A-Space Bringing Social Software to Spies

After 9/11, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was passed to reform the Intelligence Community…

Moving from 16 independent agencies … …to a culture of Collaboration

Creating a Community of Analysts Enable high quality, timely intelligence through collaboration

What was… …is becoming collaboratively filtered information

What was… …is becoming smart and flexible data

What was… …is becoming a ubiquitous, collaborative work environment

Our vision for a shared and collaborative environment is taking shape… …empowering collaborative content creation …enabling broader sharing of media

John Doe And building a community of professionals

…where analysts can finally work together.

…working the most prominent issues… So what’s going on in A-Space right now ? Analysts are working together …preparing for emerging challenges…

… safeguarding our borders… …and protecting our soldiers.

So how are we doing so far?

“A-Space is useful for getting information I would not normally see” “It has opened people’s personal shoeboxes” “The biggest thing is finding your counterparts” “I can post a question and get an answer in hours” And analysts like what they see

A-Space has gotten lots of attentionBut we’re not content

Creating a Culture of Innovation Commercial Technology Classified Networks

Still Have Challenges to Overcome

Focus on the mission Make it easy to use Over this year, we’ve learned a lot.

Start small and fail cheap Build a community

Can’t Afford to Fail