ENCLOSURE (1) to COMDTINST 5230.59
DECEMBER 1999
U.S. Coast Guard Common Operating Environment (USCG COE)
Compliance with the USCG COE will, at a minimum, promote the following goals in
support of Coast Guard missions:
- Promote the development and operation of government-wide, inter-operable shared
information resources to support performance of missions;
- Reduce fraud, waste, abuse and errors resulting from lack of, or poor implementation of
systems;
- Maintain established baselines of timelines and cost parameters for delivery of IT through
strategic deployment and implementation of products;
- Reduce end-user training requirements;
- Develop a well-trained core of government IT personnel;
- Reduce end-user and product support requirements;
- Ensure the linkage between investments and Coast Guard missions is maintained.
6. IT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
Over the last several years, several legislative mandates have been imposed on federal
government information system planning activities. These mandates are intended to improve
productivity and reduce life cycle costs through improved interoperability and scalability of
federal government information systems. Coast Guard IT planning activities evaluate
emerging technologies to identify emerging trends which may be leveraged to respond to these
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