Released on = March 20, 2007, 7:59 am

Press Release Author = Applied Knowledge Group, Inc

Industry = Government

Press Release Summary = The IAC announced the FAA's Knowledge Services Network (KSN)
was selected as a "Top Five" winner of its Excellence.Gov awards for demonstrating
excellence in leveraging technology to enhance collaboration. KSN has been supported
by the Applied Knowledge Group, Inc. (AKG) since its inception over four years ago.


Press Release Body = The IAC announced the FAA's Knowledge Services Network (KSN)
was selected as a "Top Five" winner of its Excellence.Gov awards for demonstrating
excellence in leveraging technology to enhance collaboration. KSN is a virtual work
environment based on a Microsoft SharePoint collaborative platform, and provides a
secure internet-based virtual office in which KSN members collaborate on a wide
variety of work initiatives including aviation rulemaking, contract management,
incident management, COOP planning and much more.

KSN has been supported by the Applied Knowledge Group, Inc. (AKG) since its
inception over four years ago. Now in excess of 22,000 users, KSN demonstrates the
power of user adoption methodology, as its members have continuously developed
better business processes that deliver significant cost savings and improved
productivity. Upon the award announcement, Melvin Brown II, KSN Program Manager
noted "It is gratifying to watch the explosive growth of KSN, as the growth is
driven by the users. The adoption program we have in place encourages employees to
creatively pursue different ways of working in this virtual office environment. AKG
has been instrumental in helping KSN implement our unique adoption program, and
providing technical support where needed."

About Applied Knowledge Group, Inc.

Applied Knowledge Group Inc. (AKG), founded in 1996 and headquartered in Reston, VA,
is a Microsoft Certified Partner focused on helping government and commercial
organizations connect employee knowledge via collaboration strategies, tools and
best practice user adoption methods, supporting SharePoint® implementation and
adoption. At AKG, we link the knowledge of people. Our goal is to promote the
vision of a Virtual Work Environment (VWE) -- one that overcomes the restrictions of
the physical work world to facilitate collaboration, knowledge transfer and more
informed business decisions. To achieve this goal, we focus on four key pillars:
People, Process, Technology and Learning. Our services include collaboration
strategy support, change management and customized SharePoint training services,
technology services and software application development. Current engagements
include a 25,000 seat Microsoft SharePoint implementation for the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) as well as current and prior engagements with FedEx, TV Guide,
Weyerhaeuser Corp and the United States Marine Corps. The AKG staff has the
expertise necessary to help clients get the most out of their SharePoint investment.
For more information, please visit www.akgroup.com


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