Coast Guard: Observations on Agency Performance, Operations and Future Challenges

Abstract

The Coast Guard's fiscal year 2007 budget request totals $8.4 billion, an increase of 4 percent ($328 million) over the approved budget for fiscal year 2006 and a slowing of the agency's budget increases over the past 2 fiscal years. This testimony, which is based on both current and past GAO work, synthesizes the results of these reviews as they pertain to the following: meeting performance goals, adjusting to added responsibilities, acquiring new assets (especially the Deepwater program - to replace or upgrade cutters and aircraft, and the Rescue 21 program - to modernize rescue communications), and meeting other future challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 2006
Accession Number
AD1180919

Entities

People

  • Stephen L. Caldwell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Coast Guard
  • Commerce
  • Composite Materials
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Identification Systems
  • Law
  • Marine Transportation
  • Maritime Industry
  • Maritime Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Program Management
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security