NetDimensions, a global provider of learning, knowledge and performance management systems, has announced that the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (ìVAî) will be using NetDimensionsí Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) to support its Web-based training initiatives as part of a US$2 million contract.
Up to 350,000 VA employees, contractors, volunteers and veterans at all VA locations will use VA Learning Online (VALO) an EKP-based online environment, designed, deployed and hosted by NetDimensionsí partner VCampus Corporation, to access courseware, provided or developed by the VA and others. Veterans in the VAís Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence Program will also use EKP as part of the Veterans e-Learning Online (ìVeLOî) pilot program.
ìWe are both very pleased and excited that the VA has chosen our technology to help its people stay current and help American service men and women improve their skill sets,î noted Jay Shaw, co-founder and Chief Executive Office of NetDimensions. ìThe EKP-based system that the Department of Veterans Affairs will use is designed to meet the requirements of Section 508 of the American Rehabilitation Act that mandates that electronic and information technology used by American government agencies is accessible to persons with disabilities.
ìThat the US Federal Government is embracing our technological platform in such a big way reinforces the fact that EKP offers functionalality and technical capability that is second to none.î
Ronald E. Freedman, VCampus Corporationís Senior Vice President of e-Learning Solutions added that ìOur model, which meshes the rapid-implementation processes of an outsourced solution with a heavy emphasis on service and flexibility, is an excellent fit for the needs of the federal government and fits with the VA's vision to increase the quality of its workforce and help establish the Department as an employer of choice.î
NetDimensionsí EKP powers Department of Veterans Affairs Web-based training initiatives
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