Navy to Secure CIO Site for IT Collaboration

CIO Carey Seeks Improved Dialogue on IT within Navy
Navy to Secure CIO Site for IT Collaboration
The Department of the Navy will add early next year a secure extension to its chief information security officer's website to further promote collaboration among Navy personnel and its IT staff beyond the blog CIO Robert Carey established nearly two years ago.

In his blog, posted Monday, Carey wrote:

"We need to remove the barriers to participation in order to take the dialogue a step further. To that end, we are creating a secure extension of the DoN CIO web site that will provide common-access-card holders the opportunity to engage the DoN CIO team, as well as others within the department, more directly and candidly than is currently possible on the public website. Personnel from any DoN organization will have the opportunity to become involved in charting the course for information management/information technology and cyberspace within the department by providing their input to ongoing discussions on this site."

Carey wrote that much has been made of Web 2.0 ("tired of that term yet?" he asks) tools -- RSS feeds, mashups, wikis, blogs and social networking sites -- to foster collaboration and trust among communities that share common purpose.

With that in mind, and to expand his thoughts on the secure extension of the CIO website, Carey said:

"The purpose of this collaborative site is to provide a secure forum for DoN personnel to discuss and collaborate on key IM/IT(information management/information technology) and cyberspace initiatives. We want you to participate in shaping this aspect of the department. This application will allow users to post ideas in the form of a blog and invite participation from other users no matter their position within the organization or their geographical location. This candid exchange of ideas will enable our DoN CIO subject matter experts to gather informal feedback before the formal process of strategy and policy development is initiated.
"This forum will also provide leadership key insight into the concerns/challenges being felt from anywhere within the department, as well as identify policy gaps. In addition, it will highlight those initiatives that are on the right track and viewed as valuable to the IM/IT community."

Carey emphasized that his office will employ social media tools to encourage participation and enhance information exchange in an information environment.

"I hope to use this tool to support decision agility, provide for a change management/innovation discussion and ensure accountability across the enterprise. I encourage you to submit your ideas for change and innovation. ... This opportunity for participation will help us become more effective and efficient with our use of information in support of our Naval mission.

Since beginning the blog in January 2008, Carey said his 32 entries have received more than 300,000 hits. Jokingly, he said:

"It's amazing how quickly the numbers add up when you sit at your home PC each night and click the titles for an hour."

About the Author

Eric Chabrow

Eric Chabrow

Retired Executive Editor, GovInfoSecurity

Chabrow, who retired at the end of 2017, hosted and produced the semi-weekly podcast ISMG Security Report and oversaw ISMG's GovInfoSecurity and InfoRiskToday. He's a veteran multimedia journalist who has covered information technology, government and business.




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