US Coast Guard credentialing portal costs $3.8M, fails basic usability test

A US ship captain reports the Coast Guard's new $3.8 million credentialing portal is non-functional for its intended purpose, raising questions about procurement oversight and automation failures. The incident highlights systemic issues in federal IT project management, though the full scope of the failure remains unverified.

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