[Hrgeeks] Pentagon Issues New Policy On Social Networking

[Branson Matheson]

Saw that this morning.  Quite interesting.  I know TSA blocks it.. so  
we'll see how this modifies some of the more dracon ian rules.

On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:26 AM, John Bos wrote:

> Atlanta Journal-Constitution
> February 27, 2010
>
> Pentagon Issues New Policy On Social Networking
> By Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press
>
> WASHINGTON — Everyone from troops in the field to the highest brass  
> and civilian leaders will be allowed to Twitter, blog and use  
> Facebook and other social networking sites on the military's non- 
> classified computer network, the Pentagon announced Friday.
> The new policy follows a seven-month review in which the Defense  
> Department weighed the threats and benefits of allowing the wide use  
> of emerging Internet capabilities. It essentially seeks to manage  
> the risks while acknowledging the Internet is proving a powerful  
> tool for a myriad of tasks including recruiting, public relations,  
> collaboration with a wide range of people and for communications  
> between troops and their families.
>
> To guard security, it allows commanders to cut off access — on a  
> temporary basis only — if that's required to safeguard a mission or  
> reserve bandwidth for official use. The new directive also makes  
> practices uniform across the entire department, in which different  
> commands previously blocked certain things while others didn't.  
> Visiting sites for pornography, gambling or hate-crime activities is  
> still prohibited on military computers.
>
> "We need to take advantage of these capabilities that are out there  
> — this Web 2.0 phenomena," said David M. Wennergren, deputy  
> assistant secretary of defense for information technology. "The idea  
> is be responsible and use these tools to help get the job done."
>
> The new directive means that YouTube, MySpace and more than a dozen  
> sites blocked by the Pentagon in May 2007 will be unblocked, he  
> said. The Pentagon said at the time that the use of video sites in  
> particular was straining its network and using too much of its  
> bandwidth. But Wennergren said Friday that the move failed to stem  
> the use of bandwidth because people just went to alternate sites.
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