The History of the U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Program and Evolution of the Acquisions Directorate

Abstract

The Coast Guard has created a robust acquisitions process for handling its assets. However, the Coast Guard has overcome many hurdles in order to become successful. In the late 1990's the Coast Guard realized its fleet was becoming antiquated and obsolete. As a result, a contract to modernize the fleet was awarded to ICGS to oversee and execute the Deepwater acquisition. Through mismanagement and lack of oversight, the Deepwater program to modernize the fleet was scrutinized and reexamined. In 2007, the Coast Guard assumed ownership of modernization, later referred to as fleet recapitalization. The Coast Guard created the Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9) which was a new command structure to handle the recapitalization program. In order to provide self-governance and direction, a strategic plan and systems manual was developed to emphasize a systems oriented approach to Coast Guard acquisitions management and oversight. The end result a cost-effective approach to sustaining the Coast Guard s missions in the 21st century and beyond.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 2014
Accession Number
ADA612576

Entities

People

  • Brian Waller
  • Kevin Hertzler
  • Syed A. Ahmed

Organizations

  • University of New Orleans

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Assembly Lines
  • Coast Guard
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Architecture
  • Procurement
  • Project Management
  • Quality Control
  • Security
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Systems Analysis and Design