milSuite

milSuite

Military Open Source Software

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Agenda• Background

• Public Social Media Climate

• milSuite: Capabilities and Features

• The Future for milSuite

• Encouraging an “open source” climate in the DoD



MilTech SolutionsMilTech Solutions is a Forward Operating Agency for Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, and Tactical. MilTech Solutions is focused on synchronizing efforts across a Life Cycle which integrates Research and Development, Acquisition, Fielding and Sustainment via superior technology and enterprise Warfighter solutions. It provides the Web-based tools and capabilities which ensure that support to the Warfighter is rapid, unified and productive.

Army Team C4ISRThe mission of Army Team C4ISR is to equip the Army with tomorrow's Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technology. Several of the most technologically advanced systems currently being used in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Homeland Defense were developed by Team C4ISR.

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Public Social Media Climate

“Defense Department to Announce Balanced Social Media Policy”, eMilitary.org

“Defense Department to Announce Balanced Social Media Policy”, eMilitary.org

“Marines' social-media ban is bad for

morale”, Defense Systems“Marines' social-media ban is bad for

morale”, Defense Systems

“DOD social-media policy review nears completion”, Government Computer News

“Military Web Policy 2.0”, New York Times“Military Web Policy 2.0”, New York Times

“Social Media: The military to go where the Washington Post fears to tread”, The Inquisitor“Social Media: The military to go where the Washington Post fears to tread”, The Inquisitor

“Report: DOD memo will loosen restrictions on social networking”, Stars and Stripes

“Web 2.0 review could lead to restricted use of social networking in DOD”, Government Computer News

“Web 2.0 review could lead to restricted use of social networking in DOD”, Government Computer News

“A sneak peak at DoD's Web 2.0 policy with Bob Brewin”, FederalNewsRadio


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Web 3.0

Mobile

The Web is Expanding

Consumers of Knowledge

Documents

Person

Local Drives

Books

Shared Drives

Web 1.0

Bulletin Boards

Web 2.0

Web Sites (AKO, BCKS, DTIC, etc.)

Community

Chat

Video

Blogs

Wikis

Podcasts


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Life with Web 2.0

Networks

ChatsVideos Blogs Wikis

Podcasts

Pictures

ForumsCharts

NewsDocumentsProfiles

Bookmarks

• A rich mosaic of tools has come up as the web has matured

• We have integrated the web into our lives• In our personal lives we use the Internet for: Paychecks,

Bills, Banking, socializing, homework, planning, communicating, shopping, diagnosing, medicating, treatment, reading, traveling


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• Linking together relevant information across a community means knowledge is truly managed

• Access relevant information from the appropriate tools• Use the right tool for the right task – no one right answer

Networks

ChatsVideos Blogs Wikis

Podcasts

Pictures

ForumsCharts

NewsDocumentsProfiles

Bookmarks

Managing Information

Many ways to capture knowledge and share it


milSuite


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What is milSuite?

• Secure DoD Knowledge Management suite of capabilities dedicated to the use of Web 2.0 and social media to improve knowledge sharing, information exchange, and professional networking across the AKO/DKO community

• Current suite consists of a Military encyclopedia (milWiki), Military News Blog (milBlog), and a Military professional networking site (milBook)

• A community of knowledge management proponents who believe in a more connected Military


milSuite – Locate, Share, Connect

Military suite of Web 2.0 technologies behind the firewall. Uses AKO/DKO authentication with restrictions on account types and AKO/DKO’s identity management service.

• milWiki is a Military encyclopedia and home to TRADOC’s Army Doctrine portal for conversion of Army Field Manuals into Army Tactic Techniques and Procedures.

• milBook is a professional networking site with hundreds of collaborative groups and an enterprise platform for the DoD’s Business Transformation Agency.

•milBlog is a community-wide blog for sharing news and events and an essential tool in the sharing of information related to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC).


milSuite History• Army Team C4ISR / PEO C3T launches wiki

and blog capability (June 2008)• Army Knowledge Online releases AKO Wiki

(August 2008)• MilTech Solutions rebrands wiki and blog as

milWiki and milBlog for wider DKO audience (April 2009)

• MilTech Solutions repackages AKO Wiki software to create milBook and releases milSuite (Oct 2009)

• MilTech team approached by DON CIO to expand milSuite to Navy and Marines (Feb 2010)


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Professional Networking

• Share and Connect– Follow People and

Activities– Provide Status Updates– Track activities in your

network• Advanced Profiles and

Personalized View• Publish Content

– Blogs– Documents (wikis)– Discussions

• Get Organized– Public and Private

Groups– Customizable

Communities of Interest– Reply through email


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Community Broadcasts

• Share Knowledge – Announcements– Updates to

Processes– News and Alerts– Events– Achievements/

Awards• Provide Feedback• Showcase

– Columnists– Communities

• Discover– Discoverable Content– Monthly Archives– Tags – Categories


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Military Encyclopedia

• Online Publishing– Units/ Organizations– Processes, Regs, SOPs– Systems/ Technologies– Lessons Learned, Best

Practices

• Leverage Community Knowledge– Wiki Portals– Community Projects – Gardening Efforts– Semantic wiki capabilities

• Define the Standard– Article Templates– Categories– InfoBoxes


milSuite Growth Areas

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milWiki Article Growth

+800 new groups on milBook

+10,000 articles created on milWiki

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milBook Group Growth


How can we take advantage of an identity managed environment to connect these Web offerings in

ways that would be impossible in the public domain?


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Connecting Peopleto Knowledge

Linked knowledge means consuming more information in less time


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Connecting Knowledgeto People

Information is only as good as the source, and that source relies on a network of experience.


The future of milSuite


A True Enterprise Community

• Formalize milSuite as a DoD Enterprise capability

• Expand milSuite to non-DKO users through CAC card authentication and federation of services including existing current AKO/DKO Single Sign-On

• Expand infrastructure to meet increased user base across NIPRNet


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Video Communications

• Broadcast videos – Announcements– Vignettes– Training and Guidance– News and Features– Interviews– Promote tools, sites,

projects and achievements

• Establish Channels– Organize and share

videos– Provide face to the

community • Discover content

– Custom search options

– Embedded video throughout milSuite sites


Open Design and Development

• Open Design– Customized skins made

available for milBook Community Spaces

– Customer branding through backgrounds and logos

• Open Development– milSuite App store– Cross-platform widgets – Mobile applications


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Contact Information

milSuite Homehttps://www.kc.army.mil/milsuite

milWikihttps://www.kc.army.mil/wiki

milBloghttps://blog.kc.us.army.mil

milBookhttps://www.kc.army.mil/book

Todd MillerProject [email protected]

Justin FillerGovernment [email protected]