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http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/01/02/feds-enter-second-life/

" Dr. Paulette Robinson, Assistant Dean for Teaching at the Information
 Resources Management College, National Defense University, has
formed a 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
Administration­two 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."