Admiral discusses U.S. Coast Guard aquisition projects

U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Acquisition Rear Adm. Gary Blore highlights six current acquisition projects to include the Sentinel patrol boats and the National Security Cutter programs on the DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Jim Dolbow, Chuck Simmins, Raymond Pritchett, Mandy Smithberger, and John Conrad.

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.