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Feds enter Second Life

Posted on January 2nd, 2008

According to the National Defense university, the Feds are entering SecondLife in force:

Dr. Paulette Robinson, Assistant Dean for Teaching at the Information Resources Management College, National Defense University, has a formeda multi-agency consortium to establish a sizeable federal presence inthe Second Life virtual world run by Linden Labs. Since the initial organizational meeting in July 2007, nearly 20 agencies have signed up for the ad hoc Second Life federal group, with more expressing interest every day. The Air Force and Navy have signed on as well as civilian agencies such as State, Transportation, Library of Congress, National Institutes of Health, and NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration–two of the early federal Second Life pioneers. Dr.Robinson said the consortium plans a major push to establish a federal presence in Second Life and other virtual environments, and along the way create processes and procedures to make it simpler for agencies to get a life in SecondLife.

(Thanks to John Palfrey for the link.)

[Tags: second_life e-government ]

Tagged with: digital culture • e-government • politics • second_life

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10 Responses to “Feds enter Second Life”

  1. Deep Semaphore, on January 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pm Said:

    It’s great to see federal agencies maintaining interest in SL. There is also an open content alliance worth mentioning here
    http://www.socialtext.net/play2train/index.cgi

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  2. SoSaidThe.Organization » Blog Archive » U.S. feds ganging up on Second Life, on January 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm Said:

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  3. The Grid Live » Second Life News for January 4, 2008, on January 4th, 2008 at 3:12 am Said:

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  4. SecondLifeAcademy.org » Blog Archive » National Defense University enters Secondlife, on January 4th, 2008 at 9:01 pm Said:

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  5. Paulette Robinson, on January 8th, 2008 at 11:02 am Said:

    The website for the Federal Consoritum for Virtual Worlds is: http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/fedconsoritum.html. We will be having a Federal Virtual Worlds Expo: Implementing the Future April 24-25.

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