Knowledge Management in a Classified Environment

Despite the web's impact on the evolution of knowledge management, working within a closed network, such as those in a classified environment, have zero ability to utilize any of the tools available to all others. The 9/11 commission said over and over again that the government's "inability to connect the dots" was the main reason that the 9/11 attacks were able to succeed. Here we are 20 years later, and the government still doesn't have an easy way to collaborate between agencies despite all of the efforts to do so. Many documents and knowledge is now saved to the "cloud", which 10 years ago was a fuzzy, confusing method of storage which many didn't understand. I'm not sure that the majority of people understand it even today, but it is surely the way of the future. It also allows better security protocols to be utilized that can allow only certain users to access it's data. The next evolutionary step would be AI. Does this mean that the machines will rise up against humanity as many of he Sci-Fi movies suggest? Probably, but we will certainly be a more organized and informed society when it hapens. https://inspire.mindbreeze.com/blog/six-trends-for-2021-the-future-of-knowledge-management This link shows the 6 trends that they believe will become the future for knowledge managment. In their summary, they mention the ability to better connect the dots. For certain, senior leaders within the government are going to need to find, which really means FUND, a better way to quickly and easily communicate between agencies to prevent another incident like 9/11 to occur. How? I say this pretty frequently... it's ALWAYS about money. Funding needs to be forefront in this process. For instance, during the last 3 months of pulling out of Afghanistan, thousands of US Citizens were trying to find the means, the method, or the permission to get themselves and their families out of the country in time. The State Department has access to funding to allow people stranded overseas to request a loan... they also had the ability to allow their employees stationed with the embassy to leave their contracts and move to another location, but of course, all of that costs money. Fast forward 2.5 months and it's a critical situation... I heard Jen Psaki say that the military had everything at their disposal to evacuate citizens... everything they needed. Trillions of dollars were released to allow the military to do whatever it took to get people out. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/08/27/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-august-27-2021/ If the government is going to be successful in the future, it needs to be more pro-active rather than reactive, and the only way to make that happen is to request the funding to do so.