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 […]
U.S. Coast Guard budget reduced by $20 million relative to 2009 – HS Daily Wire USCG supporters fret over cuts in the Coast Guard budget; the cuts would have been even deeper had it not been for a slight injection of stimulus package funds and the inclusion of DoD supplemental money of $241 million for […]
USCG: Commandant’s Corner – Journal Piracy Hearing on Twitter Today, May 5th Rear Admiral Brian Salerno, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship will be testifying before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure Safety and Security. You can follow the hearing on twitter and […]
Something happened recently that did not garner much media attention but is worth noting among the Homeland Security set. Each and every Transportation Security Officer TSA recently completed a two-day training course called ENGAGE, which is an experiential, hands-on training effort aimed at calming the checkpoint to improve security.
Here’s the question – who pays for the protection afforded to private companies engaged in protecting America’s critical assets? The answer is: it depends.
Coast Guard modernization program still faces challenges (4/22/09) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com The Coast Guard received praise Wednesday from the Government Accountability Office and a House subcommittee for gaining greater control over its once-chaotic acquisition process, but its top officer voiced concern over the deteriorating conditions of his oldest cutters and the difficulty in rebuilding its acquisition […]
Admiral Allen lists some of the blogs he reads regularly, and we are delighted to see Security Debrief as part of that list.
New Blog Coming Soon: The Coast Guard Compass I recently received an outreach email from CG-0922 Public Affairs letting me know of a new official Coast Guard blog that will be launching next month: The Coast Guard Compass. Yes we already have iCommandant and the MCPOCG has his site, so where will this Compass site […]
Pirates: We will slaughter U.S. crews – Front Page – MiamiHerald.com One pirate issued a new threat to ”slaughter” Americans, and Tuesday’s assault on a second U.S. cargo ship, the Liberty Sun, underscored the outlaws’ ability to act with impunity despite international naval operations against them and mounting concern worldwide over how to end the […]
The recent pirate attack on the MAERSK ALABAMA generated a great deal of reporting and discussion on how to respond to the future pirate threat. The officials responsible for the security of the U.S. often find themselves in this dilemma; too many threats and not enough resources to counter all of them.
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