March 28, 2023

Getting Access to a DMA-hosted Official DOD Public-Facing Website

FORT MEADE, Maryland — Everyone managing a DMA-hosted official DOD public-facing website must have a DOD Common Access Card (CAC). Currently, to get management access to an AFPIMS official DOD public facing website, begin by having someone in the unit who is already recognized in the system writing an email to the service desk that includes the name of the new website user, the roll they will require (Website Manager, Content Manager, Content Provider), the supervisor’s name, phone number and email and a copy of the individual’s current Information Assurance completion certificate.

March 17, 2023

All Photos and Graphics on Official DOD websites must follow VIRIN Naming Convention

FORT MEADE, MD — All photos or graphics loaded to DMA WEB.mil hosted official DOD public facing websites have the VIRIN as the file name. A VIRIN consists of fifteen (15) data elements, in four (4) fields, separated by three hyphens, for a total of 18 characters, organized in the alphanumeric format NNNNNN-A-AANNN-NNN.

Feb. 16, 2023

New OMB Policy Requiring all Agencies to use .mil or .gov URLs

Fort Meade, MD — * Effective on the date of this memorandum, agencies must use government domains (i.e., .gov or .mil) for all official communications * Agencies can no longer waiver the dot gov or dot mil website requirement. Only OMB can provide a dot com waiver going forward * All non-dot mil or dot gov websites must be reported to OMB within 180 days

Aug. 24, 2022

Inactive AFPIMS Accounts

Dear AFPIMS Customers,In an effort to reduce inactive accounts on the AFPIMS system as well as to comply with Security Control AC-2 (3) from the Risk Management Framework, we will deactivate any accounts that haven't been used in the past 90 days on August 31, 2022. For individuals who have been deployed, on prolonged medical leave, or have