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DODLive Bloggers Roundtable: New DoD Social Media Policy

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Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Today on DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable we spoke with Mr. Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense recently signed a new policy regarding the use of internet based capabilities — including social media. Mr. Floyd discussed what the new policy means for the DoD community.

To view the new policy memorandum, click here.

Learn more about DOD’s use of social media by visiting the Social Media Hub.

To read an article from this interview, click here.

LISTEN to the interview.

To view Mr. Floyd’s bio, click here.

To view a transcript from this interview, click here.

Joining us on the call today were Clyde Middleton, www.patriotroom.com; Beth Wilson, www.homefrontinfocus.com; Dan Kissinger, www.militaryavenue.com; Sagar Pathak, www.horizontalrain.com; Megan McCloskey, http://blogs.stripes.com; Paul Bove, http://airforcelive.dodlive.mil; Taylor Kiland, www.examiner.com; Nathan Hodge, www.wired.com and Adam Levine, www.cnn.com.

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  • http://tr.im/tericee Teri Centner

    I had initially intended to just comment on the OCR version of the policy memo that’s hosted on DTIC’s website. But since I’m here, I’ll take a shot at Brett’s comment as well. Doesn’t the new policy leave room for commanders to make decisions on network usage based on mission requirements? They do that on Navy ships all time time, right?

  • http://socialmedia.defense.gov Jack Holt

    Hi Teri, You are correct. The intent of the policy is to provide consistent access across DoD which then provides commanders at all levels the ability to take advantage of opportunities they deem appropriate as well as to combat the threats as necessary to protect their mission. Network usage and bandwidth requirements are part of the equation. It gives that decision to commanders at the lowest possible level.

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