Military officials OK social networking
Be all you can tweet? U.S. military officials have finally given the green light for personnel to use sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media outlets. Although, the poking and tweeting can only happen on non-classified government computers and can’t include any activity that may compromise operational security.
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for information management and technology, David M. Wennegren, commented on the policy shift: “The world of Web 2.0 and the Internet provides these amazing opportunities to collaborate. It not only promotes information sharing across organizational boundaries and with mission partners, but also enables deployed troops to maintain contact with their loved ones at home.”
Full story at CNN.
