Commandant
2100 Second Street, S.W.
United States Coast Guard
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Staff Symbol: G-SCC
Phone: 202-267-1323
COMDTINST 5200.16
MAR 24 1999
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 5200.16
Subj: STANDARD WORKSTATION III CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT POLICY
Ref:
(a)
Coast Guard SWIII Replacement Project Migration Management Plan
(b)
Desktop Productivity Software Standards, COMDTINST 5234.5
(c)
Standard Workstation III Operating System Standards, COMDTINST 5230.2
(d)
Coast Guard Microcomputer Allowance List, COMDTINST 5230.51
(e)
AIS Security, COMDTINST M5500.13A
(f)
Acquiring Microcomputer Resources, COMDTINST 5230.55A
1.
PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes the Coast Guard's Configuration Management
(CM) policies and procedures for all Standard Workstation III (SWIII) and SWIII-
compatible workstations, servers, and networks.
2.
ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics
commands, commanding officers of headquarters units, assistant commandants for
directorates, Chief Counsel, and special staff offices at Headquarters shall ensure
compliance with the provisions of this directive.
3.
DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. All Commandant, Area, District, Maintenance and Logistics
Commands (MLC), Headquarters (HQ) and other unit-level instructions and directives
pertaining to CM for SWIII and SWIII-compatible workstations and servers will be in
compliance with this instruction. Instructions governing software development and
procurement for all computer platforms, the Microcomputer Allowance List (MAL) and
those concerned with configuration management for other computing platforms remain in
effect.
4.
BACKGROUND. Since 1981, the cornerstone of the Coast Guard's management of
microcomputers has been the Standard Workstation (SW) program. This program is based
on Coast Guard units using the same family of microcomputer hardware and software for its
mission and personal productivity requirements. This standards based approach puts the
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