{
  "id": 13163,
  "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108625",
  "title": "Army Corps of Engineers: Stakeholders and Corps Views on Legal Protections in Project Partnership Agreements",
  "summary": "What GAO Found The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers enters into Project Partnership Agreements (PPA) with nonfederal sponsors to execute water resources projects. These PPAs include a clause to “hold and save the Government from damages arising from the project” except those due to the fault or negligence of the U.S. or its contractors. Corps officials said the clause may protect the federal government from legal costs by discouraging litigation—a key advantage. Nonfederal sponsors described disadva",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-23T11:14:05.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-25T05:10:48.796Z",
  "source_slug": "x-us-gao-reports",
  "source_name": "US GAO Reports",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.gao.gov",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13163",
  "original_url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108625",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}