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Coast Guard: Observations on Agency Performance, Operations and Future Challenges

GAO-06-448T Published: Jun 15, 2006. Publicly Released: Jun 15, 2006.
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The Coast Guard's fiscal year 2007 budget request total $8.4 billion, an increase of 4 percent ($328 million) over the approved budget for fiscal year 2006 and a slowing of the agency's budget increases over the past 2 fiscal years. This testimony, which is based on both current and past GAO work, synthesizes the results of these reviews as they pertain to meeting performance goals, adjusting to added responsibilities, acquiring new assets (especially the Deepwater program--to replace or upgrade cutters and aircraft, and the Rescue 21 program--to modernize rescue communications), and meeting other future challenges.

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Agency missionsFederal agency reorganizationInternal controlsOrganizational changePerformance managementPerformance measuresProcurement practicesProgram managementStrategic planningIcebreakersBudget requestsProgram goals or objectives