He said there was discussion around two types of approaches. The other approach is more modular in development and functions. The policy statement provides guidance and establishes issues discussed in the AMAC s e-mail business requirements workgroup. SIPS would handle management of message storage, reliability for transport of messages, and directory services. He said agencies would have flexibility in selecting e-mail client software.
Security controls beyond authentication and authorization are at agency discretion.
These are consistent with DIRM s management recommendations for architectural approach. Joe said that a PID for client product evaluation is almost complete. We now have a state level policy that provides guidance and assurances of what direction to follow. Joe will form an evaluation task force to take the business requirements from the AMAC workgroup, develop a product evaluation baseline, and look at the products and configurations to be evaluated. They will also do a proof of concept to identify any potential problems.