DOGE helps Coast Guard save nearly $33M by eliminating 'ineffective IT program'

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has helped the U.S. Coast Guard prevention $32.7 cardinal by eliminating an "ineffective IT program" known arsenic the Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS), the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News Digital.

"Another triumph for authorities ratio astatine DHS!" Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said successful a connection to Fox News Digital connected Monday. "Continuing the important enactment of DOGE, the Coast Guard eliminated an ineffective IT program, redeeming implicit $32 cardinal and focusing its resources wherever they’re astir needed to support the homeland. The USCG continues to present connected the President’s priorities, maximizing its ratio portion securing our borders and maritime approaches."

Originally anticipated to statesman operating successful 2027 and reaching afloat capableness successful 2031, the CG-LIMS was expected to integrate existing and aboriginal capabilities with the Coast Guard portion supporting operations.

As designed, CG-LIMS would person modernized the Coast Guard’s IT systems, which, according to the subject branch’s website, would person gained increases successful capabilities and resources portion resulting successful "substantial outgo savings and improved integration of logistics" betwixt the services.

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DOGE helped the Coast Guard chopped a programme that volition prevention the subject subdivision astir $33 million. (iStock / DOGE)

CG-LIMS would besides person been utilized connected 245 cutters, 200 aircraft, 1,800 boats, shore-based systems, immunodeficiency to navigation instrumentality and command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment.

But starting nary aboriginal than May 1, 2025, each programme activities regarding CG-LIMS volition end.

According to the Coast Guard, the termination is the effect of the program’s inability to present connected its afloat requirements successful the adjacent future.

The $32.7 cardinal saved volition alternatively beryllium utilized "to code emergent Coast Guard needs," according to the subject service. Personnel that worked connected CG-LIMS volition beryllium "reassigned to capable captious unit shortages" wrong the Coast Guard, it said.

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The Coast Guard terminated a programme intended to integrate respective systems and modernize its exertion utilizing cloud-based servers and more. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

The Coast Guard said it volition proceed to hunt for alternatives to resoluteness gaps successful IT logistics, and execute the indispensable functionality envisioned by the Service.

"The Coast Guard upholds a longstanding contented of meticulous stewardship, driven by our talented, innovative and resourceful workforce," Rear Adm. Mike Campbell, the Coast Guard’s manager of acquisition programs and programme enforcement officer, said. "The termination of the Logistics Information Management System acquisition programme continues that bequest nether Force Design 2028 (FD 2028). Through Force Design 2028, we are renewing our efforts to maximize efficiencies, place outgo savings and maximize the instrumentality connected America’s concern successful the Coast Guard."

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits the Mariposa Port of Entry, Saturday, March 15, 2025, successful Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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FD 2028, the Coast Guard said, focuses connected people, organization, contracting and acquisition, and technology. It is besides described arsenic a "once-in-a-generation" effort to analyse and alteration the Coast Guard truthful it tin accommodate to the existent and aboriginal environment.