White House, Congress differ on transportation plans

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This article is an overview of the budget proposal of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century by the White House about the surface trnsportation improvement and the Congress debate for its reauthorization. Among the various issues, the debate is centered around inadequacy of the administration's budget allocation and how to boost revenues of the Highway Trust Fund.

Traffic & Transportation Mgmt, Analysis, Economic aspects, United States. Congress, Transportation planning, Federal budget

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Congress seeks answers to New Orleans levee failures

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The members of Congress called U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to ensure the failure of repairing the battered New Orleans levee system after the hurricane Katrina, are discussed. The details of the information collected by the Engineers regarding the failure are also discussed.

Management dynamics, Management, Company business management, Legislators, Members of Congress (United States), Hurricane Katrina, 2005

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Corps issues list of deficient levees, develops database

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The development of a database by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to store information on deficient levees in the United States is described.

Social aspects, Evaluation, Company systems management, Information management

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