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Deepwater Hearing – Vice Admiral Currier – You might as well have no oversight
http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=1628 I call it a “Deepwater” hearing because we are where we are now due to that program and ICGS You all can listen to it yourself. Here are some items of note. From Lobiondo’s statement in the press. (He is the useless NJ Rep congressman who has part of ICGS in his neck of [...]
Deepwater to take an extra 10 years to complete
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/hearing-to-examine-coast-guard-plan-to-replace-aging-vessels-aircraft http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/lobiondo-examines-coast-guard-acquisition-program-to-replace-aging-assets $17B to $29B and 10 MORE YEARS? This was a performance based contract where ICGS was in charge. There was supposed to be an “unconditional” performance guaranty to protect us all from exactly this situation. Now the taxpayer has to foot the bill AGAIN? And a
Open Letter to Admiral Papp – Exercise ICGS Performance Guaranty to Fund Recapitalization
Admiral Papp I respectfully request that you execute the Deepwater ICGS program wide performance guaranty to fund the performance gap that exists between what was contractually obligated by ICGS and the current condition of the Coast Guard fleet and most importantly the current capability of the fleet to perform its missions. The guaranty should exist [...]
