21st Century Transformation Challenges and Opportunities

GAO-08-260CG Published: Oct 30, 2007. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 2007.

Highlights

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the Coast Guard Innovation Expo in New Orleans, LA, on October 30, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: sustainability challenges, the definition and examples of waste, systemic acquisition challenges, challenges faced by the Coast Guard, and the Coast Guard Deepwater program.

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