Diplopedia, billed as the Encyclopedia of the United States Department of State, is a wiki running on a State internal Intranet, called "OpenNet".
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11 Facts About Diplopedia
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Diplopedia is a project of the Office of eDiplomacy, located in the Bureau of Information Resource Management within the Department of State.
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In January 2009, Diplopedia was among 27 online technologies named as "The Best Government Tech of the Bush Years" by Wired.
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Examples of Diplopedia content include a comprehensive collection of information for desk officers, the Foreign Service Officers who act as the in-house experts and go-to officials on a particular country.
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Diplopedia provides a desk officer manual, advising them on everything from what to make of Department jargon, how to move a paper for decision, or how to navigate a new Ambassador through the complexities of Senate confirmation and assignment to his or her mission.
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Since Diplopedia is intended to be a platform for expressing the various points of view of the Department, Diplopedia does not enforce a pure neutral point of view policy.
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Diplopedia has a unique categorization of abbreviations and acronyms .
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Diplopedia contains non-encyclopedic content including notes and items of internal, administrative interest.
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Diplopedia uses two categorizations for frequent users: mythical creatures from Wikipedia and colored belts as used on Intellipedia.
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Intellipedia is an excellent example of sharing information horizontally across agencies, and Diplopedia has found similar success in sharing information within the Department of State bureaucracy.
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