Triune Software’s Air Force Knowledge Now  
Solution wins 2006 Knowledge Management Award 

 
Air Force Knowledge Now

 (AFKN)

,

 the Air Force’s Center of Excellence for Knowledge 

Management, earned E-Gov Institute’s 2006 Knowledge Management (KM) award for best 
practices in a public sector organization.   
 

Triune Software

 is the primary contractor for the AFKN program. 

 
Presented on April 20, 2006, at FCW Events’ E-Gov Knowledge Management conference in 
Washington, D.C., the award recognizes a 

KM Initiative Delivering High Value to a Broad User 

Community / Supporting Agency Mission.  

 
“The ability to gather, organize, share, and analyze resources and information across an agency 
is a major factor in that agency’s overall performance,” said Mike Smoyer, General Manager, 
FCW Events.  “We applaud the winners of the 2006 Knowledge Management Awards for their 
vision and initiative in this ever-important area.”  
 
The KM Awards Selection Committee is comprised of leaders from the public and private 
sectors who are actively engaged in KM programs for the government.  
 
Air Force Knowledge Now (AFKN) is the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) only certified and accredited 
enterprise-wide KM and knowledge-based collaborative capability. AFKN grew from a 

grassroots

 effort with little corporate sponsorship and even less funding to a mission-essential 

tool used daily by thousands of people around the globe. With more than 5,000 Communities of 
Practice and 140,000 registered users, AFKN supports every USAF command, as well as others 
throughout each branch of service and a multitude of industry partners. 
 
AFKN provides a portfolio of KM tools which revolves around the concept of Communities of 
Practice. Online virtual collaboration and sharing is enabled through document upload and 
storage as well as threaded discussion forums. Additional modules include a validated practices 
library, integrated e-learning modules, wisdom exchange, expertise locators, and virtual 
mentorship capabilities. A powerful search capability links these modules, allowing access to 
more than 3 million web-pages.  
 
The AFKN team leverages proven KM practices and consulting expertise to garner leadership 
support, break down barriers to knowledge sharing, build organizational taxonomies, and 
conduct KM workshops. By leading organizations through the development of a mission-focused 
KM governance model, as well as a personalized implementation plan, AFKN helps customers 
leverage their knowledge and intellectual capital to successfully accomplish their mission. 
 
Founded in 1993, 

Triune Software

 creates new knowledge management solutions by bringing 

together state-of-the-art tools, technologies, and methods.   Triune’s management consultants 
and software developers provide a complete suite of management and consulting services.   
 
Triune has supported AFKN since the program’s inception.