IT Infrastructure

DON Data Center Consolidation Policy Guidance

DON CIO Memo - July 22, 2011

This memo establishes a moratorium to halt all Department of the Navy investment (to include individual program of record resources) in increased data storage capacity without first determining that existing DON data center capacity is insufficient to meet the storage requirements, and determining it is not more cost effective to expand capacity in an existing DON owned Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Navy ...

Information Assurance Policy Update for Platform Information Technology

DON CIO Memo 02-10 - February 6, 2009

The purpose of this memo is to update the Department of the Navy Information Assurance (IA) Platform Information Technology (PIT) policy. DON Platform IT is a concept for risk management and approval of DON IT systems that do not interconnect with Department of Defense networks and the Global Information Grid. The DON PIT policy stresses that IA requirements still apply to PIT systems and provides guidance to PIT policy ...

Security of Unclassified DoD Information on Non-DoD Information Systems

ASD(NII) Directive-Type Memorandum 08-027 - September 4, 2009

This Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) Directive-Type Memorandum establishes policy for managing the security of unclassified Department of Defense information on non-DoD information systems. A list of frequently asked questions provides information and direction for implementation in the Department of the Navy.

Energy Conservation and Correct Procedures for Turning Off Workstations, Laptops, Peripherals and Reproduction Equipment Connected to the Marine Corps Enterprise Network

MARADMIN 438/09 - August 4, 2009

This MARADMIN establishes policy and provides direction and procedures to correctly power off Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) workstations, laptops, monitors and local printers to meet energy reduction mandates.

DON Enterprise Architecture: Battlespace Awareness, Command and Control, and Net-Centric Communities of Practice

DON CIO Memo - July 8, 2009

This memorandum builds upon the Department of the Navy Enterprise Architecture Strategy Memo that was released on Feb. 18, 2009. This memo is part of a series of policy documents that articulate the DON strategy for development, management and use of the DON EA. Operational Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) shall comprise Communities of Practice (COP) that will provide and validate operational content within DON Segment

DON Strategy for Green IT Electronic Stewardship and Energy Savings

Joint Memo - April 24, 2009

This memo announces the initial criteria for "green" IT energy efficiency and that a series of policy memoranda will be issued to outline specific plans and/or procedures as well as goals and standards to address objectives for electronic stewardship and energy savings of information technology, or green IT. Additionally, it requires Command Information Officers within 45 days of the signature date of this memo to ...

Implementation and Use of DON Enterprise Architecture Hierarchy

DON CIO Memo - January 12, 2009

This memo promulgates policy defining the initial implementation and directs the use of the DON Enterprise Architecture (EA) Hierarchy. The DON EA Hierarchy provides a structure to relate the complete set of activities occurring within the DON. The hierarchy is a key component of the DON EA intended to provide a means for senior leaders to make informed decisions and relate activities and capabilities within the DON to ...

DON Naval Networking Environment (NNE)~2016 Strategic Definition, Scope and Strategy

DON Strategy Document - April 10, 2008

A multidisciplinary team from across the Department of the Navy developed this document, which outlines our future vision for a robust and highly interconnected enterprise networking capability in the 2016 timeframe to fully support the needs of our warfighting and warfighting-support organizations and personnel. The vision and strategy outlined in this document shall be used as a guide for ensuring alignment of our ...

DON Guidance on Wireless Local Area Network Implementation of the 802.11I Standard

DTG 241518Z JAN 08 - January 25, 2008

This Naval message provides guidance governing the implementation of wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions using the IEEE 802.11 body of standards, commonly referred to as WiFi. The primary focus of this effort is unclassified wireless networking solutions.

Global Information Grid Architecture Federation Strategy

OSD/NII/DCIO Memo - June 5, 2008

This strategy outlines how existing architectures will be linked and related to provide a comprehensive view of the Department of Defense enterprise, while allowing for autonomy of individual architectures. The federated approach is one that accommodates the delivery of an organization as large as DoD. Upon clicking the link, select "general public documents" in the "quick links section" of the webpage, then type in the ...

CANES Program Successfully Achieves Critical Design Review

by SPAWAR - August 2, 2011

The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program recently achieved a significant engineering milestone with the completion of Critical Design Reviews (CDR) for the two competing CANES systems being developed by Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors and Northrop Grumman Information Systems.

Data Center Consolidation Guidance Released

July 22, 2011

The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer signed out formal data center consolidation guidance officially establishing a moratorium on the purchase of additional data center capacity.

NMCP Strategy Document Published

July 12, 2011

The Navy Marine Corps Portal (NMCP) Environment Strategy has been released, directing the consolidation of the Department of the Navy's portal and web services into an integrated and centrally governed environment. This effort is critical to enhancing an effective security posture and to ensure mission effectiveness, cost savings, interoperability and ease of use.

Security for Cloud Computing

by Christopher Perry - May 14, 2010

Achieving and maintaining information dominance will require continuous and timely advances in both technology and operational processes. Cloud computing is one such rapidly emerging area of technology and operations that the Department of the Navy is already planning for and beginning to pilot. To achieve information dominance, it is vital that all new technologies and processes, such as cloud computing, be thoroughly ...

Platform IT Policy Updated

May 5, 2010

As a result of lessons learned during the first year of its execution, the Department of the Navy Platform Information Technology (PIT) policy has been updated to include several key provisions.

DON Computer Network Defense Roadmap Released

May 8, 2009

The Department of the Navy Senior Information Assurance Officer (DON SIAO) recently signed the "Department of the Navy Computer Network Defense (CND) Roadmap."

DON Enterprise Architecture Development Supports Naval Transformation

by Victor Ecarma - February 20, 2009

Federally mandated enterprise architectures (EA) are a strategically-based means for the departments of Defense and the Navy (DON) to capitalize on their vast technological assets and make sound decisions about investments in new technology that will support the warfighter.

SPAWAR Engineer Honored with Multiple Prestigious Awards

by Patric Petrie - January-March 2013 - January-March 2013

Fleet Cyber Command Establishes Enterprise Information Technology Service Management Governance

by Eric Markland - October-December 2012 - October-December 2012

Naval Enterprise Networks and Fleet Cyber Command charters Navy’s Enterprise ITSM Office

Robert J. Carey

by CHIPS Magazine - October-December 2012 - October-December 2012

Department of Defense Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer

SPAWAR Single Technical Authority for IT Systems

by Rear Adm. Patrick H. Brady, Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command - October-December 2012 - October-December 2012

Q & A with Capt. D.J. LeGoff

by CHIPS Magazine - April-June 2012 - April-June 2012

PEO C4I, Tactical Networks Program Manager (PMW 160) and Program Manager for Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services Program Design and Acquisition

Japan's "3/11" Triple Disaster

by Cmdr. Steve Jacobs - July-September 2011 - July-September 2011

A call for a new lessons learned paradigm for Navy Information