Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate Achieves Operational Capability Under Reforms

"In the last week or so, we’ve reached what we really feel is our full operating capability, as far as new processes and people," Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gary Blore, assistant commandant for acquisition and chief acquisition officer, said in a bloggers roundtable to discuss the status of the Coast Guard’s acquisition transformation. In 2006, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen called for acquisition reforms that have led to organizational consolidation, new policies and processes, and efforts to strengthen the service’s acquisition workforce.