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Modernization
Air Force opens bidding for virtual air base
MyBase will place personnel in a geospatially accurate training room, where instructors will teach both technical and flying missions.
Digital Government
Tech consultant says get serious about games
Virtual tools aren't just for entertainment anymore as agencies, businesses adopt them for training.
Digital Government
Collaborative Internet tools making inroads into intel agencies
Problems and skepticism still abound, but continued information sharing should win over doubters, says ODNI official.
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Digital Government
DHS joins the virtual world
New classroom platform will provide real-time communications and will be integrated with a National Guard system that provides training for first responders.
Digital Government
NAPA launches collaboration Web site
The Collaboration Project aims to attract leaders to use interactive social tools "to solve government's complex problems."
Modernization
Agencies getting serious about virtual worlds
No longer seen as a distraction, feds are creating simulated online communities to train and converse for work.
Digital Government
Forrester predicts a flat year for tech
Agencies expected to launch fewer projects in the next couple years. The firm predicts only in 2010 will funds shake loose for the priorities of a new administration.
Digital Government
Consider computer games as training, say congressional researchers
Report raises the possibility of using virtual worlds as battlefields.
