Marine Corps IT

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Organizational Messaging Service (OMS) formerly Defense Message System (DMS), as directed by the Joint Staff and HQMC Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4), meet the organizational messaging requirement for Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET) and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). Telos Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) is the current implementation that provides Web-interface for system administration and for user messaging (including readers). Organizational messages (OM) are used to direct and commit resources, provide user authentication, non-repudiation, confidentiality, and integrity. Currently, Area Control Center's (ACC) Pendleton and Lejeune receive approximately (1) one million messages annually. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is the lead agency and Global System Manager (GSM) for OMS products and its authority to operate (ATO). In FY16, OMS will conduct research and analysis to assist in the transition to the next generation organizational messaging solutions/capabilities that are DISA compliant. Additionally, in the first quarter of FY16 OMS is committed to complete their efforts to comply with the Department of Defense (DoD) mandated datacenter consolidation with the migration of the Pendleton ACC into the MAGTF Information Technology Support Center (MITSC) West DataCenter. Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) replaced the mainframe program By Name Assignment, which managed all Marine Corps school seats and interfaced with other service's school seat management programs. MCTIMS is the Marine Corps' official program of record for training and education management and is the single data source which the Training and Education Command (TECOM) relies on to manage training personnel, training seats, students, and other training resources. MCTIMS is the enterprise application upon which standards based instruction, education, and training is built, delivered, tracked, and evaluated. MCTIMS is establishing the unit training management module for all ground forces. This module will provide commanders an enterprise level application, which brings standardization in planning and scheduling training, recording of training against units and individual Marines, provides training assessments and reports combat readiness to Department of Defense (DOD) systems. FY16 funding is planned for completion of the development of the Front End Analysis Module and the modernization of training modules. Manpower Operations Systems (MOS) is a portfolio of enterprise IT systems and modules that support manpower business operations for the Total Force (active and reserve). The investment in the portfolio improves dataflow and increases reliability, functionality, and accuracy of data while reducing the manpower required to operate and maintain these systems/operations. Development is partially driven by regulatory and policy changes mandated by Congress, DOD, Department of the Navy (DON), and United States Marine Corps (USMC). These systems support all five tiers of Manpower: 1) Individual Marine, 2) Small Unit Leader; 3) Unit, 4) Installation Personnel Administration Center (IPAC)/Disbursing Echelon, and 5) Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA)/ Defense Finance and Accounting Service. The MOS portfolio provides support in functional areas such as permanent change of station assignments, retention, mobilization, manpower planning, line of duty determination, personnel accountability, individual augmentation, personnel records management and maintenance, management of case incidents, civilian professional development planning, pay entitlement determinations, promotion and performance evaluations and self-service/visibility of personnel data. MOS programs interface with other systems to provide manpower data and web services functionality for pay and personnel transactions between systems. Systems in the portfolio include the Web-enabled Manpower Assignment Support System (WebMASS), Performance Evaluation System (PES), Total Force Retention System (TFRS), Optical Digital Imaging - Records Management System (ODI-RMS), Manpower Mobilization Assignment System (MMAS), and the Requirements, Transition and Manpower Management System (RTAMMS) Total Force Administration System (TFAS) (composed of the Secure Personnel Accountability (SPA) Module, Automated Performance Evaluation System (APES) and the Drill Management Module (DMM)). Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology Services (MCEITS) provides an overarching portfolio of capabilities to deliver "Power to the Edge" for the Marine Corps. Born from an effort to establish a Continuity of Operations Plan of HQMC Automated Information Systems, MCEITS enables realignment of the existing USMC environment of applications, databases, networks, and facilities into an integrated architecture of programs to deliver new information technology capabilities based on a common infrastructure and shared services. MCEITS is a unifying framework of both the Enterprise Services to be delivered, and the infrastructure and systems which must be deployed to enable delivery of those services. Initially it will encompass the Operational, Technical, and Systems architectures of the enterprise environment. However, ultimately it will extend to transform information access both in garrison and in the deployed environment. Combined with policy, procedure and standards provided by HQMC (C4), MCEITS will allow for architectural standardization, consolidated management, and seamless interoperability of and access to the data residing in currently fielded applications (business and tactical). Testing efforts will be focused on MCEITS provided services operating within a Service Oriented Architecture environment. MCEITS will ensure the ability to host services and applications in a Web Services enabled environment. MCEITS enables services to be federated throughout the Marine Corps to include Content Discover and Delivery, Collaboration and Text Chat, between the service consumer and provider. Efforts for MCEITS will focus on application migration development, the analysis, research and design of increments 3 & 4 and the technology refreshed software and hardware infrastructure, modernized and enhanced MCEITS high availability, automation and service management with continued Pre-Planned Product Improvements (P3I) efforts. Marine Corps Recruiting Information Support System (MCRISS) is an enterprise level system to automate administrative procedures for the recruiting station operations. This customized automated System, centered on procedures in the Guidebook for Recruiters, Volume I, dramatically improves efficiency and effectiveness in Marine Corps recruiting. Furthermore, Military Entrance Processing Command requires Marine Corps recruiting to provide information in electronic format only. MCRISS is the Marine Corps Recruiting Command's program to manage applicant processing from commitment to accession/commission into the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve. This enterprise approach allows for efficient sharing of information about potential recruits and recruiter screening efforts, yielding a more cost effective process. FY15 funding is planned for the development and implementation of enhanced functionality to support disconnected client operations through development of the Recruiter Client Tool (RCT). FY16 funding is planned for continued development of the Recruiter Client Tool (RCT) capability and implementation of associated Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) to facilitate RCT functionality. FY17 funding is planned for preparing MCRISS for migration to the MCEITS hosting environment, and refinement of RCT capabilities. Paperless Office/Acquisition (PA) funding supports development and enhancement of Purchase Request (PR) Builder which is the Marine Corps enterprise solution for the electronic generation of purchase requests, funding documents, miscellaneous payments, and serves as the front-end system for feeding the DOD enterprise contracting writing system Standard Procurement System (SPS). Development and enhancement of PR Builder is required to ensure financial and contracting functional requirements and Marine Corps business processes are developed, designed, tested and implemented within the system. PR Builder has instituted a quarterly release schedule based on prioritized requirements received from the Functional Requirements Board. Modifications to the contract are required for each release once Level of Effort (LOE) and costs are known. Milestones for V4.3.3 have been adjusted to Q1FY16 due to delays in completion of the MCEITS migration. Future DOD, DON, and USMC initiatives that will need to be researched and developed include support or adherence to: Standard Financial Information Structure (SFIS), Standard Line of Accounting (SLOA), and Purchase Request Data Standards (PRDS). Risk Management Initiative (RMI) funding addresses outdated Safety systems, capability gaps and support logistics Information Technology (IT) portfolio rationalization. When completed, RMI will consolidate DoN risk management requirements into a single Program of Record (POR) and provide modern Safety capabilities for the military component of the Navy Total Force (both active and reserve). The USN serves as the lead for this effort with the Marine Corps providing a fair share towards development starting in FY16 (~20%). RMI capability consists of four distinct increments of capability: (1) Streamlined Incident Reporting (SIR), (2) Single Point of Entry (SPOE), (3) Safety Program Management (SPM), (4) Analysis and Dissemination (A&D). These four pillars will enable agile responses to business rule changes, automation of routine actions, improvement of data integrity and facilitation of self-service for organizations and individuals. This is a new start effort in FY16 under this Program Element and Project.

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Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
Source ID: 2906_0605013M_5_1319_PB_2017

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