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House committee presses Coast Guard on missing acquisition reports; vice admiral pledges deliveries
Summary
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure questioned Vice Admiral Allen about the U.S. Coast Guard’s failure to provide required acquisition reports; Allen pledged to deliver a capital investment plan, a quarterly acquisitions brief and an aviation strategy on specified timelines.
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure pressed Vice Admiral Allen on Tuesday over the U.S. Coast Guard’s failure to provide reports the committee says are required by law, and Allen pledged to deliver missing documents and an aviation strategy on a schedule he outlined.
A committee member opened the exchange by saying the Coast Guard had not provided several required documents: an annual capital investment plan, a biannual major acquisitions report and a quarterly acquisitions brief. The committee member told Vice Admiral Allen, “You have never provided this committee with a major acquisition report. You have not provided a capital investment plan since FY 23, and even that was a…
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