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GAO-10-268R 1 (2010-01-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i GA 0 4 ..... A ountabity I Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 January 29, 2010 The Honorable James L. Oberstar Chairman The Honorable John L. Mica Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings Chairman The Honorable Frank A. LoBiondo Ranking Member Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives Subject: Coast Guard: Service Has Taken Steps to Address Historic Personnel Problems, but It Is too Soon to Assess the Impact of These Efforts During this decade, the Coast Guard has been challenged with expanded mission responsibilities, and concerns have been raised about whether sufficient personnel exist within the Coast Guard to fulfill these mission responsibilities. The terrorist attacks of September 1 1' resulted in additional and expanded security-related mission areas, while major natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, provided lessons learned in allocating personnel and other resources across Coast Guard units. However, the impact of expanding Coast Guard missions and the increasing nationwide need for mission-ready Coast Guard units underscored shortcomings in the Coast Guard's ability to effectively allocate resources, such as personnel, ensure readiness levels, and maintain mission competency. GAO, the Offices of Inspector General at first the Department of Transportation and then the Department of Homeland Security, the National Transportation Safety Board, Congress, and the Coast Guard itself have reported on these types of personnel concerns both before and after the 2001 attacks. Commenting on the Coast Guard's fiscal year 2009 appropriations, congressional appropriators noted in a Senate Appropriations Committee Report that while the Coast Guard workforce is approximately the same size today as it was at the end of fiscal year GAO-10-268R Coast Guard Workforce Issues

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