Information Technology

• Browser Compatibility Issues with Auxiliary Forms

  Browser Compatibility Issues  with Auxiliary Forms Beginning with the Firefox 19 browser for Windows PCs, Firefox changed from using Adobe Reader to display PDF files, to using a built in emulator whi...

• I took a Coast Guard (Gold) course on the AUXLMS, but am having problems.

  I took a Coast Guard (Gold) course on the AUXLMS, but am having problems. The Coast Guard (Gold) courses on the AUXLMS, a U.S. Coast Guard (not Auxiliary) site, are made available to Auxiliarists by t...

• PE Course Address Won't Take in the WOW/National Public Education Calendar Dashboard ? Try This

  Occasionally, PE officers trying to enter a course into WOW's National Public Education Course Database get an error message that they have a bad address, which they KNOW (wink, wink) is correct. The ...

• I Cannot Change My Unit's Website URL in the AuxOfficer Unit Table - Do I Need National Site Approval?

  You are a unit elected or CS officer, and wish to add or change your unit's Website URL in AuxOfficer. The only people who can add or change the unit website URL is the National CS Staff; adding the U...

• I Can't Get WOW II to Allow Me to "Configure Site"

  Read WOW: Pushbutton Website Platform, Version II User's Guide (Revision 2.3.2 or better), Page 6 The Configuration Process, esp. Paragraph 4. Latest version of the User's Guide is always available at...

• Support of Mobile Devices Including iPad and iPhone at Auxiliary Websites

  Auxiliary Websites and web-based applications are supported on modern browsers on both the Mac OS X and Windows platforms, using Firefox, Internet Explorer 7 and above, Google Chrome, Opera, and Safar...

• Can I link to the CHDIRAUX web site?

  Yes, you may link to anything found on the CHDIRAUX web site (or any Coast Guard web site).  In fact it is preferable to link vs. copying info down and putting it in your website, since information ma...

• Do you know where I can download the SF-85 form?

  Go to the Auxiliary Staff Forms Warehouse at http://forms.cgaux.org/ Click on the link to Security Forms Choosing SF-85 gets you to the form you seek....

• During an AUX04 class, I took a course concerning e-mail and password security issues, discouraging e-mail forwarding. Are there any policies or recommendations about this, specifically about including Auxiliary and personal email contacts in forwards?

  There is no policy per se, but it would be advisable to inform your fellow Auxiliarists that if they are forwarding or sending email to a list of people, to use the BCC feature. This not only reduces ...

• Information Technology Operating Philosophy and Guidelines

  United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Information Technology Group (IT) Business Philosophy and Operating Guidelines 1 August 2011 The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Information Technology Group has adopt...