United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-04-01 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-147 P0b002ee1803a4116 f:rc94147 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-147 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-147 RCED-94-147 Coast Guard Reductions in force Emergency preparedness Evaluation criteria Budget cuts Inland waterways Personnel management Management information systems Federal facility relocation Atlantic Coast Pacific Coast Gulf of Mexico Great Lakes Florida Coast Guard Search and Rescue Management Information System Letter Report RCED

In a March 1990 report (GAO/RCED-90-98) on the Guard's proposal to close or curtail operations at 15 small boat stations, GAO found that the Coast Guard had neither developed comprehensive criteria nor applied a sound, methodical decision-making process. Small boat stations have been established near U.S. coastal waters, the Great Lakes, and inland lakes and waterways to perform rescue missions and to protect and save property. In its current report, GAO indicates that the Coast Guard's new process for determining the need for station changes is reasonable and responds to the deficiencies noted in the 1990 report. The current process, for example, includes detailed criteria for considering such factors as a station's workload, the availability of alternative resources, boating and economic trends, and necessary upgrades to the facility. Using the new process, Coast Guard officials have done a comprehensive analysis of small boat stations, which they plan to complete by April 15, 1994. As a result of this evaluation, they expect to recommend closure, consolidation, or substantial downsizing of some stations. Coast Guard officials also expect a net reduction of about 100 jobs at small boat stations to meet fiscal year 1995 budget cuts being imposed agencywide. Coast Guard officials project that small boat stations' operating and facilities costs would be cut by nearly $4.5 million annually if the proposed changes are implemented. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-147/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-147.htm GAO/RCED-94-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-147 Letter Report GAO/RCED-94-147; Coast Guard: Improved Process Exists to Evaluate Changes to Small Boat Stations; Coast Guard Reductions in force Emergency preparedness Evaluation criteria Budget cuts Inland waterways Personnel management Management information systems Federal facility relocation Atlantic Coast Pacific Coast Gulf of Mexico Great Lakes Florida Coast Guard Search and Rescue Management Information System Title 14 Section 141 Title 14 Section 2 Title 14 Section 88 14 U.S.C. 141 14 U.S.C. 2 14 U.S.C. 88 H. Rept. 101-315