NMCI Transition

Abstract

In October 2000, garrison data network management was transformed due to the Marine Corps' transition to the Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). In December of 1999, the Navy and Marine Corps solicited proposals from the civilian sector for a contractor to be able to provide secure, universal, and interoperable network-based services to the Navy and Marine Corps. This organization would be key to helping the Navy and Marine Corps transition to the NMCI. The solicitation period ended in February of 2000, and the subsequent contract was awarded on 6 October 2000 to Electronic Data Systems (EDS). The awarding of this contract to EDS marked the expiration of the days when the G6/S6 maintained all the necessary rights and privileges to manage garrison and deployed data system networks with their teams/sections of enlisted Marines. The transition to NMCI was a good idea on paper, but was not a good move for the Marine Corps. The transition to the NMCI impedes the ability of the G6/S6 to provide responsive and flexible data network services to users, causes the data system Marines to be underutilized, and decreases the knowledge base of data system Marines with the Corps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2005
Accession Number
ADA505527

Entities

People

  • V. Newsom

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Components
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Digital Communications
  • Education
  • Information Operations
  • Integrated Systems
  • Intranet
  • Marine Corps
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Questionnaires
  • Tactical Communications
  • Training
  • Transitions

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  • Cybersecurity.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics