FIELDING OF THE MARINE CORPS THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MC-TSCMIS)
Date Signed: 12/27/2011 | MARADMINS Number: 745/11
MARADMINS : 745/11
R 221655Z DEC 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 745/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO PL//
SUBJ/FIELDING OF THE MARINE CORPS THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MC-TSCMIS)//
REF/REF/A/YMD:DOC/GEF/9APR2011//
POC/J. MILLER/GS14/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC PPOPLU-7/-/TEL:703-692-4340//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO ANNOUNCE THE FIELDING OF MC-TSCMIS, PUBLISH ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE, MANDATE USE AS OF 2 JAN 2012, AND OBTAIN POC INFORMATION FROM EACH MC-TSCMIS UNIT OR ORGANIZATION NLT 30 DEC 2011.
2.  BACKGROUND. REF (A) DESIGNATES SECURITY COOPERATION (SC) AS ONE OF THE MEANS BY WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL ACHIEVE ITS STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES.  THE 2010-2012 GEF STIPULATES THAT SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES SHALL BE PLANNED IN A TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE, AND ETHICAL MANNER, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESSES.  REF (A) DIRECTS THE SERVICES TO FIELD A SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PLANNING, TRACKING, AND ASSESSING SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.  THE MARINE CORPS HAS INSTITUTED A SERVICE-LEVEL TSCMIS CAPABILITY (MC-TSCMIS) TO COMPLY WITH THIS MANDATE, ACCOMPLISH ITS SC STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, AND MAINTAIN A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE OF PROPOSED, PLANNED, ONGOING, AND COMPLETED SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
3.  POLICY.
3.A.  IAW REF (B), ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND UNITS WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT WILL USE MC-TSCMIS FOR THE PLANNING, TRACKING, AND ASSESSING OF THEIR SECURITY COOPERATION EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
3.B.  REGIONAL MARFORS WILL COMPLY WITH GUIDANCE PUBLISHED BY THEIR COMBATANT COMMANDS AND CONTINUE TO REGISTER EVENTS IN THE APPROPRIATE COMBATANT COMMAND'S TSCMIS.  IF A MARFOR'S COMBATANT COMMAND DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT BUSINESS RULES FOR REPORTING SC EVENTS, THE MARFOR MAY USE MC-TSCMIS BUSINESS RULES AS APPROPRIATE.
3.C.  MC-TSCMIS BUSINESS RULES WILL BE ISSUED TO CLARIFY THE APPROPRIATE METHOD TO CAPTURE THE ORGANIZATION OR UNIT'S LEVEL OF EFFORT.  UNITS SUPPORTING MARFORS IN SC EVENTS (E.G., SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT TRAINING PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT OF SC TEAM, SITE SURVEYS OR ASSESSMENTS) WILL ENSURE THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS REGISTERED IN MC-TSCMIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BUSINESS RULES.  MC-TSCMIS BUSINESS RULES WILL BE POSTED ON THE MC-TSCMIS SECURITY COOPERATION SIPR PORTAL AT HTTPS: (FORWARD-SLASH) (FORWARD-SLASH) TSCMIS.SPAWAR- CHAS.NAVY.SMIL.MIL (FORWARD-SLASH) TSCMIS_USMC (FORWARD-SLASH) PORTALS (FORWARD-SLASH) AGENCYPORTALS (FORWARD-SLASH) MCTSCMIS (FORWARD-SLASH).
3.D.  ALL ENTRIES MUST BE TIED TO ONE OF THE SC ENGAGEMENT CATEGORIES WITHIN MC-TSCMIS AND ONE OR MORE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AS DEFINED BY GEF END STATES, NAVAL STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES, AND MARINE CORPS SECURITY COOPERATION LENSES. SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS OF THE ABOVE ARE INCLUDED IN MC-TSCMIS.
4.  RESPONSIBILITIES.
4.A.  SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND (SPAWAR). THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WAS DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AS THE DOD LEAD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOD'S FUTURE GLOBAL TSCMIS.  SPAWAR, AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY'S ACQUISITION LEAD, DEVELOPED BOTH MC-TSCMIS AND THE NAVY'S N-TSCMIS. SPAWAR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SYSTEM MANAGEMENT, EXECUTION, AND MAINTENANCE OF MC-TSCMIS.  SPAWAR WILL MANAGE ALL EFFORTS FOR INITIAL TRAINING AND FIELDING, POST DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT, CONFIGURATION CHANGES, INFORMATION ASSURANCE, MAINTENANCE AND SOFTWARE UPDATES, INTERFACE AGREEMENTS, HELP DESK SUPPORT, AND FUTURE UPDATES TO TRAINING MANUALS.
4.B.  PP&O.  STRATEGY AND PLANS DIVISION (PL) SERVES AS THE MC-TSCMIS FUNCTIONAL SPONSOR.  THE FUNCTIONAL SPONSOR PROVIDES PROGRAM OVERSIGHT, REVIEW OF CONFIGURATION REQUESTS, PRIORITIZATION OF SYSTEM CHANGE REQUESTS, AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.
4.C. COMMANDERS OF UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PLAN, TRACK, OR ASSESS SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WILL DESIGNATE A SECURITY COOPERATION PRACTITIONER (TYPICALLY ASSIGNED WITHIN THE OPERATIONS OR PLANNING STAFF SECTIONS) AS THE UNIT MC-TSCMIS SUPER USER.  THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL ATTEND A MC-TSCMIS TRAIN-THE-TRAINER SESSION AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM AT THEIR PARENT UNIT.
4.C.1.  DEPUTY COMMANDANTS AND DIRECTORS SHOULD SELECT A SUPER USER WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, (E.G., THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT'S CALENDAR OF FOREIGN COUNTERPART VISITS).
4.C.2.  SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD SELECT SUPER USERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR ORGANIZATION'S SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND CAN PERFORM QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONS.
5.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  ALL HQMC AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND UNITS THAT PLAN, TRACK, OR ASSESS SC EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WILL IDENTIFY THEIR UNIT SUPER USER AND FORWARD THE NAME TO THE HQMC POC (JULIA.STERN.CTR(AT)USMC.MIL) NLT 30 DEC 2011. THE MARCH 2012 USMC SECURITY COOPERATION PLANNERS CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED DURING MC-TSCMIS IMPLEMENTATION.
6.  MC-TSCMIS USER GROUPS INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL MARINES AND CIVILIANS, UNIT SC PLANNERS, UNIT SUPER USERS, AND HIGHER HEADQUARTERS PERSONNEL.  ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL MC-TSCMIS USER GROUPS WILL BE OUTLINED IN PUBLISHED BUSINESS RULES.
6.A.  INDIVIDUAL MARINES AND CIVILIANS.  INDIVIDUAL MARINES WILL HAVE READ-ONLY ACCESS, WHICH PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO VIEW SC EVENTS AND PULL REPORTS FROM WITHIN MC-TSCMIS.  THE SYSTEM IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SPAWAR WEB SERVER AT HTTPS: (FORWARD-SLASH) (FORWARD-SLASH) TSCMIS.SPAWAR-CHAS.NAVY.SMIL.MIL.
6.B.  UNIT SC PLANNERS.  SC PLANNERS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE AND UPDATE SC EVENTS, UPLOAD AFTER ACTION REPORTS, AND CREATE AND EXPORT STANDARD REPORTS (E.G., SC EVENTS BY FISCAL YEAR, AOR, ORGANIZATION, ETC.).
6.C.  UNIT SUPER USERS.  UNIT SUPER USERS (APPOINTED BY THEIR ORGANIZATION'S COMMANDING OFFICER OR OFFICER IN CHARGE) WILL HAVE SYSTEM ADMIN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO EDIT UNIT EVENTS, ADD AND DELETE USERS, AND PULL QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) REPORTS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
6.D.  HIGHER HEADQUARTERS. HIGHER HEADQUARTERS PERSONNEL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO INPUT NEW SC ENTRIES (E.G., SENIOR OFFICER VISITS), DELETE RECORDS, ADD AND DELETE UNITS, CREATE NEW STANDARD REPORTS, AND ADD AND DELETE SYSTEM ADMIN PERSONNEL.  IN ADDITION, THE FUNCTIONAL SPONSOR (PL) WILL UPDATE SERVICE OBJECTIVES AS REQUIRED.
7.  TRAINING.  AS A NEW SYSTEM, MC-TSCMIS REQUIRES PROPER TRAINING AT ALL LEVELS TO ENSURE THE SYSTEM IS USED TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL. THE TRAINING FOCUSES ON CREATING NEW EVENT ENTRIES AND UPDATING EVENT DATA THROUGH TO EVENT COMPLETION, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING AND EXPORTING STANDARD REPORTS.  MC-TSCMIS TRAIN-THE-TRAINER SESSIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY SEPARATE MESSAGE.  USER GUIDES AND SUPER USER GUIDES WITH STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE MC-TSCMIS SIPR PORTAL.
8.  REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS.  A USER ACCOUNT MAY BE OBTAINED BY COMPLETING THE ACCOUNT REQUEST FORM ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE MC-TSCMIS SIPR PORTAL AND ELECTRONICALLY FORWARDING IT TO THE REQUESTOR'S IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR.  SUPERVISORS WILL FORWARD THE ACCOUNT REQUEST TO THE SPAWAR TSCMIS HELP DESK FOR ACCOUNT CREATION (NIPR EMAIL: SPAWARC4IHELPDESK(AT)NAVY.MIL).
9.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
10. RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY BGEN M. ROCCO, DIRECTOR, STRATEGY AND PLANS DIVISION, PLANS POLICIES AND OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERS U. S. MARINE CORPS.//