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  • April

    Woman diagrams new process on whiteboard while team members watch.

    Efficiency Drives New Offboarding Process at the Middle East District

    A conversation between two colleagues at the Middle East District led to the creation of an innovative online offboarding system. Mary Beth Murray and Marcie Piper developed the tool in mid-2024 using SharePoint and Power Automate to replace outdated, inefficient processes. Their collaboration improved accountability, reduced risk, and streamlined employee departures. The system’s success highlights how creative problem-solving and teamwork can drive impactful change across an organization.
  • Contracting specialists speaking at a contracting event.

    PPS and USFK Acquisition Partners host Joint Industry Day in South Korea

    In partnership with Public Procurement Service (PPS), United States Forces Korea (USFK) Acquisition Partners including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District, Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Contracting – Korea, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Indo-Pacific and 411th Contracting Support Brigade (CSB) hosted Joint Industry Day April 9, 2025, at the Seoul Regional Public Procurement Service building in Seoul, South Korea. Over 200 potential contractors attended the event.
  • Photo of the Wright survey vessel

    New survey vessels honor fallen Soldiers, expand USACE capabilities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, completed final inspections of three new hydrographic survey vessels at the Fowl River Marina in Theodore, Alabama, April 8, 2025.
  • Officials sign a feasibility cost sharing agreement for the Coyote Valley Dam General Investigation Study during an April 11, 2025, ceremony at Lake Mendocino.

    USACE, partners kick off Coyote Valley Dam water supply study with key signing ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District is launching a three-year general investigation study to explore modernizing Coyote Valley Dam now that a key partnership agreement was signed today during an afternoon ceremony at Lake Mendocino. At a table set up atop the 67-year-old earthen dam, officials from Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission and Lytton Rancheria of California, the two non-federal sponsors on the study, and the Corps gathered to sign what is referred to as a feasibility cost sharing agreement. The agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities of both the government and non-federal sponsors in the cost sharing and execution of work.
  • A contractor takes a groundwater sample from a monitoring well in January 2025 prior to initiation of the treatability study.

    USACE, EPA advance long-term water quality improvements in Milford, Ohio

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is partnering with the U.S. Environmental