This is either the end of the world as we know it or a very positive move. The CIA is rolling out a social networking system modeled on Facebook called A-Space. If there’s any group who can benefit from a bit more internal collaboration it’s probably a large government agency like the CIA.
It’s interesting that they’ve made it voluntary to use. This is likely counter to their command-and-control culture but paradoxically probably the factor that will most contribute to its success. I’m curious to see if this works for them. If it works for the CIA, is there any reason that blogs, wikis and other social networking tools can’t work in your organization?