On January 28, 2009, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) published the 2009 Infrastructure Report Card for the United States. The Report Card is an assessment by professional engineers of the nation's status in 15 categories of infrastructure. The report cards is as follows:

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This report card only emphasizes our need to address our failing infrastructure problems and strengthens the argument of promoting the use of information technology and computing in civil engineering. After all, our resources are limited, and we have a big task ahead of us.

Sources

• Click here to visit the ASCE webpage and view the entire Report Card.