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NOAA Fleet: Responses to Post-Hearing Questions

GGD-99-60R Published: Mar 22, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 22, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO addressed congressional concerns regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), focusing on: (1) the management challenges facing the Department of Commerce in its administration of NOAA; (2) whether GAO reviewed the latest available studies of NOAA's fleet and modernization efforts or NOAA's fisheries research acquisition plan; (3) whether GAO examined the cost efficiency or effectiveness of NOAA's ships or compared the costs of NOAA's ships with those of private or other available ships; (4) whether GAO reviewed NOAA's fisheries research ship replacement plans; (5) why replacing the NOAA fleet is entwined with the issue of the NOAA Corps; and (6) whether GAO reviewed NOAA's downsizing of the NOAA Corps.

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Cost controlCost effectiveness analysisFederal downsizingMilitary officersMilitary payOceanographic researchPrivatizationProcurement planningReductions in forceSurvey vesselsResearch ships