LEADER 02535nam 2200337 450 001 9910714690603321 005 20230610100725.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000293948 035 $a(NjHacI)993710000000293948 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000293948 100 $a20230610d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCoast Guard Deepwater Acquisition Programs $eBackground, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress /$fCoherent Digital 210 1$aWashington, Distric of Columbia :$cLibrary of Congress. Congressional Research Service,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource 330 $aThe Coast Guard initially pursued the Deepwater program as a performance-based acquisition, meaning that the Coast Guard set performance requirements for the program and permitted the private- sector LSI some latitude in determining how the various elements of the Deepwater system would meet those requirements ... The Coast Guard states that it is still using a systems approach to optimizing its acquisition programs, including the Deepwater acquisition programs, but that the system being optimized is now the Coast Guard as a whole, as opposed to the Deepwater subset of programs ... The Coast Guard has also stated that if the FRC-Bs fully meet the requirements for the FRC, all 58 of the FRCs might be built to the FRC-B design ... The $856.0 million requested for surface ships and boats includes funding for production of the fifth NSC; continued analysis and design of the OPC; production of the FRCs numbers 9 through 12; production of one LRI and one SRP; and operational enhancement of three Medium Endurance Cutters at the Coast Guard Yard through the Mission Effectiveness Project ... For a more detailed discussion, see Appendix A. Coast Guard Reform Actions in 2007 In 2007, as the Coast Guard's management and execution of the then-integrated Deepwater program was being strongly criticized by various observers, the Coast Guard announced a number of reform actions that significantly altered the service's approach to Deepwater acquisition and to Coast Guard acquisition in general. 606 $aMilitary weapons 606 $aArmed Forces 615 0$aMilitary weapons. 615 0$aArmed Forces. 676 $a355 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910714690603321 996 $aCoast Guard Deepwater Acquisition Programs$93379335 997 $aUNINA