R 011606Z JUL 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0399/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/DATA CALL RELATIVE TO DISCONTINUATION OF SKILLSOFT COURSES RESIDENT ON MARINENET//
REF/A/MSGID:NAVADMIN 154-09/-/YMD:20090529//
AMPN/REF (A) IS NAVADMIN 154/09 DATED 20090529 DISCONTINUANCE OF NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING GROUP AND SKILLSOFT COURSES RESIDING ON NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE//
POC/DENNIS C. CHINAULT/CIV/UNIT:OPSO/-/TEL: COML (703) 784-5971//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/ RMKS/1. REF A IS THE NAVY'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL DISCONTINUE THE BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLSOFT COURSES RESIDING ON NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE.
2. PURPOSE. REQUEST MARINE CORPS UNITS AND FORMAL SCHOOLS ASSESS THE IMPACT AND PROVIDE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE) WITH A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF HOW SKILLSOFT COURSES ARE BEING UTILIZED BY RESPECTIVE COMMANDS.
3. BACKGROUND
A. CURRENTLY SKILLSOFT COURSES ON MARINENET ARE LICENSED AND PROVIDED THROUGH THE NAVY. EFFECTIVE 30 SEP 2009 NAVY FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL END. THIS DATA CALL IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND VALIDATE THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SKILLSOFT CATALOG. BASED UPON ACTIVITY RESPONSES, CCE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TO PURSUE MARINE CORPS FUNDING OR TO DISCONTINUE OFFERING SKILLSOFT COURSES ON MARINENET.
B. IF FUNDING IS NOT FOUND AND/OR THE NAVY CONTRACT IS NOT RENEWED, ALL SKILLSOFT COURSES ON MARINENET WILL BE DISCONTINUED EFFECT 30 SEP 2009. ALL CURRENT SKILLSOFT ENROLLMENTS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY 30 SEP 2009 OR STUDENTS WILL BE DISENROLLED. NO NEW ENROLLMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER 31 AUG 2009.
4. IMPACT
A. REQUEST MARINE CORPS UNITS AND FORMAL SCHOOLS IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC COURSES USED AND IF THE COURSES ARE TIED TO SUSTAINMENT, CAREER, OR OFF-DUTY EDUCATIONAL LEARNING NLT 15 JUL 2009.
B. DATA CALL WORKSHEET HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND POSTED TO THE TECOM CCE WEBSITE AT HTTP:SLANTSLANTWWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CCE/SKILLSOFT_DATACALL_UNIT.DOC. REQUEST ALL UNITS/ACTIVITIES THAT UTILIZE SKILLSOFT COURSES VIA MARINENET DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEET, COMPLETE THE DATA CALL THEN EMAIL IT TO CCE POC, DAVID.ARJONA@USMC.MIL. NEG RESPONSES ARE NOT REQUIRED.
5. CONTACT CCE POC FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR GUIDANCE VIA EMAIL OR CALL DSN 378-1924 OR 703-432-1924.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//