Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KABUL1089
2009-04-29 14:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kabul
Cable title:  

One Team One Mission One Network

Tags:  AMGT AADP KRIM AF 
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DE RUEHBUL #1089 1191409
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 291409Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8672
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 2041
RHMFISS/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RXFPSHK/ISAF HQ
RHMFISS/USFOR-A
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 0019
RUEHFSI/FSINFATC WASHDC
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
========================================
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.