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Report Writing and Communication

  • Documenting Decisions: Tips, Tools, Techniques and Lessons Learned in Report Writing
      This recorded webinar included tips from the field on technical story telling: How are those in the field writing integrated feasibility study and environmental compliance documents that are both technically complete and readable? Jacksonville and Little Rock Districts shared recent experiences and lessons learned as they prepared and released draft reports for public - and concurrent internal - review.
      This 2013 webinar included tips from the field on technical story telling: How are those in the field writing integrated feasibility study and environmental compliance documents that are both technically complete and readable? Jacksonville and Little Rock Districts shared experiences and lessons learned as they prepared and released draft reports for public - and concurrent internal - review.

  • Developing the Feasibility Report Tips, Tools & Examples
      This Toolbox page provides resources to assist with the development of Feasibility Reports. It outlines milestones, lists required documentation, and provides resources for reference

  • Feasibility Report Format and Content Guide
      This guide provides general recommendations for the format and content of USACE feasibility reports with an integrated Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The guide can be used as a starting point for nearly all feasibility reports and is appropriate for use by entry-level to senior planners. It may also be used as a reference for policy reviewers and technical specialists. The format described in the guide is not mandatory.

  • Feasibility Report Summary Format and Content Guide
      This Feasibility Report Summary Format and Content Guide is intended to assist users in the development of the content and structure of the Report Summary. The Report Summary is initiated prior to the Alternative Milestone, is updated at each subsequent milestone, and is used to support briefings, decision-related meetings and hearings.

  • Federal Plain Language Guidelines
      PlainLanguage.gov provides information about the Plain Writing Act and examples for how to write government products using plain language.

  • GPO Style Manual
      The U.S. Government Publishing Office is authorized to determine the form and style of Government printing. The Style Manual is the product of many years of public printing experience, and its rules are based on principles of good usage and custom in the printing trade. Essentially, the Style Manual is a standardization device designed to achieve uniform word and type treatment, and aiming for economy of word use. The Style Manual has served Federal printers since 1894, and with each new edition, the traditions of printing and graphic arts are carried forward into new technologies.

  • Integrated Report Format and Content Outline (PDF)
      Approach taken by Jacksonville District to develop integrated feasibility study and reports, with details on the content of the 100-page main feasibility study report and the appendices.

  • Planning Bulletin 2019-02: Incorporation of External Reports in to Studies and Decision Documents
      The purpose of this Planning Bulleting is to provide guidance on the use of data, information, and reports produced by groups outside of USACE (including project partners, other federal, state, and local governments, academia, and non-governmental organization) in studies and decision documents. This guidance is intended to reinforce the existing approach of considering benefits, costs, and impacts across the four accounts (national economic development (NED), regional economic development (RED), environmental quality, and other social effects (OSE)) to inform decision-makers throughout the government, non-governmental organizations, and the public.