R 091723Z SEP 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 447/13
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS COMPLIANCE WITH ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICES (EDS) MEMORANDUM//
REF/A/MSGID:MEMO/DOD CIO/YMD:20130123//
AMPN/REF A IS THE MEMORANDUM MANDATING THE USE OF DOD ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICES(EDS) TO OBTAIN ENTERPRISE EFFICIENCIES AND ENABLE SECURE INFORMATION SHARING.//
POC/GREGORY HENRIQUEZ/CIV/UNIT:HQMC C4/-/TEL:571-256-9098/EMAIL:GREGORY.HENRIQUEZ(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE.  TO COMPLY WITH ENTERPRISE DIRECTORY SERVICES (EDS) MEMO "MANDATING THE USE OF DOD EDS" DATED 23 JAN 2013, WHICH MANDATES DOD ENTITIES TO POPULATE AND MAINTAIN CONTACT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DATA IN THE DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER'S (DMDC) PERSON DATA REPOSITORY (PDR). THIS WILL ALLOW ALL OF DOD ACCESS TO A COMMON GLOBAL ACCESS LIST (GAL).
2. BACKGROUND. PART OF THE JOINT INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (JIE) EFFORT IS TO ESTABLISH A COMMON GAL.  A KEY ENABLER FOR THIS IS UPDATED AND ACCURATE ORGANIZATIONAL AND CONTACT DATA FOR PEOPLE DISCOVERY ACROSS THE DOD COMMUNITY.
3. POLICY.  ALL MARINES, CIVILIAN MARINES, AND CONTRACTORS SUPPORTING THE MARINE CORPS WILL UPDATE AND MAINTAIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL AND CONTACT DATA IN MILCONNECT NLT 30 SEPTEMBER 2013.
4. INSTRUCTION.  PERSONNEL CAN UPDATE THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL AND CONTACT DATA IN MILCONNECT BY COMPLETING THE INSTRUCTIONS OUTLINED AT: HTTP:(SLASH SLASH)WWW.DISA.MIL(SLASH SLASH)MEDIA(SLASH)FILES(SLASH)DISA(SLASH)SERVICES(SLASH)ENTERPRISE-SERVICES(SLASH) MILCONNECTTTP.PDF, OR FOLLOWING STEPS A-M BELOW.
A. LAUNCH MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) VERSION 8 OR HIGHER, FIREFOX, OR CHROME.
B. IN ADDRESS BAR, TYPE: HTTPS:(SLASH SLASH)WWW.DMDC.OSD.MIL(SLASH)MILCONNECT AND HIT ENTER.
C. CLICK THE RED (SIGN IN) LINK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
D. AFTER READING THE SELF-SERVICE CONSENT TO MONITOR PAGE, CLICK (OK).
E. ENSURE CAC IS IN THE CARD READER.
F. ONCE CAC IS INSERTED, CLICK ON THE (LOGIN) LOCATED UNDER THE CAC PICTURE ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN.
G. SELECT DIGITAL EMAIL CERTIFICATE AND CLICK (OK) AND ENTER PIN IF PROMPTED.
H. IF MILCONNECT HOMEPAGE DOESN'T LOAD INITIALLY, CLICK (LOGOFF) IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AND YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WITH A LIST OF PAGES.  SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON (MILCONNECT) TO LOAD THE MILCONNECT HOMEPAGE.
I. UPON SUCCESSFUL LOGIN, THE MILCONNECT HOMEPAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED.  ON THE RIGHT SIDE MENU UNDER THE QUICK LINKS LIST, CLICK (UPDATE GAL INFO).
J. SELECT THE APPROPRIATE TAB (MIL, CIV, OR CON) FOR THE INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO UPDATE.  YOU MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE TAB, DEPENDING ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DOD.
K. ENTER ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MISSING OR OUTDATED IN THE FIELDS AVAILABLE FOR MODIFICATION.  AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES MUST BE FILLED OUT ACCURATELY:
I. DUTY ORGANIZATION
II. DUTY SUB-ORGANIZATION
III. JOB TITLE
IV. DUTY ADDRESS
V. AT LEAST ONE PHONE NUMBER
L. ONCE PERTINENT INFORMATION IS UPDATED, CLICK (SUBMIT) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO SAVE THE CHANGES.
M. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PERSONAS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED, PLEASE FOLLOW STEPS I-K.
5. ONLINE HELP IS AVAILABLE ON THE MILCONNECT WEBSITE OR CONTACTING THE REGIONAL MITSC. PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE NLT 30 SEPT 13.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN K.J. NALLY, DIRECTOR, C4(SLASH)DEPUTY MARFORCYBER.//