At Katrina Plus One Year, Strock Outlines New Plan for Corps
Almost one year after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, released a plan to guide the Corps into taking a more comprehensive, systems-oriented approach to setting priorities for future work and for guiding its processes and planning.
The general says the "12 Actions for Change" plan was developed in response to analysis of the performance of the flood defenses of New Orleans during hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and of the Corps responsibilities for failures in that system, which he says point to a need to transform the way the Corps operates. "We will use the 12 Actions to guide our ongoing and future work, and to ensure we have an organization that is adaptable, flexible and responsive to the needs of the nation," says Strock.