Coast Guard:
Implementation of Anti-Reflagging Act
RCED-98-234R: Published: Jul 16, 1998. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on aspects of the Coast Guard's actions to implement the Anti-Reflagging Act, focusing on the Coast Guard's actions to use the act's grandfather provisions to exempt from the act's American control and foreign building requirements 23 fishing industry vessels that were being rebuilt or were planned to be rebuilt overseas when the act was enacted.
GAO noted that: (1) before regulations were promulgated to implement the act, the Coast Guard issued letter rulings to respond to requests from vessel owners about a vessel's eligibility for exemption under the act's rebuilding and American control requirements; (2) these letter rulings made determinations, based on evidence provided by vessel owners, on whether the act's eligibility conditions were met; (3) once all of the information on eligibility conditions was provided for the 23 vessels, the Coast Guard, through its vessel-documentation function, licensed the vessels to participate in the U.S. fisheries; (4) the rulemaking process leading to the promulgation of regulations for the act occurred in two steps; (5) the first was to develop an interpretive rule, issued October 20, 1988, to amend vessel documentation regulations to ensure consistency with the act's provisions, except for the American control provisions; and (6) a second rulemaking to address the American control provisions was completed on December 12, 1990, about 3 years after the act's enactment.
Jan 19, 2021
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DHS Annual Assessment:
Most Acquisition Programs Are Meeting Goals but Data Provided to Congress Lacks Context Needed For Effective OversightGAO-21-175: Published: Jan 19, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 19, 2021.
Dec 16, 2020
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Coast Guard:
Actions Needed to Improve National Vessel Documentation Center OperationsGAO-21-100: Published: Dec 16, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 16, 2020.
Nov 23, 2020
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Southwest Border:
Information on Federal Agencies' Process for Acquiring Private Land for BarriersGAO-21-114: Published: Nov 17, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 23, 2020.
Nov 12, 2020
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Coast Guard Acquisitions:
Opportunities Exist to Reduce Risk for the Offshore Patrol Cutter ProgramGAO-21-9: Published: Oct 28, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2020.
Oct 29, 2020
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TSA Acquisitions:
TSA Needs to Establish Metrics and Evaluate Third Party Testing Outcomes for Screening TechnologiesGAO-21-50: Published: Oct 29, 2020. Publicly Released: Oct 29, 2020.
Oct 20, 2020
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Homeland Security Acquisitions:
DHS Has Opportunities to Improve Its Component Acquisition OversightGAO-21-77: Published: Oct 20, 2020. Publicly Released: Oct 20, 2020.
Sep 30, 2020
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Disaster Assistance:
Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen FEMA's Individuals and Households ProgramGAO-20-503: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020. -
Supplemental Material for GAO-20-503:
FEMA Individuals and Households Program Applicant Data 2016 – 2018GAO-20-675SP: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020. -
Supplemental Material for GAO-20-503:
Select Disaster Profiles for FEMA's Individuals and Households Program 2016-2018GAO-20-674SP: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020.
Sep 29, 2020
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Chemical Security:
DHS Could Use Available Data to Better Plan Outreach to Facilities Excluded from Anti-Terrorism StandardsGAO-20-722: Published: Sep 29, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2020.
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