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ABB Industries Case Study: U.S. Coast Guard
After more than 60 years of operation, the U.S. Coast Guard has decided to replace the USCGC MACKINAW with the new multi-mission Great Lakes Icebreaker GLIB. U.S. Cost selected ACS & Azipod. The new icebreaker will be equipped with ABB's Azipod propulsion system, an electric podded propulsion unit capable of...
Tags: ABB, United States Coast Guard, 360-degree
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United States Coast Guard: Boston, Massachusetts
The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service and a unique federal agency. In addition to its non-redundant yet compelling national defense role as one of the five U.S. Armed Services, the Coast Guard is charged with a broad scope of regulatory, law-enforcement, humanitarian, and emergency-response duties. The...
Tags: Manufacturing, PowerLight Corp., United States Coast Guard, photovoltaics, emergency response, agency
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Coast Guard: Preliminary Observations on the Condition of Deepwater Legacy Assets and Acquisition Management Challenges
For several years now, the Coast Guard has been warning that the existing fleet--especially cutters--was failing at an unsustainable rate, and it began studying options for replacing or modernizing the fleet more rapidly. This report addresses several issues related to these considerations: changes in the condition of deepwater legacy assets...
Tags: Asset management, Government Accountability Office, United States Coast Guard, asset, acquisition
White papers 2005-06-21
Homeland Security: Navy Operations - Background and Issues for Congress
The Navy and Coast Guard agree that the Coast Guard should be the lead agency for the maritime component of homeland security, and that the Navy?s role relative to the Coast Guard in maritime homeland security should be to support the Coast Guard. Potential Navy homeland security roles include defending...
Tags: United States Coast Guard, homeland security, U.S. Congress, attack, computer network, agency, network, computer
White papers 2005-06-02
Coast Guard: Station Readiness Improving, But Resource Challenges and Management Concerns Remain
For years, the Coast Guard has conducted search and rescue operations from its network of stations along the nation's coasts and waterways. In 2001, reviews of station operations found that station readiness--the ability to execute mission requirements in keeping with standards--was in decline. The Coast Guard began addressing these issues,...
Tags: Government Accountability Office, United States Coast Guard, search and rescue, homeland security, network
White papers 2005-01-01
Integration of Deepwater and Legacy Logistic Support Processes Through Business Process Reengineering
The goal of the Deepwater Project is to improve the Coast Guard's Operational Effectiveness while Minimizing Total Ownership Cost TOC. The Deepwater Logistics Process and Policy Development LPPD Integrated Project Team IPT is currently working on a Business Process Reengineering BPR project. Performance Based Logistics is typically used by the...
Tags: Business process reengineering (BPR), Supply chain, Operational planning, Financial accounting, United States Coast Guard, BPR, logistics, business process, financial system, government, financial, audit, ERP, asset, performance, tool, industry
White papers 2004-04-12
On-Scene Coordinators
The On-Scene Coordinator OSC is the federal official responsible for monitoring or directing responses to all oil spills and hazardous substance releases reported to the federal government. The OSC coordinates all federal efforts with, and provides support and information to, local, state and regional response communities. The OSC is an...
Tags: Environment Protection Agency, United States Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, agent, monitoring
White papers 2004-02-24
Improved and Standardized Methodology for Oil Spill Fingerprinting
This paper presents the recommended methodology for the analytical oil spill identification part. The sampling techniques and handling of oil samples prior to their arrival at the environmental forensic laboratory is not covered in this paper. The recommended methodology approach is a result of documented analytical improvements and quantitative treatment...
Tags: technique
White papers 2003-01-07
Oil Spill Response in Fast Currents - A Field Guide
Efforts to quickly deploy effective fast-water spill response have been hampered by the lack of technology and adequate training. The objective of this manual is to serve as a training aid and a field manual to increase the effectiveness of fast-water responses. This guide starts with a decision guide to...
Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, United States Coast Guard, training, technique
White papers 2002-07-12
Looking to the Future - Setting the Agenda for Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response in the 21st Century
The Coast Guard is now concerned about what the future may hold in terms of oil pollution threats, and prevention, preparedness and response program shortcomings and opportunities in the future. To address this issue, the Coast Guard, in partnership with other National Response Team agencies and industry, is conducting a...
Tags: Environmental Research Consulting, United States Coast Guard, pollution, vision, partnership, agency, strategy, industry
White papers 2002-05-28
Recent NIIMS ICS Enhancements for U.S. Spill Response
This paper focuses on the ICS being used by the Coast Guard, describes enhancements to the system specific for oil spills, and discusses forthcoming activities related to nationwide training for the Coast Guard and the public. This paper reviews the key elements of the oil spill Incident Command System as...
Tags: Workforce management, United States Coast Guard, training
White papers 2002-02-02
Principles of Risk Communication-4
Risk communication is the interactive process of exchanging information and opinion among individuals, groups and institutions. It involves multiple messages about the nature of risk and other messages, not strictly about risk, that express concerns, opinions, or reactions to risk messages or to legal and institutional arrangements for risk management....
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, United States Coast Guard, decision-making, risk management
White papers 2001-05-23
Principles of Risk-Based Decision-Making-1
The paper presents a brief summary of Risk-based Decision Making. A great deal more information is available in the literature of the field. This guideline is not intended to replace or repeat the numerous references available. Instead, the goal here was to present a decision making methodology and the major...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, United States Coast Guard, decision-making
White papers 2001-05-23

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Trusted Computer Solutions Linux-Based Trusted Thin Client SABI Certified
United States Coast Guard Intelligence Program Using SecureOffice Trusted Thin Client to Provide Access from SIPRNet to NIPRNet HERNDON, Va. -- Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. TCS, a leading supplier of cross domain solutions for government and industry, announced today that the company's SecureOffice[R] Trusted Thin Client[R] product is...
Articles 2008-07-14
July 4th Launch: E-Yearbook.com Introduces Online Collection of Old Military Yearbooks
E-Yearbook.com, a website with the largestcollection of old yearbooks on the Internet, today launches a newcollection of old Military Yearbooks . The newyearbook collection includes year books from the following schools: -- United States Military Academy at West Point - Howitzer Yearbook -- ...
Articles 2008-07-01
LEAD: Rescuers find bodies inside sunken Philippine ferry
MANILA, June 24 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING DEATH TOLL) Rescuers found several bodies Tuesday floating inside a sunken passenger ferry that capsized with more than 800 passengers and crew aboard Saturday off the coast of the central Philippine province of Romblon, a spokesman for...
Articles 2008-06-30
Todd Shipyards Corporation Announces Receipt of the Benkert Award
SEATTLE -- Todd Shipyards Corporation (NYSE:TOD) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation ("Todd" or the "Company"), was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2008 William M. Benkert Environmental Protection Awards ("The Benkert Award") by the United States Coast Guard. The Benkert Award was created to recognize outstanding...
Articles 2008-06-24
Sensis and Saab Microwave Systems Enter Partnership for GIRAFFE AMB Radar in the U.S. Military Market
Sensis to Provide Marketing and Support for Multi-mission 3-D Radars EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensis Corporation and Saab Microwave Systems have entered into a cooperative agreement for Sensis to market, sell and provide logistics support for Saab's GIRAFFE Agile Multi-Beam AMB radar to the...
Articles 2008-06-23
Old Island Harbor Assists in Restoration of Historic Schooner
Schooner Western Union Gets Well-Deserved Makeover KEY WEST, Fla. -- The boatyard at Old Island Harbor, part of a proposed mixed-use redevelopment project emphasizing waterfront revitalization at Safe Harbor, recently provided working dock space to one of the world's only surviving cable ships - the Schooner Western Union...
Articles 2008-06-18
First Potomac Realty Trust Achieves 100% Occupancy at Crossways I In Crossways Commerce Center, Chesapeake, VA
BETHESDA, Md. -- First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE:FPO) announced today that the U.S. General Services Administration GSA has leased 44,000 square feet for the United States Coast Guard USCG, which included an extension of 22,000 square feet and a 22,000 square foot expansion, in First Potomac's Crossways I property in...
Articles 2008-06-02
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