1. A-Space Bringing Social Software to Spies

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

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

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

5. What was… …is becoming collaboratively filtered information

6. What was… …is becoming smart and flexible data

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

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

9. john.doe@ugov.gov John Doe And building a community of professionals

10. …where analysts can finally work together.

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

12. … safeguarding our borders… …and protecting our soldiers.

13. So how are we doing so far?

14. “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

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

16. Creating a Culture of Innovation Commercial Technology Classified Networks

17. Still Have Challenges to Overcome

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

19. Start small and fail cheap Build a community

20. Can’t Afford to Fail