Tag Archives: USACE

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District is nearing completion of the Secure Administrative/Operations Facility in Virginia which will house operations under the Army Intelligence and Security Command, DVIDShub.net reported Monday. The 381,000-square foot facility is located at Fort Belvoir and will be used for INSCOM’s various intelligence-related activities including training, acquisition, logistics and communications to support operations under the joint and coalition commands, Army and intelligence community. 

The Government Accountability Office conducted an inspection on the construction projects of the Army Corps of Engineers and the General Services Administration. GAO said Tuesday that it found both agencies do not regularly track the time length of processing contract changes. This reduces USACE's and GSA's capacities to identify and address issues, according to GAO.

Dewberry announced on Tuesday that the company secured a potential five-year, $24.5 million maximum capacity architect/engineer contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District to support predominantly sustainment, restoration, and maintenance projects.

Dovarius Peoples, former deputy to the commanding general of the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command, has been named the chief information officer of the Army Corps of Engineers, Federal News Network reported Monday. He succeeds Greg Garcia and will officially assume the role on April 28. In his new capacity, Peoples will manage USACE’s fiscal 2019 budget for information technology efforts valued at around $576 million. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has submitted to Congress its work plan for several projects under its Civil Works program. The service said Wednesday it will get a total of $6.9B in fiscal 2019 funds for the Army Civil Works program through the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

Gregory Garcia, former chief information officer for the Army Corps of Engineers, has been named the service branch's deputy CIO. In his new role, Garcia will help CIO Bruce Crawford supervise and assess the Army's information technology and management activities, the service branch said Monday.

The Defense Department has assigned Col. Christine Beeler, former deputy director of contracting at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to serve as deputy commander at the Army Contracting Command. She will operate from Redstone Arsenal, Ala. in her new role, the DoD said Tuesday.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has submitted its proposed appropriations for the 2018 Army Civil Works initiative to Congress, as part of an act that President Trump signed in March. R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, said in a statement published Monday that the work …

The Senate has confirmed Rickey Dale James, a manager at family farming business A.C. Riley Cotton Company, as assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for civil works and head of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Northern Kentucky Tribune reported Monday. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said James will help address water infrastructure …

Maj. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser, former commanding general of the U.S. Army‘s Center for Initial Military Training, has been assigned as deputy commanding general for military and international operations at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Defense Department announced Friday. The Army commissioned Funkhouser to the rank of second lieutenant at …