The Coast Guard hasn't had much luck modernizing a database of boats and yachts.




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: To support its domestic duties, the Coast Guard has a database of some 700,000 boats. The Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement system works okay as far as it goes, but it's got issues. For what those are and why the Coast Guard needs to fix them, we turn to a director on the Homeland Security and Justice team at the Government Accountability Office, Nathan Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices