b'Conversations with LeadersAct to address critical shore needs, funding eighteen distinctaddress Americas most complex and dynamic maritime projects across the Coast Guard.challenges. Because we are United in Service within our own communities and across the organization, weve driven Thanks to Congressional support, we have many sizableforward our strategic plan and are building the Coast Guard construction projects underway right now at eight small the nation needs today and well into the future. While boat stations, like Station Key West, at the Coast Guard Yard,we adjust course to best address enduring and emerging and at three new cutter homeports. We are also buildingchallenges, one constant remains: the need to deliver the the first new Coast Guard Air Station in decades fromassets, resilient infrastructure, and capabilities necessary to the ground up in Ventura, California. We are currentlyaccomplish the mission.executing about $1.4 billion dedicated to improving shore facilities across our Service, with plans to tackle another eleven infrastructure projects. To learn more about the U.S. Coast Guard, go to uscg.mil.On a Constantly Evolving OperationalTo hear the interviews from The Business of Government Hour, go to Environmentbusinessofgovernment.org/interviews.This transformational change in the maritime domain, and its blistering pace, is not confined to the U.S. Rather, it isTo download the show as a podcast, go to PodcastOne or iTunes global. These changes taking place in coastal waters act as aand search for The Business of Government Hour.forcing mechanism, compelling coastal nations worldwide to establish or bolster their own coast guards, and to adapt or expand their existing maritime security capabilities. Our enduring success throughout our 232-year history, accentuated by these uniquely challenging past three years, is because we are ever adaptive, agile, and resilient. We succeed because we are United in Service and we are Always Ready.Almost four years ago, we launched a strategic framework for a ready, relevant, and responsive Coast Guard to https://youtu.be/tlZC2pmCeAo2022 IBM Center for The Business of Government 27'