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DHS/USCG/PIA-027 U.S. Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) is an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the United States Coast Guard (USCG). COGAP relies on contributions and works of art provided by its members to tell the story of the service’s missions, heroes, and history.

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Snapshot: S&T Conducts T&E of USCG's National Security Cutter

Since December 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has participated with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in several tests and evaluations of two National Security Cutters, USCGC Hamilton and USCGC James, to independently confirm that operational capability is delivered to the Coast Guard fleet.

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Coast Guard Develops and Tests Environmentally-Friendly Buoy Moorings

S&T found a potential solution to the problem in a simple, but effective, buoy mooring system. Instead of a concrete sinker, Cole Keaoulu Santos, an innovator from Hawaii, proposed a narrow screw anchor; instead of a heavy metal chain, he suggested an elastic rope to prevent scraping of the ocean floor.

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Snapshot: How Coastal Surveillance Could Benefit from Enterprise Information Sharing

Today, the Integrated Maritime Domain Enterprise - Coastal Surveillance System (IMDE-CSS) has evolved well beyond the initial information-gathering requirement into an information-sharing capability.

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DHS/USCG/PIA-026 USCG Research and Development Center (RDC) Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG) Research and Development Center (RDC) has been tasked and funded to evaluate small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for potential use by USCG for operational missions.

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Snapshot: How Coast Guard Response Is Benefitting from S&T’s University Partnerships

Using this visual, user-centered platform, USCG decision makers could spot the stations most capable of responding to the disaster and helped prioritize the restoration of stations in need of repair.

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Written testimony of USCG for a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation hearing titled “The State of the U.S. Flag Maritime Industry”

USCG Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy Rear Admiral John Nadeau addresses the state of the U.S. maritime industry and the Coast Guard’s role serving that industry.

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Snapshot: S&T helps create the next USCG Cutter Polar Ice Breaker

S&T’s Office of Standards understood the need to gather in-depth data to determine how to construct the next-generation icebreaker. To do that, they needed to see, first hand, how changes to the current construct reacted to ice.

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Written testimony of USCG for a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing titled “Examining Physical Security and Cybersecurity at Our Nation’s Ports”

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Eleventh District (D11) Commander Rear Admiral Todd Sokalzuk addresses the Coast Guard’s role in port security.

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Written testimony of USCG for a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing titled “Maritime Transportation Regulatory Issues”

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Assistant Commandant for Regulatory Programs Rear Admiral Paul Thomas addresses the Coast Guard’s regulatory program.