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原文传递 Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

题名：	Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
作者：	O'Rourke, Ronald;
关键词：	options；program；guard；deep；water；ress；round；coas；sues；ersi
摘要：	The Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) program, or Deepwater program for short, is a $24-billion, 25-year project to replace and modernize the Coast Guard's aging fleet of deepwater-capable ships and aircraft. It is the largest and most complex acquisition effort in Coast Guard history, encompassing 91 new cutters, 124 new small surface craft, and 244 new or converted airplanes, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Deepwater program has received a total of about $4.4 billion through FY2007, including about $1.14 billion in FY2007. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2008 budget requests $836.9 million for the program. The management and execution of the Deepwater program has been strongly criticized in recent months by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (DHS IG), the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), several Members of Congress from committees and subcommittees that oversee the Coast Guard, and other observers. House and Senate committees and subcommittees have conducted several oversight hearings this year devoted partly or entirely to problems and concerns regarding the management and execution of the program. On April 17, 2007, the Coast Guard announced a series of actions to reform the management of the Deepwater program. Among other things, the Coast Guard announced it will assume the role of lead system integrator (LSI) for the program. Since 2002, the LSI role had been performed by Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) an industry team led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS). On April 18, 2007, it was reported that the Justice Department is conducting an investigation of the Deepwater program. Justice reportedly notified Lockheed, Northrop, and certain other firms involved in the Deepwater program of the investigation on December 13, 2006, and directed the firms to preserve all documents relating to the program.
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