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Month: April 2022

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Breaking: MARAD backs down

April 20, 2022 Andy Simpson, KP '82 4

SOLAS-compliant vessels now eligible for EMBARC Bravo Zulu to Keith Mcliverty, the president of the USMMA National Parents Association, who has been keeping lines of […]

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Cui Bono? Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 3

April 19, 2022 Andy Simpson, KP '82 3

In Part 2 of this series, I demonstrated that MARAD was deliberately dismantling USMMA Sea Year by applying an artificial restriction—”subject to SOLAS”—on vessels that […]

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MARAD is deliberately sinking Sea Year: Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 2

April 15, 2022 Andy Simpson, KP '82 6

Today’s post is an exposé on how MARAD has begun the deliberate dismantling of USMMA’s Sea Year. In a follow up post, we will explore […]

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Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 1

April 3, 2022 Andy Simpson, KP '82 3

MARAD is playing major games with data and semantics as part of an effort to mislead Congress and the public about Sea Year and the […]

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MARAD seeks public comment on EMBARC

April 3, 2022 Andy Simpson, KP '82 7

Before an administrative agency wishes to adopt a rule, the U.S. Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) mandates that the agency first give notice and an opportunity […]

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