TUESDAY

BRIEFINGS FOR THE CHIEF

WHY IS “PUBLIC ENGINEERING” IMPORTANT?

TEAM ASSIGNMENT Complete instructions are on page Urgent message from the Chief’s Office Delegation tomorrow from a new democracy Questions: –Why are public engineering agencies needed in a democracy? –How are public engineering agencies different from private A/E firms?

PUBLIC ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Decisions about use and management of resources involve values choices Public engineering organizations provide a process for resolving these values choices Public participation is central to the Corps’ role as a public engineering organization, because it is the mechanism by which we can resolve values differences