A-Space, where secret people hang out

Secret people like the CIA that is. This December, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) will be following the national Web 2.0 trend and plans to roll out a social networking platform called A-Space to tie the secret communities into a secret knot and connect people and agencies. This newly adopted technology will hopefully improve remote location communication, after hours communications and ease sharing challenges that affect an agency’s individual contributor’s ability to communicate. Broad based security like firewalls and restricted dialing make socializing even harder for the spy and intelligence communities and information sharing more complex.

In addition to the social networking applications, the site will also allow the intelligence community to access the national intelligence library. The intelligence community has already stood up to a web 2.0 style private wiki, similar to wikipedia, named Intellipedia.

Chris Rasmussen

You can’t join A-Space or view Intellipedia without approval. But, if you want to learn more about what the Intelligence Community is doing with social networking come hear Chris Rasmussen speak during the government track of the Web 2.0 for Business conference on November 1st. Rasmussen is a knowledge manager and trainer within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). He is an exceptional speaker and thought leader on Web 2.0 technologies such as Intellipedia (wiki), blogs, tag connect (social bookmarking service), mashups, etc. that will provide a transparent and effective way to exchange knowledge over the IC enterprise.

Michael Chasen

Kevin Turner

Upcoming POC Events

And because we know our readers love technology, we recommend the upcoming Michael Chasen CEO of Blackboard event on September 12th (register here) and a rare area appearance by Microsoft COO Kevin Turner on September 21 (register here).

Executive Spotlight on Haywood Talcove

This week we catch up with Haywood Talcove, Vice President for Public Sector America at Juniper Networks. We discuss his company’s recent survey to federal employees and his plans for the future. Click here to read his interview in ExecutiveBiz.

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COVITS 2007 – Sept. 16-18, Chantilly, Virginia

9th annual Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium, Sept. 16-18, Westfields Marriott, Chantilly. COVITS 2007 boasts the biggest concentration of technology decision makers in Virginia’s state/local/education market – more than 275 have already registered and 80% of them are responsible for IT purchasing or manage those who are. The agenda features keynotes by Va. Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra, Va. CIO Lem Stewart, former Va. Governor Mark Warner, CEB Chairman Jay McGonigle, and Sycamore Networks Inc. Chairman Desh Deshpande. Plus breakout sessions on the Commonwealth’s Strategic Plan for IT and $800M IT portfolio, the intersection of federal/state/local priorities, and the link between R&D and IT. Early-bird rate for industry expires August 10! Register today at www.covits.org

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