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  • April

    A family checks out the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District booth April 18, 2015 during the Nashville Earth Day Festival at Centennial Park. They also collected water safety items and maps of local lakes that were available for free.

    Corps touts environmental stewardship at Nashville Earth Day Festival

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 18, 2015) – Touting environmental stewardship, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District educated the public today about clean power, sustainability, restoration, water quality and water management at the Nashville Earth Day Festival in Centennial Park.
  • Huntsville Center's deputy commander, Lt. Col. Kendall Bergmann presented Nelson a Huntsville Center plaque during a reception at the organization April 17.

    Huntsville Center loses a jewel

    When Jewel Nelson, service support specialist, Executive Office, retired in 2004 and returned to
  • Huntsville Center Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Kendall Bergmann discusses the importance of quality award nomination packages during an April 9 lunch and learn workshop sponsored by the Center's Federal Women's Program.

    Quality nomination packages critical to effective awards program

    Award programs are a valuable tool leaders have to recognize individuals and teams and help tell their stories to the rest of the world. Preparing quality nomination packages – for both local and national awards – is critical to a successful program

  • Norfolk beach expansion combats sea-level rise

    Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim and other city leaders joined Col. Paul Olsen, Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander and signed a historic project partnership agreement that lays the foundation for construction of a coastal storm damage reduction project to protect the Willoughby and Ocean View neighborhoods of Norfolk.
  • Technicians install information technology equipment at the new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Western Processing Center in Hillsboro, Oregon. Due to weight limitations at the Western Processing Center’s original location, all equipment had to be moved out by March 19 and in its new location and operational by March 22. Huntsville Center’s Information Technology Services ACE-IT branch supported the requirement awarding a single $1.3 million Firm Fixed Price contract to a Portland, Oregon area IT firm on Dec. 24. The work was completed within the allotted timeline and met all operational requirements.

    Huntsville Center’s Information Technology Services branch growing

    What began as a one-person-deep special projects program capturing unusual requests from customers seeking to purchase information technology, Huntsville Center’s Information Technology Service branch is one of the fastest growing branches within Huntsville Center.