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BP temporarily suspended from new federal contracts

The Environmental Protection Agency said BP's "lack of business integrity" in its conduct and response following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill weighed into its decision to temporarily suspend the company from obtaining new federal contracts.

Tags: EPA , suspension and debarment , BP , contracting ,

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One year post-spill, Thad Allen sees progress

Working with government agencies means working in a political environment. The response, former Coast Guard Admiral and Commandant Thad Allen said, was "as much as a political event as an operational event."

Tags: Federal Drive , Thad Allen , Gulf Coast oil spill , environment , Coast Guard , commandant , best practices , National Incident Commander , USCG , Suzanne Kubota

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A path forward for the Gulf Coast

This week Navy Secretary Ray Mabus released a report that calls for establishing a congressionally mandated Gulf Coast Restoration Task Force to coordinate federal, state and local actions to restore the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , Gulf Coast , Navy , Ray Mabus , environment , oil spill , Energy

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Technology way behind on oil cleanup

Picking up globs of oil off the beach is no answer.

Tags: Barlow Herget , oil spill

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USCG portal keeping tabs on oil spill

A Coast Guard portal has been busy keeping pace with response efforts since the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.

Tags: Homeport Web portal , Coast Guard , Collaboration Center , Ted Kim , oil spill

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