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Feds expand virtual worlds use
Over a year ago, the U.S. Army, and other branches of the military, were experimenting with the use of the virtual worlds social media site "Second Life" as a recruitment tool. Since that time, the military has branched out into using virtual worlds technology as a tool for collaboration. Now, civilian branches of government are looking to do the same thing. Federal News Radio's Max Cacas has our exclusive coverage of the Third annual Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference, which concludes today at the National Defense University here in D.C..
Tags: technology , best practices , virtual worlds , Second Life , Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference , Army , Douglas Maxwell , U.S. Army Simulation and Training Center , MilLands , Paulette Robinson , iCollege , NDU , Barrack Obama , Max Cacas
USDA holds 'Apps for Healthy Kids' contest
Agency wants to use crowdsourcing to help kids eat healthier.
Tags: technology , Gov 2.0 , Apps for Healthy Kids , Amanda Eamich , Apps for Democracy , daily debrief
Study finds cutting calories can boost your immune system
If losing weight isn't enough incentive to cut calories, here's another reason: a study released this week says a low-calorie diet can also boost your immune system.
Tags: diet , calories , immunity , National Institute on Aging , Simin Meydani
OMB shifts to real time cybersecurity monitoring
New White House guidance calls for agencies to submit data feeds to OMB's Cyberscope tool. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes the information will give agencies a better idea of vulnerabilities and threats to computer networks. Agencies may have to shift money away from traditional reports to upgrade systems to meet new FISMA requirements.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Vivek Kundra , Howard Schmidt , Tom Carper , OMB , State , VA , NASA , Justice , DHS , Treasury , DoD , Alan Paller , FISMA , Real time monitoring , Cyberscope
Agencies engage citizens with social collaboration
Agencies across the federal government are embracing the tools of social collaboration to become more accessible to citizens. An IT industry group that includes many federal IT officials heard from three of the top government experts in the field.
Tags: newsstand , technology , social collaboration , social networking , GSA , Dave McClure , CDC , Janice Nall , Amanda Eamich , DHS , QHSR , Elizabeth Olmo , AFFIRM , President Obama , Max Cacas
Social media helping in Haiti
Social media is helping the U.S. government with recovery and relief efforts in Haiti.
Tags: technology , Collaboration Center , Facebook , twitter , Defense Department , State Department , Haiti
Warning program makes big splash
A new program is helping to keep Americans safer.
Tags: technology , Collaboration Center , Facebook , twitter , YouTube , Amanda Eamich
Diane Feinstein and Tom Vilsack
Tags: Diane Feinstein , GITMO , Barack Obama , Tom Vilsack , Agriculture , Afghanistan
Mobile moves front and center
Strapping soldiers with mobile technologies that are secure and affordable has always been a challenge for the Army.
Tags: technology , Collaboration Center , Facebook , twitter , YouTube , Amanda Eamich
Teaching tool at DoD gets more face time
The virtual classroom for students and faculty at two Defense Department universities just got a whole lot bigger.
Tags: technology , Collaboration Center , Facebook , twitter , YouTube , Amanda Eamich
