Doing Business With The Coast Guard

, chief knowledge officer and deputy chief information officer January 2001 Bachelor of arts, master of arts, master of philosophy and doctorate degrees, all from Columbia University. Married to Elizabeth Kingma; two sons, Matthew and Devin.Before the Coast Guard, Heiner was director of Web/Internet services at Northrop Grumman Corp. and Federal Data Corp., where his business unit worked exclusively with federal agencies. Heiner is active in professional organizations and federal interagency IT councils. And ? I'm not making this up ? his bio speaks of rumors that he was a founding member of the group Sha-Na-Na.I wear two hats. My responsibilities cover the application of technology to how people learn, what they need to know to get the job done. ... I also am concerned with how we share information with each other, again in the service of what we need to know to get the job done. On the other hand, on the back end I am also concerned with how we're sharing with the intelligence community, how we're working to share intelligence and service under the new homeland security that all agencies have taken on.The knowledge officer is concerned with a higher level application of technology in conjunction with what the people actually do in their jobs. ... Because it's combined with a CIO position, it means we can also cut across organizations with respect to the information systems they use.It's very unusual. I think the Coast Guard is the only government organization that has made this decision. No, it was envisioned as early as 1998. ... I have had additional responsibility put on my shoulders. ... I suppose you could say the reason is because of the niche I occupy in the Coast Guard; it seemed appropriate to them that the CKO would be involved, for instance, in container security. Those are things I never anticipated. I don't think anyone did. There are two answers to that question, always. There is the strategic and there's the tactical. On the tactical side, we have very specific problems to address in the context of homeland security. We also have a change in command coming up. ... On the strategic side, we are looking at recrafting a strategy in conjunction with changes in the Coast Guard. Not that we are going to have a hard change, but it is only appropriate for a new commandant to be revisiting a five-year vision, and the 15- to 20-year vision of what the next Coast Guards are going to look like.XXXSPLITXXX-2100 Second St. S.W.Washington, DC 20593-0001(202) 366-4000 Aug. 4, 1790 Adm. James Loy; Adm. Thomas Collins becomes 22nd commandant in May About 37,000 including civilian and military personnel The Coast Guard is one of the nation's five armed services. Its job is a unique weaving of military, law enforcement and service to civilians via international waters and America's coasts, ports and inland waterways. Its main goals include: enforcing safety and security for all boating and water activity; responding to distress calls at sea and performing rescues; intercepting illegal activities through maritime routes, including drug interdiction and the transport of illegal aliens; serving as part of the Defense Department during wartime; facilitating commercial maritime activities and protecting natural resources associated with transportation, fishing and recreational boating.Major subagencies: The Coast Guard comes under the Transportation Department during peacetime and the Defense Department during wartime.XXXSPLITXXX- $5.7 billion $5.2 billionXXXSPLITXXX-• The Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration are to develop and perform the maritime half of homeland security. The service's budget includes $406 million for increased port security and proposes a commercial navigational user fee to help pay for that. • The budget also features $90 million to modernize a "maritime 911" system. Last year the Coast Guard answered more than 39,000 distress calls, saving 4,184 lives. • I was befuddled that there is no "doing business with" link on the Coast Guard's Web site, until I remembered it's part of the Transportation Department. For opportunities and the like, start at . As for the service's Web site, it offers good public information and the latest news on its missions. I see the Coast Guard as quite citizen-centric, and its site reflects that.XXXSPLITXXX-Standard Workstation IV: $188 million In December 2000, the Coast Guard began using Soza & Co.'s General Services Administration schedule to fulfill a need for workstations and related services.Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System Technical, Engineering, Maintenance and Support Services $73.6 million May 11, 2001 Raytheon Co. is supplying technical and facility support services to the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System. The system will provide radio navigation signals through a network of 81 broadcast stations.XXXSPLITXXX-Information Resources Management Technical Support Services $14 million To be determined; award expected in July. The Coast Guard needs information resources management technical support services for its Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Directorate. Services include data entry, training, report generation, software development, data communications, Internet access, electronic data interchange access, data/freedom of information act administration, optical disk/imaging and computer aided systems engineering. Centech Group Inc. holds the incumbent contract. Others expected to bid include Computer Sciences Corp. and SETA Corp.Information Technology System Support Services $11 million May 2002 The Coast Guard needs IT systems support, including hardware, software, hotline, inventory, local and wide area network visual information and training support. The contract, an 8(a) set-aside, is only open to winners of the Federal Aviation Administration Broad Information Technology Services contract.