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Because the U.S. Agriculture Department is going virtual, employees may soon be able to conduct business through 3-D avatars rather than traditional teleconferencing, e-mail or staff meetings.

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is building a new Web-based recruiting resource that will launch this summer.

People are more connected than ever, communicating and receiving information increasingly in non-traditional ways. The typical 21-year-old has sent or received 250,000 instant messages and spent an average of 3,500 hours online.

This week, we learned that Nielsen will be closing Training Magazine.  We are saddened by this news, but understand the economics of the new media market.  (Click to view announcement)

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IBM will make key parts of its software portfolio available in a cloud computing environment to more easily allow professors around the world to incorporate technology into their curricula.

Junior Achievement (JA) will convene the first meeting of its Digital Strategy Advisory Task Force in the Washington, D.C., area this week.

What are the most significant impediments to enhancing the motivation of the IT staff at your federal agency? What would have the most significant impact on recruiting, retaining and motivating the tech team at your agency this year?

Sixty-six percent of all government agencies currently use some form of social networking — from blogs and wikis to instant messaging and discussion boards, according to a recent survey.

“Cloud computing” will be one of four deep-dive learning tracks at the Government Solutions Forum 2010, Feb. 24 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington D.C.