The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) gives US citizens the right to request non-classified documents form government entities that would otherwise not be released. The following are two interesting documents released via FOIA that pertain to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL Incident Specific Preparedness Review – This document provides lessons learned on how the CG acted to clean-up the spill.
Oil Spill Clean Up, Jones Act Waiver – This document provides the background to Jones Act waivers for the clean-up effort.
The full list of Deepwater Horizon related FOIA requests can be found HERE and via the following google search: allinurl:http://www.uscg.mil/foia/docs/dwh
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In what could dramatically accelerate expansion of U.S. Arctic capabilities the Coast Guard is reportedly in negotiations with Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for three to five medium-sized icebreakers....
The U.S. Coast Guard has published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input about construction of a medium-size icebreaker in just three years. The RFI is addressed to both U.S. and international shipyards highlighting the recent efforts to collaborate with Arctic partners in Canada and Finland as part of the newly established ICE Pact.
Mississippi-based Bollinger Shipyards has received a $951.6 million Fixed-Price-Incentive-Firm Target (FPIF) contract modification from the U.S. Coast Guard to continue designing and constructing the first new heavy icebreakers, also known as the Polar Security Cutter (PSC).
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