The Army has suspended its migration to Joint Enterprise E-mail to comply with provisions in the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Dec. 31.

The Army expects that full operating capability for Enterprise E-mail users on the non-classified network or NIPRNet — previously planned for March 31 — will slip at least 45 days and possibly more, officials said.
The NDAA calls for the Secretary of the Army to designate its implementation of Joint Enterprise E mail as a formal acquisition program with the Army Acquisition Executive as the milestone decision authority — which is in progress. The Army is acquiring Joint Enterprise Email as a service by way of an agreement with the Defense Information Systems Agency, or DISA.  http://enterprise-email.org/what-is-the-akodko-webmail/

“The Army is working with e mail services from the DoD private cloud alternatively of getting e-mail from nearby email servers at each installation,” mentioned Lt. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, Army chief facts officer/G-six.

Joint Enterprise Email customers with a Typical Access Card can access e-mail from anyplace in DoD, and collaborate with any user worldwide via the DoD International Address List and enterprise calendar sharing.

“We are substantially improving capabilities and security, and simultaneously lowering charges,” said Lawrence.

The Army has projected $500 million in savings more than 5 years.

The restrictions on migration pertain to the Army other organizations are not impacted. The Army will continue sustainment and upkeep of organizations and web pages already migrated to Joint Enterprise E mail.


Per the NDAA, the Army can't use FY12 funds to start off migration of new organizations and installations to Joint Enterprise E mail until 30 days right after the report to Congress is delivered. The Army is preparing the report. http://army.com/ako

Migrations presently scheduled for January to March 2012 will be rescheduled, pending submission of a report to Congress by the Secretary of the Army. Arranging for NIPRNet Enterprise Email migration of nevertheless unscheduled Army organizations and activities with operationally-related short-term extensions will continue, with migration targeted for the June 2012 to March 2013 timeframe, G-6 officials stated.


More than 302,000 Army and Joint Service users supported by the Army have already migrated — 44 percent of the March 31 goal. The delay will impact about 234,000 Exchange customers and 400,000 webmail-only users. A revised NIPRNet Enterprise E mail migration schedule is expected in early February, officials said.


The Army safe network, or SIPRNet Enterprise E-mail transition is still expected to take place from April 1 to Sept. 30, 2012.