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MARADMIN 093/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/MARADMIN//
SUBJ/GLOBAL ADDRESS LIST AND DIRECTORY SERVICES//
POC/-/-/UNIT:HQMC C4 IA/NAME:JOSEPH S UCHYTIL MAJ/SMAIL:-703-696-3490 JOSEPH.UCHYTIL@USMC.MIL//
POC/-/-/UNIT:MCNOSC/NAME:BACHARACH MAJ/EMAIL:-703-784-2764 BACHARACHMH@MCNOSC.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE MARINE CORPS END USERS INFORMATION ON EMAIL DIRECTORY RESOURCES. THE MARINE CORPS CURRENT GLOBAL ADDRESS LIST (GAL) SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY THE MARINE CORPS NETWORK OPERATIONS AND SECURITY CENTER (MCNOSC). THE USMC GAL CONTAINS CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NAVY MARINE CORPS INTRANET (NMCI) AND NON-NMCI USERS. DUE TO CURRENT LIMITATIONS SUPPORTING FORWARD DEPLOYED FORCES, THE GAL ONLY CONTAINS A SMALL NUMBER OF EXTERNAL USERS ACCOUNT INFORMATION. IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING EXTERNAL USERS IS OFTEN A CRITICAL CAPABILITY IN CROSS-SERVICE COORDINATION. THE FUTURE GLOBAL ADDRESS LIST PROJECT, JOINT ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICES (JEDS), IS BEING DESIGNED BY THE DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY (DISA) TO CONTAIN A MUCH LARGER LIST OF USERS ACROSS DOD.
2. SCOPE. THIS MESSAGE PROMULGATES INFORMATION FOR END USERS ON DIRECTORY SERVICE RESOURCES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS AND ADDRESSES THE DOD JEDS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THIS CAPABILITY IN THE FUTURE. THIS MESSAGE HAS NO POLICY IMPLICATIONS.
3. INFORMATION
A. THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS WHITE PAGES (NMCWP), A WEB-BASED LOOKUP TOOL HOSTED BY SPAWAR WHICH PROVIDED THE ABILITY TO QUERY CONTACT INFORMATION ON NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL, IS NO LONGER BEING MAINTAINED DUE TO THE EMERGENCE OF INITIAL WEB-BASED JEDS CAPABILITIES OUTLINED IN PARA 3.B.
B. GLOBAL DIRECTORY SERVICE (GDS) IS A DISA PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES AN INTERIM WEB-BASED JEDS CAPABILITY TO QUERY CONTACT INFORMATION ON DOD PERSONNEL, TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL PKI CERTIFICATES. GDS IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR USE, ACCESSIBLE AT: HTTPS:(SLASH SLASH)DOD411.GDS.DISA.MIL(SLASH). GDS IS PKI ENABLED AND REQUIRES PKI CERTIFICATES (RESIDENT ON THE COMMON ACCESS CARD) TO AUTHENTICATE TO THE SERVICE. GDS IS POPULATED BY DISA THROUGH VARIOUS SOURCES AND IS NOT, AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERED TO BE AUTHORITATIVE OR INCLUSIVE OF ALL DOD ACCOUNTS. GDS IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING INTEGRATED INTO THE EXCHANGE OUTLOOK EMAIL CLIENT.
C. DISA AND THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA) HAVE DIRECT TASKING FROM THE DOD CIO TO ESTABLISH THE JOINT ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICE (JEDS). JEDS WILL PROVIDE DIRECTORY INFORMATION, CONTAINING ALL DOD ACCOUNTS AND PKI CERTIFICATES. IT IS THE USMC EXPECTATION THAT JEDS WILL BE PROVISIONED BY DISA AS A NETWORK SERVICE. DISA HAS BEGUN PLANNING ACTIVITIES, AND USMC REPRESENTATIVES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EFFORT. THE BELOW TENTATIVE DEPLOYMENT MILESTONES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY DISA:
DOD ENTERPRISE WHITE PAGES 1ST QTR CY 2008
JEDS INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY 3RD QTR CY 2008
JEDS FINAL OPERATING CAPABILITY 4TH QTR CY 2010
D. ACTION. THE USMC GAL IS A VITAL RESOURCE AND EXPANDED USE OF THE USMC GAL IN EXTERNAL DIRECTORIES REINFORCES THE NECESSITY OF AUDITING ENTRIES. LOCAL COMMANDS ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THE VALIDITY AND ACCURACY OF THEIR GAL ENTRIES. EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE BY END USERS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATORS (ISC) TO UPDATE GAL ENTRIES AS PERSONNEL PCS, EAS, TRANSFER OR CHANGE BILLETS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE AND CURRENT CONTACT INFORMATION. LOCAL G6, S6, AND ISC PERSONNEL SHOULD BE CONTACTED FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING AUDITING AND UPDATING GAL ENTRIES.
4. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MARADMIN SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE POCS.//