[PSUBS-MAILIST] USCG update

[River Dolfi via Personal_Submersibles]

Jon,
I wouldn't interpret the USCG backing out as a snub. DOGE hit the federal
workforce pretty hard with restrictions on what was deemed "unnecessary"
travel. The civilian workforces for NAVSEA and the USCG somehow drew the
most ire out of the entire DOD. My NAVSEA contracting officer had his
NAVSEA travel expense card set to a $1 limit (as did everyone else in the
federal government) while deployed to Japan to manage a Navy salvage
project. I wouldn't describe any of that as "frivolous" or "unnecessary"
but here we are. Thankfully the heat has cooled down some, but I imagine a
Florida Keys junket for such a niche issue would be hard to justify to the
beancounters.

Thanks,

-River J. Dolfi
rdolfi7 at gmail.com
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