Corps of Engineers is delaying New Orleans flood defenses (editorial) | NOLA.com

When the Army Corps of Engineers awarded the $675 million contract to CBY Design Builders of New Orleans in April, two losing bidders protested. The General Accounting Office, which investigated, reported last week that there was a conflict of interest in CBY's hiring of a former corps official and that the corps didn't properly evaluate the company's technical proposal for pump station operation.

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