects not listed
• Under the High scenario
• The performs substantially more critical
  maintenance, repair and rehabilitation (445
  million increase in OM and 13 million for MRT)
• More studies, PEDs and projects are completed
  faster than the other two scenarios
• The Corps executes more critical and high
  priority items

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Regionalization of OM
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Regionalization of OM

• Intent is to manage the OM program by watershed
  and business program, rather than primarily
  project-by-project.
• If Congress (House and Senate) concurs with this
  concept, this would provide flexibility in the
  OM account, to place vital funds where they are
  most needed.

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Regionalization of OM (Continued)
House Report 109-474 referenced the geographic
regions of funding OM, understanding the dynamic
nature of the project needs within this account.
The Committee recommends that the OM account be
appropriated based on the geographic regions
contained in the budget request with the
following stipulations

• Corps will provide, within 30 days of enactment
  (of the Bill), to the House and Senate Committees
  on Appropriations the planned funding allocations
  by project for this account..

• The Corps will maintain this information on its
  website.

• The Corps will not deviate from this allocation
  of funds without a clearly articulated management
  plan..

• This management plan shall be provided to the
  House and Senate Committees on Appropriation for
  approval

• As part of the management plan, the Corps is
  instructed to develop a communication plan for
  how this process will be coordinated with, and
  justified to, the impacted Members of Congress,
  water system users, and other interested parties.

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Questions?