October 28, 2007
Life Jacket Mandate Study - Corps Employee Questionnaire
1. As many of you know, MG Don Riley, Director of Civil Works, has directed the Operations and Safety Offices to conduct a Corps-wide study on the feasibility of establishing a mandatory life jacket wear requirement for visitors recreating on Corps-administered waters, including leased areas (CECW-CO-N memorandum, dated 6 June 2007).

2. One phase of the Life Jacket Mandate Study (LJMS) includes a brief, 12-question, anonymous Corps employee questionnaire that is located on the Natural Resource Management Gateway website at this link. https://corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil/employees/w atersafety/ljms.cfm

3. All Corps employees are welcome to share their opinion by answering these few questions. A Corps email address is requested only to restrict individuals from participating more than once.

4. The results of this on-line employee questionnaire, and the additional LJMS District questionnaire completed by District points of contact (POCs), will be valuable information for a meeting being held in mid-November with our partners in promoting boating and water safety. Some of you may have already been contacted by your district POC regarding this survey. If you have already competed the survey - Thanks!

5. For further information on this study, you can contact your LJMS District POC (listed at the link above), or Rachel Garren, Policy Advisor for the National Water Safety Product Delivery Team (PDT), or Lynda Nutt, PDT Chairperson at the National Operations Center for Water Safety.

Thank You
Stephen Austin

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