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Endnotes
1 Charles W. Bowen, testimony before the house Subcommittee
on Coast Guard and maritime transportation, february 25, 2010,
available at http://transportation.house.gov/media/file/Coast%20
Guard/20100225/mCPoCG%20testimony.pdf.
2 Government Accountability office, “Coast Guard: observations on
the fiscal year 2011 Budget, Past Performance, and Current Challenges”
(2010), available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10411t.
pdf.
3 ibid.
4 Bowen, testimony before the house Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and maritime transportation.
5 ibid.
6 ibid.
7 Chris Strohm, “Senators See Gaps in Coast Guard’s Budget Plan,” Government
Executive, April 14, 2010, available at http://www.govexec.
com/dailyfed/0410/041410cdam2.htm.
8 U.S. house of representatives Committee on transportation and
infrastructure, “hearing on the ‘fy2011 Budget for the Coast Guard,
the maritime Administration, and the federal maritime Commission,’”
february 24, 2010, available at http://transportation.house.
gov/media/file/Coast%20Guard/20100225/SSm_CG.pdf. information
also provided by U.S. Coast Guard June 3, 2010.
9 Adm. thad Allen, testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee
on the Coast Guard fiscal year 2011 Budget request, department
of homeland Security, April 13, 2010, available at http://www.
dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/testimony_1271366302572.shtm.
10 Coast Guard Acquisitions directorate, “national Security Cutter
Project description,” U.S. Coast Guard, available at http://www.uscg.
mil/acquisition/nsc/projectdescription.asp (last accessed may 20,
2010).
11 U.S. house of representatives Committee on transportation and
infrastructure, “hearing on the ‘fy2011 Budget for the Coast Guard,
the maritime Administration, and the federal maritime Commission.’”
12 Government Accountability office, “Coast Guard: As deepwater Systems
integrator, Coast Guard is reassessing Costs and Capabilities
but lags in Applying its disciplined Acquisitions Approach” (2009),
available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09682.pdf.
13 ibid.
14 Bettina h. Chavanne, “rfP imminent for U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft,”
Aviation Week, April 2, 2010, available at http://www.aviationweek.
com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/
asd/2010/04/02/01.xml&headline=rfP%20imminent%20for%20
U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20Aircraft.
15 GAo, “Coast Guard: observations on the fiscal year 2011 Budget,
Past Performance, and Current Challenges.”
16 Government Accountability office.
17 rep. elijah Cummings, Statement before the house Subcommittee
on the Coast Guard and maritime transportation, february 25,
2010, available at http://transportation.house.gov/news/PrArticle.
aspx?newsid=1115.
18 rep. elijah Cummings, Statement before the house Subcommittee
on the Coast Guard and maritime transportation, february 25, 2010.
19 U.S. house of representatives Committee on transportation and
infrastructure, “hearing on the ‘fy2011 Budget for the Coast Guard,
the maritime Administration, and the federal maritime Commission.’”
20 Stephen Abott, Comment on “Secretary Gates to increase Army
manpower,” the Stimson Center Budget insight Blog, comment
posted July 21, 2009, available at http://budgetinsight.wordpress.
com/2009/07/21/secretary-gates-to-increase-army-manpower/
(accessed June 1, 2010).
21 Personnel levels from 2004 to 2010 are available at department
of homeland Security, “Budget and finance documents,” available
at http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/budget/ (accessed June 1, 2010).
information from 2001 available at Jayetta Z. hecker, “Coast Guard
Budget and management Challenges for 2003 and Beyond” (General
Accounting office, 2002), available at http://www.gao.gov/new.
items/d02538t.pdf. information for 2003 is available at: margaret t.
Wrightson, “Coast Guard Key management and Budget Challenges
for fiscal year 2005 and Beyond” (General Accounting office, 2004),
available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04636t.pdf.
22 Bnet, “rep. david e. Price holds a hearing on the fiscal year 2009
Budget for the Coast Guard,” march 7, 2008, available at http://
findarticles.com/p/news-articles/political-transcript-wire/mi_8167/
is_20080307/rep-david-price-holds-hearing/ai_n50719176/
pg_4/?tag=content;col1, p.4.
23 letter from the house Subcommittee on Coast Guard and maritime
transportation Staff to members of the Subcommittee on Coast
Guard and martitime transportation, february 24, 2010, available
at http://transportation.house.gov/media/file/Coast%20
Guard/20100225/SSm_CG.pdf, p.2.
24 Bnet, “rep. david e. Price holds a hearing on the fiscal year 2009
Budget for the Coast Guard,” p. 22.
25 renae merle and Spencer S. hsu, “Costly fleet Update falters, Contractors
oversee Coast Guard Project,” The Washington Post, december
8, 2006, available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/article/2006/12/07/Ar2006120702037.html; department
of homeland Security office of inspector General, “improvements
needs in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Acquisition and implementation of
deepwater information technology Systems,” August 2006, available
at http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/oiG_06-55_Aug06.
pdf, p.8.
26 Associated Press, “GAo: Coast Guard stretched too thin,” January 9,
2008, available at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22580256/; for
more information see: Government Accountability office, “federal
efforts needed to Address Challenges in Preventing and responding
to terrorist Attacks on energy Commodity tankers” (2007),
available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08141.pdf.
27 eben Kaplan, “liquefied natural Gas: A Potential terrorist target?”
Council on foreign relations, february 27, 2006, available at http://
www.cfr.org/publication/9810/.
28 richard A. Clarke, “lnG facilities in Urban Areas” (Good harbor Consulting,
llC, 2005), available at http://www.projo.com/extra/2005/
lng/clarkereport.pdf, p.7.
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