U.S. Coast Guard Archives

Giant shovel being hoisted inside large bulk carrier to help unloading the ship, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Cyber experts call for CISA to establish maritime equipment test bed

The proposals follow several cyberattacks on vulnerable European maritime infrastructure targets last year.

Mar 28, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, EHRs — The Department of Veterans Affairs. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

Oracle Cerner EHR system at VA, DOD and Coast Guard hit with network issues

The degraded service affected all locations using the EHR on Monday and Tuesday, according to a VA spokesperson.

Jan 27, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducts a search and rescue demonstration in front of the Coast Guard Cutter James Feb. 19, 2020, in Charleston, South Carolina. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson)

Coast Guard needs to improve its cyber workforce says watchdog

The GAO calls on the service to adopt six key recommendations to improve the ability of its staff to respond to cyberattacks.

Sep 28, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Larry Ellison: Oracle will modernize and expand Cerner’s Millennium platform

Oracle’s chairman and CTO provides details about the future of the platform behind the VA's troubled electronic health records modernization program.

Jun 9, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

Kurt DelBene speaks at a public meeting of the Defense Innovation Board in Austin, Texas March 5, 2020. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

VA CIO reiterates commitment to working with Cerner to improve EHR uptime

Cerner has agreed to credit VA for failing to maintain the minimum level of system uptime stipulated in the contract, according to a report.

May 12, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

The Daily Scoop Podcast

A change coming to the Coast Guard’s IT Operation; Another CIO-SP4 protest

USCG Assistant Commandant for C4IT (CG-6) RADM David Dermanelian and former Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service Alan Thomas.

May 4, 2022 By FedScoop Staff

Department of Veterans Affairs — (Veterans Health / Flickr)

VA clarifies scope of latest electronic health records outages

Down time of Cerner’s platform earlier this week also affected users across the Department of Defense and Coast Guard.

Apr 28, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

The Daily Scoop Podcast

How USCG is reducing cyber risk; Coordinating JADC2 across DOD; Endpoint protection and ZTA

Commander of Coast Guard Cyber Command Rear Adm. Michael Ryan, former JAIC Director Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan and Okta’s Sean Frazier.

Apr 13, 2022 By FedScoop Staff

The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Latest Cerner health records system outage began with Oracle database failure

Users across the VA, DOD and Coast Guard were unable to access records for two hours on Wednesday.

Apr 8, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

The Daily Scoop Podcast

Chiefs Leadership Panel from Sea Air Space 2022

Francis moderates a panel featuring Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger and Commandant of the Coast Guard Karl…

Apr 6, 2022 By FedScoop Staff