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In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Authorization Bill has been signed; We'll tell you about a few changes. Still on the Pentagon's Circumspect List: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And in COVID news, more sailors test positive, while 66 more marines are fired.
Sexual assault and harassment at sea has been a problem for cadets at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Twice in recent years, it's had to interrupt its Sea Year program.
The Coast Guard is about to adopt an employee performance management program DHS is pushing to its components. For how this will affect employees, Coast Guard human resources specialist Brooke Lawson joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, part of the Transportation Department, has suspended a program that puts students at sea for a year. That followed reports of sexual assault of students aboard commercial vessels.
In today's Federal Newscast, you can add water issues at federal properties to the list of unforeseen consequences from the lockdown.
Vice Adm. Paul Thomas, deputy commandant for Mission Support at the Coast Guard, told the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee that the service is investing what funds it does have in resiliency and its workforce.
The Coast Guard has revised its policy on tattoos. Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked about it with the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Recruiting Command, Capt. Richter Tipton.
What is the U.S. Coast Guard’s strategic direction? How can the U.S. Coast Guard develop and sustain a mission ready total workforce? What is it doing to modernize its operations and infrastructure? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
It's not easy for a federal agency to cut over to a new financial management system. But that's what the Coast Guard is about to do.
The Department of Homeland Security is putting the collective force of its component agencies behind its latest 60-day cyber sprint focused on transportation security.
Appropriators wants to give the Coast Guard about $13.2 billion.
The government shutdown deadline is right around the corner. The good news? Congress has learned a few things from the last shutdown, bringing the tiniest bit of certainty to feds with their back pay and health insurance the next time it happens again.
Every year, the Coast Guard recognizes a half dozen members of its civilian workforce who’ve gone above and beyond. One of this year’s winners is TJ Tangert, a Painter/Blaster at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore.
The Coast Guard is restricting travel of service members who are not vaccinated.