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A screenshot of the Intellipedia interface
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Intellipedia was founded in April 2006 [1] and consists of three wikis running on JWICS, SIPRNet, and Intelink-U. A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language. The Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System ( JWICS pronounced jaywicks is a system of interconnected Computer networks used by the U The SIPRNet (Secret Internet Protocol Router Network is a system of interconnected Computer networks used by the U Intelink is the name of the classified and highly secure intranet used by the US intelligence community They are used by individuals with appropriate clearances from the 16 agencies of the United States intelligence community and other national-security related organizations, including Combatant Commands and federal departments. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Intelligence Community (IC is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work together to conduct intelligence A Unified Combatant Command ( UCC) is a United States joint military command composed of forces from two or more services has a broad and continuing mission The wikis are not open to the public.

Intellipedia is a project of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Intelligence Community Enterprise Services (ICES) office headquartered in Fort Meade, Maryland. The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI) is the United States government official subject to the authority direction and control of the President Intelink is the name of the classified and highly secure intranet used by the US intelligence community Fort George G Meade, located adjacent to Odenton, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County, is an active U It includes information on the regions, people, and issues of interest to the communities using its host networks. Intellipedia uses MediaWiki, the same software used by the Wikipedia free-content encyclopedia project. MediaWiki is a web-based Wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and ***************************************************************************************** * * [2] ODNI officials say that the project will change the culture of the U. S. intelligence community, widely blamed for failing to "connect the dots" before the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The SIPRNet version predominantly serves U. S. Department of State and Department of Defense personnel, who do not use the Top Secret JWICS network on a day-to-day basis. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government Sensitive but Unclassified Network (SBU) users can access Intellipedia from remote terminals outside their workspaces via a VPN, in addition to their normal workstations. The United States government classification system is established under Executive Order 13292, the latest in a long series of executive Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) users share information on the unclassified network. This article is a subset article in a series under Intelligence collection management. This article is a subset article in a series under Intelligence collection management.

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Creation

Intellipedia was created to share information on some of the most difficult subjects facing U. S. intelligence and to bring cutting-edge technology into its ever-more-youthful workforce. [3] It also allows information to be assembled and reviewed by a wide variety of sources and agencies, to address concerns that pre-war intelligence did not include robust dissenting opinions on Iraq's alleged weapons programs. [4] A number of projects are under way to explore the use of the Intellipedia for the creation of traditional Intelligence Community products. In the summer of 2006, Intellipedia was the main collaboration tool in constructing a National Intelligence Estimate on Nigeria. National Intelligence Estimates ( NIEs) are United States federal government documents that are the authoritative assessment of the Director of National Intelligence Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal [5]

Intellipedia was at least partially inspired by an essay competition set up by the CIA - later taken over by the DNI - which encouraged any employee at any intelligence agency to submit new ideas to improve information sharing. The first essay selected was by Calvin Andrus, chief technology officer of the Center for Mission Innovation at the CIA, entitled "The Wiki and the Blog: Toward a Complex Adaptive Intelligence Community". Andrus' essay argued that the real power of the Internet had come from the boom in self-publishing, and noted how the open-door policy of Wikipedia allowed it to cover new subjects quickly. [6][7]

Richard A. Russell, Deputy Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Information Sharing Customer Outreach (ISCO) said it was created so "analysts in different agencies that work X or Y can go in and see what other people are doing on subject X or Y and actually add in their two cents worth . Richard A Russell is currently the Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Community Enterprise Solutions (ICES in the Office of the Director of The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI) is the United States government official subject to the authority direction and control of the President The United States government's Information Sharing and Customer Outreach office or ISCO was one of five directorates within the office of the Chief Information Officer . . or documents that they have. " "What we’re after here is 'decision superiority', not 'information superiority'," he said. "We have to get inside the decision cycle of the enemy. We have to be able to discover what they’re doing and respond to it effectively. "[2]

As of October 2006, the overall Intellipedia project hosted 28,000 pages edited by 3,600 users. October 2006 was a month that began on a Sunday The month was marked by a nuclear test by North Korea that prompted that passing of Resolution 1718 [5] In September of 2007, sixteen months after its creation, officials noted that the top-secret version of Intellipedia alone (hosted on JWICS) has 29,255 articles, with an average of 114 new articles and more than 6,000 edits to articles added each workday. The Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System ( JWICS pronounced jaywicks is a system of interconnected Computer networks used by the U [8]

As of March 2008, Intellipedia hosted 35,000 articles (making a total of 200,000 pages) edited by 37,000 users. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia [9]

Technical support

Google was contracted by the government to provide computer servers to support Intellipedia. Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online Google also provides the software to search Intellipedia, which ranks results based on user created tags. [9]

Potential problems

Some are concerned that individual intelligence agencies will create their own wikis, draining ideas and input from Intellipedia. [10] Sean Dennehy, a CIA official involved in integrating the system into the intelligence fabric, said disseminating material to the widest possible audience of analysts is key to avoiding mistakes. He said analysts from multiple agencies had used the network to post frequent updates on recent events, including the crash of a small plane into a New York City apartment building in October 2006 and North Korea's test of a missile in July 2006. [11]

Some view it as risky because it allows more information to be viewed and shared[12]; but according to Michael Wertheimer, McConnell's assistant deputy director for analysis, it is worth the risk. Dr Michael Wertheimer (b February 6, 1957) is a cryptologic Mathematician and as of October 31 2005 the Assistant Deputy Director and Chief Hon John Michael "Mike" McConnell (born July 26, 1943) has served as the United States Director of National Intelligence since The project was greeted initially with "a lot of resistance," said Wertheimer, because it runs counter to past practice which sought to limit the pooling of information. [13] He said there are risks in everything everyone does: "the key is risk management, not risk avoidance. " Some encouragement has been necessary to spur contributions from the traditional intelligence community. [14] However, he said the system appeals to the new generation of intelligence analysts because "this is how they like to work" and "it's a new way of thinking. " [15][16]

Successes

Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, cited the successful use of Intellipedia to develop an article on how Iraqi insurgents were using chlorine in improvised explosive devices saying, "They developed it in a couple of days interacting in Intellipedia," . Charles Thomas Fingar is Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman National Intelligence Council (2005 - Present The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI) is the United States government official subject to the authority direction and control of the President Chlorine (ˈklɔriːn from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' ( khlôros, meaning 'pale green' is the Chemical element with Atomic number 17 and An improvised explosive device ( IED) is a Bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional Military action . . "No bureaucracy, no mother-may-I, no convening meetings. They did it and it came out pretty good. That’s going to continue to grow. "[17]

In a September 10, 2007 testimony before the United States Congress, Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, cited the increasing use of Intellipedia among analysts and its ability to help experts pool their knowledge, form virtual teams, and make quick assessments. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Mike or Michael McConnell is the name of Michael W McConnell (born 1955 American appellate judge and constitutional law scholar John The Director of National Intelligence ( DNI) is the United States government official subject to the authority direction and control of the President [18]

Community practices

An Intellipedia shovel, awarded to exemplary wiki contributors.
An Intellipedia shovel, awarded to exemplary wiki contributors.

The wiki provides so much flexibility that several offices throughout the community are using it to maintain and transfer knowledge on daily operations and events. [19] Anyone with access to read it has permission to create and edit articles after registering and acquiring an account with Intelink. Intelink is the name of the classified and highly secure intranet used by the US intelligence community Since Intellipedia is intended to be a platform for harmonizing the various points of view of the agencies and analysts of the Intelligence Community, Intellipedia does not enforce a neutral point of view policy. Objectivity is a significant principle of Journalistic professionalism. [20] Instead, viewpoints are attributed to the agencies, offices, and individuals participating, with the hope that a consensus view will emerge. Intellipedia also contains a great deal of non-encyclopedic content including meeting notes and items of internal, administrative interest. Deputy DNI Thomas Fingar made a comparison to eBay, the auction Web site where the reliability of sellers is rated by buyers. Charles Thomas Fingar is Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman National Intelligence Council (2005 - Present eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and He said he hoped Intellipedia would reward analysts whose judgments most often turned out to be correct. Or, he said, "if you are an idiot, we want that made known. "[21]

During 2006-2007, Intellipedia editors awarded shovels to users to reward exemplary Wiki "gardening" and to encourage others in the community to contribute. A template with a picture of the limited-edition shovel (actually a trowel), was created to place on user pages for Intellipedians to show their "gardening" status. The handle bears the imprint: "I dig Intellipedia! It's wiki wiki, Baby. " The idea was inspired by the barnstar,[22] which is used on both Wikipedia and MeatballWiki for similar purposes. MeatballWiki is a Wiki dedicated to online communities, network Culture, and Hypermedia. The shovels have since been replaced with a mug bearing the tag line "Intellipedia: it's what we know".

Chris Rasmussen, knowledge management officer at the Defense Department’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), argues that "gimmicks" like the Intellipedia shovel, posters, and handbills, encourage people to use Web 2.0 tools like Intellipedia and are effective low-tech solutions to promote their use. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection analysis and Web 20 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and Web design that aims to enhance Creativity, secure Also, Rasmussen argues that "social software-based contributions should be written in an employee's performance plan". Social software encompasses a range of software systems that allow users to interact and share data [23]

Training

Several agencies in the Intelligence Community have developed training programs to provide time to integrate the tools into their daily work habits. These classes generally focus on the use of Intellipedia to capture and manage knowledge, but they also incorporate the use of the other social software tools. These include blogs, RSS, and social bookmarking. The courses stress immersion in the tools and instructors encourage participants to work on a specific project in Intellipedia. The courses also expose participants to social media technologies on the Internet. [24][25][26]

See also

References

  1. ^ INSA, Analytic Transformation, September 2007, page 12
  2. ^ a b Wikipedia for Intel Officers Proves Useful. Diplopedia, billed as the Encyclopedia of the United States Department of State, is a Wiki running on the State internal Intranet, called "OpenNet" The United States Intelligence Community (IC is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work together to conduct intelligence National Defense Magazine (November 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-01. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi
  3. ^ Over 3,600 intelligence professionals tapping into "Intellipedia"
  4. ^ Data from spies now assembled wiki-style, Los Angeles Times, November 2006
  5. ^ a b Intelligence Fixes Floated at Conference, Denver Post, 08/22/2006
  6. ^ D. Calvin Andrus. The wiki and the blog: toward a complex adaptive intelligence community. Central Intelligence Agency Center for the Study of Intelligence. Retrieved on 2008-05-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
  7. ^ Clive Thompson. "Open-Source Spying", The New York Times Magazine, 2006-12-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Retrieved on 2007-11-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers  
  8. ^ Shane, Scott. "Logged In and Sharing Gossip, Er, Intelligence", The New York Times, September 2, 2007. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.  
  9. ^ a b Kopytoff, Verne. "Google has lots to do with intelligence", San Francisco Chronicle, 2008-03-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor  
  10. ^ http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/11/intellipedia.html#comment-25336444 Intellipedia Discussion and the IC
  11. ^ http://esenai.com/blog/intellipedia/people/michael_wertheimer/ Intellipedia Roundtable Discussion
  12. ^ U.S. intelligence unveils spy version of Wikipedia
  13. ^ US spies create their own 'Wiki' intelligence
  14. ^ Over 3,600 intelligence professionals tapping into Intellipedia - USATODAY.com
  15. ^ Over 3,600 intelligence professionals tapping into Intellipedia - USATODAY.com
  16. ^ US spies create their own 'Wiki' intelligence
  17. ^ "U.S. Intel Agencies Modernize Info Sharing", DefenseNews.com, May 7, 2007
  18. ^ Michael McConnell. "Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years after 9/11", Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, September 10, 2007
  19. ^ Executive Biz, Executive Spotlight with Jesse Wilson, October 11, 2007
  20. ^ "Open-Source Spying", New York Times Magazine, December 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French  
  21. ^ Mark, Mazzetti. "Intelligence Chief Announces Renewed Plan for Overhaul", The New York Times, April 12, 2007. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.  
  22. ^ EEK Speaks. Eugene Eric Kim's Blog. Retrieved on 2006-11-01. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi
  23. ^ http://www.fcw.com/print/13_16/news/102750-1.html "Government taps the power of us: Officials turn to blogs and wikis to share information and achieve goals", Federal Computer Week, May 21, 2007
  24. ^ http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1286296&nid=250 "Radio interview that highlights Intelligence Community social software training programs, Federal News Radio, November 5, 2007
  25. ^ http://www.executivebiz.com/newsletter-executives-detail.php?who=sdennehy Executive Spotlight Interview with Sean Dennehy, ExecutiveBiz, December 5, 2007
  26. ^ http://www.executivebiz.com/newsletter-executives-detail.php?who=crasmussen Executive Spotlight Interview with Chris Rasmussen, ExecutiveBiz, October 25, 2007


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