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Science site sees training potential
Education and outreach have been the motivation behind SciLands.org, a virtual community in Second Life dedicated to science and technology, whose members include NASA and NOAA, among others.
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Federal Consortium: Something for everyone
The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds is looking to address basic challenges with virtual world technology.
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Virtual training has risks
Second Life and similar virtual environments have a share of dangers for the unwary agency.
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Virtual learning gets second wind from Second Life
Despite resistance, some agencies are finding fruitful uses for virtual worlds.
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Cloud computing could help agencies track stimulus funds
Contractors say advantages include lower cost, quick deployment, compatibility and better reporting, but security should be checked out before diving in.
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GSA signs agreements with Web 2.0 providers
Several terms of service agreements reached with new media providers clear the way for federal agencies to use the social networking services.
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DISA seeks input on the GIG's architecture
The agency wants help from industry in defining the acquisition strategy for the Global Information Grid’s network management architecture.
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Postal Service software wins award
The optimization software allows the service to accept multiple bids from contractors and then pick the best deal.
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Recovery board begins online dialogue with IT vendors
The panel overseeing the economic stimulus law debuted a new Web site today to invite ideas from IT vendors, experts and consumers.
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Firm provides swine flu updates to agencies
A private firm is providing updates on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico to U.S. health agencies and the public.
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NOAA adds Great Lakes images
The detailed, three-dimensional images on Google Earth let visitors explore the canyons and sandbars in the Great Lakes.
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More rules are due on stimulus money
OMB will issue a third round of guidance in early May to help agencies handle the data reporting and audit requirements of the economic stimulus law.
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City Web sites track new federal money
Several cities have established Web sites to track the $50 billion in economic stimulus spending cities will get.
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Kundra: IT procurement needs improving
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said the Obama administration is exploring ways to improve the government's process for buying IT.
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Analyst: Virtual workspaces will come
Growing demands for energy and a need to retain aging workers will make virtual workspaces a necessity in the near future, a technology analyst said.
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Agencies to hold online talk with IT community
Starting April 27, OMB and the stimulus oversight board will ask the IT community how to best achieve transparency for reporting spending under the economic stimulus law.
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Agencies predicted to move to cloud computing cautiously
Driven by Obama's IT appointments, spending on access to remotely stored applications will grow at a 20 percent rate to $800 million by 2013, research firm reports.
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