AFSPC hosts JIE summit and plans next one

Air Force Space Command Public Affairs

9/12/2014 - Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. -- The Air Force Space Command Communications and Information Directorate recently hosted a Joint Information Environment (JIE) General Officer Summit at Peterson AFB and will host a second summit in mid-September.

At the first summit in mid-August, key Air Force leaders from AFSPC, the AF Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) and SAF/A6 addressed AF JIE strategy, governance, funding and priorities. Maj. Gen. Terrance Feehan, AFSPC Director of Requirements, opened the summit by describing the strategic goals for the meeting, including addressing Cyber acquisition, leveraging the work the AF has already accomplished in modernizing and consolidating the AF Network and driving next steps in AF JIE implementation and teaming. Key topics addressed during the summit included AF JIE governance, security architecture implementation, data center consolidation, and next generation enterprise services.

Maj. Gen. Craig Olson, Program Executive Officer for C3I and Networks, thanked everyone for embracing the opportunity and closed the summit with a commitment from all involved to continue partnering on JIE efforts through effective governance, strategy, and acquisition.

JIE was recently described by Acting DoD CIO Terry Halvorsen, at the Federal Forum 2014 in August, as "probably the largest modernization effort we have undertaken inside DoD."

To that end, AFSPC, AF and AFLCMC are driving JIE priorities that will modernize and align with sister service components to achieve a common DoD Information Network (DoDIN) environment.

AFSPC scheduled another summit on September 15 at Hanscom AFB, Mass., to continue the focus on JIE priorities. Expected attendees include leaders from AFSPC, AFLCMC and SAF/A6.

"These summits are extremely important for advancing the Air Force's efforts to modernize network transport and security and align them with the JIE framework to enhance mission effectiveness, improve cyber security posture, and increase efficiency," said Bill Marion, chief technology officer for AFSPC. "By working together in these venues, as well as with the other services and DISA, the Air Force is on a path that will set the security foundations for protecting the joint network."