Coast Guard seeks to hire more contract managers (5/11/09) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com
A provision in the Obama administration’s 2010 budget request for the Homeland Security Department would give the Coast Guard money to hire another 100 contract managers, positions that would put the service within reach of a 1,000-person strong acquisition workforce – the number service leaders say they need to adequately manage the Coast Guard’s complex, decades-long modernization program.