One Team One Mission One Network

UNCLAS KABUL 001089 SIPDIS DEPT FOR D(L),M, CIO, S/SRAP, RM, SCA/A AMB. EIKENBERRY FROM RICCIARDONE NFATC FOR DIRECTOR WHITESIDE USAID FOR A/ADMINISTRATOR BANGKOK FOR RIMC BUENOS AIRES FOR AMBASSADOR ISAF HQ FOR COMMANDER USFOR-A FOR COMMANDER AND J6 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT AADP KRIM AF SUBJECT: One Team One Mission One Network Why Kabul Needs One Unclassified Network ======================================== ¶1. USAID could deliver on its vitally important mission in Afghanistan more effectively if we had better means to coordinate policies and programs with the rest of the Mission, both Embassy Kabul agencies under COM authority, and DoD agencies under CDR CENTCOM and USFOR-A. Current inefficiencies run counter to the President's plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan and are detrimental for the Collaborative Management Initiative. In order to share information and provide an effective management platform, the AIDNET and OpenNet networks should be merged as soon as possible throughout Afghanistan. OpenNet should remain the Mission's main business platform, and all of AID's business requirements should be met through OpenNet in order to achieve the critical goal of a single, effective, and comprehensive communication network to plan, assess, inform, and execute Mission policies and programs. We need engineering assistance to ensure that an AIDNET to OpenNet migration will not disrupt USAID's critical mission. We Succeed Together =================== ¶2. We are moving forward locally to make broader and better use of existing tools such as Intelink and uGov email but we need the Department's assistance on these issues to meet the President's objectives in Afghanistan; State and USAID need to be in lockstep on one network. We have discussed this initiative with USAID Afghanistan. We ask for Department (including USAID) leadership's active support both on resources and personnel to realize this goal.