Jindal Asks Corps of Engineers to Change Organization Structure
Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal, has asked the Army Corps of Engineers to change its organizational structure. Jindal wants the New Orleans District Office of the Corps to be come a Division Office reporting directly to the Corps headquarters in Washington.
At present, the New Orleans District Office of the Corps reports to the Division office in Vicksburg, Mississippi. This change would reduce the time required for the Corps to make decisions related to New Orleans and Louisiana coastal protection and restoration.
Garrett Graves, Governor Jindal's Director of the Office of Coastal Activities, made the formal request to the Mississippi River Commission in Vicksburg. Graves stated that the change was crucial now because the Corps was preparing to undertake $15 billion in repair and rebuilding of the region's hurricane protection flood system.
For more information on this request, se the New Orleans Times Picayune articled from Saturday April 12, 2008 entitled: Jindal seeks change in Corps of Engineers organization.
Erich P Rapp.
