Agency publishes updated flood standard requiring project participants who rebuild after disaster to consider future flood risks. 

Corps says "a national approach is needed" regarding levee safety.

Protests by Fluor and CDM Smith had challenged emergency response agency bid evaluation as too subjective and objected to a single-award blanket purchase agreement.

While current seismic design codes address life safety issues, the report says stakeholders should also consider re-occupancy and functional recovery time, taking into account the potential impacts to a community as a whole.