Mon, 2013-04-15 10:24 AM
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Area port director
Helen Sterling
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Helen Sterling is the new area port director for a dozen important ports of entry in the New England area. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Boston Field Office Director Kevin Weeks named Sterling...
Thu, 2013-04-11 08:41 AM
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Port of Astoria, OR
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Local first responders in Astoria, OR, worked with Coast Guard rescuers in an exercise on April 10 aimed at responding to a mass rescue situation on the city’s waterfront. The exercise follows a...
Wed, 2013-04-10 08:02 AM
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Global Entry kiosk
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Travelers coming into the U.S. are satisfied with the entry processes put in place by Customs and Border Protection, according to a joint survey released by the agency. CPB, working collaboratively...
Thu, 2013-04-04 08:43 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard will host four public meetings around the country over four weeks to hear comments about its proposed new rules for the worker identification credential reader. The Coast Guard...
Wed, 2013-04-03 04:21 PM
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Houston Ship Channel
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The Mariner Group, LLC, a supplier of advanced situational awareness and response software, announced on April 3 that the Port of Galveston, TX, has selected CommandBridge as the cornerstone of the...
Wed, 2013-04-03 02:59 PM
The U.S. Coast Guard is thinking about signing an R&D agreement with one company, Engility Corp., and perhaps others as well, to demonstrate and evaluate the contributions that “tactical data...
Wed, 2013-04-03 08:44 AM
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TWIC reader
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Even though the Coast Guard recently issued a set of proposed rules for electronic TWIC card readers over two years late, one congressman said the rules still need more public input to insure they’re...
Tue, 2013-04-02 09:26 AM
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Cutter Vigorous
at Cape May
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After suffering its own mechanical problems in Cuba and helping the disabled Carnival Triumph limp back to the U.S. from the Caribbean in mid-March, Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous finally made it back...
Fri, 2013-03-29 12:58 PM
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Obama signing
cyber executive order
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Having cancelled its face-to-face meeting originally slated for March 18 due to sequestration cutbacks, the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Security Advisory Committee has scheduled a Web and...
Thu, 2013-03-28 12:15 PM
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Elastek wetsuits
for men and women
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The U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team, based in Chesapeake, VA, wants to procure 27 Bare 3mm Elastek full wetsuits -- including two for women divers -- that are known for their “...
Thu, 2013-03-28 11:42 AM
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Mona Island
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Two weeks after U.S. Customs and Border Protection rescued 77 stranded undocumented Haitian migrants from a dangerous, storm-tossed strait in the Caribbean, more than 100 additional undocumented...
Thu, 2013-03-28 08:47 AM
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DNDO New York
exercise
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Federal and state security officers, as well as local first responders set out on New York City area waterways on March 26 in a joint nuclear detection training mission. According to a March 27 blog...
