Doing Business With Army Corps of Engineers

Army Corps of Engineers441 G St. NWWashington, DC 20314(202) 761-0008 1775 Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers 34,600 civilian, 650 military This agency of military and civilian engineers, scientists and specialists provides engineering services to the nation. This includes planning, building and operating water resources and civil works projects; and designing and managing construction of Army and Air Force facilities and for other defense and federal agencies. A veritable laundry list. Eight divisions, or regional business centers, throughout the United States. Forty-one district offices in the United States, Asia and Europe; field offices worldwide. Eight laboratories nationwide, such as the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory and the Information Technology Laboratory, both in Vicksburg, Miss. Two centers: the Huntsville Army Engineering and Support Center in Alabama and the Transatlantic Programs Center in Winchester, Va.; five field operating activities, such as the Marine Design Center in Philadelphia and the Institute for Water Resources in Alexandria, Va. The agency's Web site is awesome. It made me want to hug them. I found everything I need quickly and with little hunting. Things are in logical places. A "doing business with us" link () tells you everything from how to go about business to what is available.XXXSPLITXXX- Chief information officer Oct. 24, 1999 Born in New York, lived in the Bronx for a while.Springfield, Va. Wife; one son, 7, and one daughter, 2. Golf, reading, going out to restaurants "Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life" by Gary Hamel Bachelor's degree in education from the University of Puerto Rico. Master's degree in management science from Webster College. As undergraduate, was member of Army ROTC. Commissioned in 1976, retired as a captain. Retired from Army Reserve in 2002 as a lieutenant colonel. Berrios: We want to continue producing products and services cheaper and better in support to the nation, and to do that, we have to look at how we leverage everything in terms of resources and expertise. Although IT is not our core competency, it is definitely a critical mechanism to achieve this. So we're looking very hard at how to modify and evolve the architecture to meet those challenges. Berrios: I look for companies that can think more of enterprise-level solutions vs. very decentralized-level solutions. When I look at the services being provided traditionally in government today, they mimic what's happened 10 years ago: highly decentralized, repetitive type operations. And I don't think they're leveraging the product lines that are out there. So when I'm looking for a vendor, it's someone who's able to walk in and say there are some economies of scale, some efficiencies you could achieve here if you move toward the following, and here's how we'll help you get there. Berrios: Our ability to access information will increase tremendously, yet still in a very secure mode. Today we're somewhat restricted in how we access our intranet or our network, but in the future we'll leverage virtual private network and Internet appliances, so we can access our network from wherever we wish, not only the particular mission-critical modules, regardless of where we are.