EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
d. Command Inspections. At the direction of the Chief,
Headquarters staff elements undertake on-site inspections of MSCs,
DCs, FOAs, and laboratories, to review compliance with delegated
authorities. Items inspected include the assigned missions and
functions of the MSC and FOA; establishment of programs and
accomplishments in support of the command objectives; future planning
and programming; impacts of HQUSACE policies and guidance; and special
topics selected by the Chief. Reports are prepared by the inspecting
team and submitted to the Chief for approval and resolution of
findings. The inspection cycle is three years.
e. Weekly Significant Activities Report (WSAR). The WSAR is a
very important source of information for the Chief of Engineers, and
provides the Chief a quick view of the key and significant events that
are happening across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and about which
he should be informed. The intent of the report is to provide a
snapshot of significant achievements, key decisions, National
Performance Review initiatives, critical meetings and other such
events that have taken place each week at district, division,
laboratory, and Headquarters level. This report does not replace
established emergency operations reporting procedures or Serious
Incident Reports.
f. Corps-Wide Areas of Work Responsibility (ER 5-1-10). As an
integral part of the Corps normal business practices, USACE activities
have been assigned geographical or functional responsibilities to
ensure customers receive the best corporate response to their needs
and expectations. Each USACE activity is expected to conduct business
in accordance with these responsibilities and to be open and flexible
to entering into voluntary agreements with each other to jointly
satisfy a customer's needs when it is in the best interest of the
customer and the Corps to do so. This voluntary agreement, which is
referred to as "brokering", allows for customer access to the total
capabilities of the Corps regardless of geographical location. USACE
activities are expected to advise customers of how the Corps normally
conducts business and to encourage customers to follow these business
practices. When the customer desires to deviate from normal Corps
business practices, the USACE activity with whom the customer desires
to work must broker the work with the affected USACE activities or
obtain written approval from HQUSACE prior to executing the work.
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Organizational Structure.
a. Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE). Prior
to 1979 the Corps of Engineers was an Army staff element. The Office
of the Chief of Engineers (OCE) supervised all Corps activities, of
whatever nature. The Corps became a major Army command (MACOM) in
1979. Now OCE is confined in its use to the portion of the Chief's
staff that is involved in direct support of the Army staff. HQUSACE
is used as the designation for the portion of the Chief's staff
involved in supervision of the missions assigned to the Corps as a
MACOM. HQUSACE assists the Chief of Engineers in planning, directing,
and controlling the civil works activities assigned to the Chief. The
organization of HQUSACE is shown in Figure 4-1. The role of
Headquarters is to develop the policies, procedures, and business
processes needed to make Corps programs run well and to provide
oversight of the Corps programs. Headquarters also conducts policy
compliance review to ensure that there is uniform application of
established policies and procedures nationwide and identifies policy
issues that must be resolved in the absence of established criteria,
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