National security employees have been using a wiki to share and update information. I think it’s notable that that they describe it as not just a pure issue of organizational communication, it also involves generational work trends. There’s a need to pass along old wisdom and adjust to the competencies of a younger workforce:

Not all U.S. intelligence analysts have embraced the new tool, but many younger analysts have, said Michael Wertheimer, DNI’s deputy director of analysis and chief technology officer. Half of all U.S. intelligence analysts have one to five years of experience, he noted. “This is how they do their work,” he said. “This is how they like to work.”

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