ASCE Reviews First Phase of Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force's Investigation of Levees

摘要

ASCE'S External Review Panel (ERP), which the Society convened under the authorization of Secretary of Defense Donald H, Rums-feld to peer-review the work of the Inter-agency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET)--the body commissioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the performance of the hurricane protection systems in New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana--met at ASCE headquarters, in Reston, Virginia, January 9-10 to discuss the first of the three reports the IPET will produce. Other representatives of the Corps also were present. The IPET was formed at the direction of Lieutenant General Carl A. Strode, the Corps's commander and chief of engineers, to provide credible and objective scientific and engineering answers to fundamental questions about the performance of the hurricane protection and damage reduction system in the New Orleans metropolitan area. The IPET is composed of experts from government, academia, and industry and represents more than 40 organizations. In addition to discussing the investigation, attendees considered the way in which the ERP will interact with the IPET and the IPET'S methodology and goals.