Cybersecurity

As NASA shifts priorities, officials need to keep eye on cybersecurity

Some security professionals fear the space agency could rely on open communications as part of its pursuit of new programs that include automated rocket technologies.

Digital Government

DISA telecommuters can work just fine even with more snow

Virtual private networks and distributed laptops support the majority of the agency's Washington metropolitan area workers.

Digital Government

Organizations with large IT staffs are most apt to recruit via the Web

Social networking has yet to catch on as a hiring tool, but is likely to get more popular, a survey of CIOs finds.

Digital Government

Data Mining: Government spending by the numbers

Predicting IT spending; the most vulnerable Web browsers; public satisfaction with federal Web sites on the rise.

Digital Government

DISA's Star Trek Communicators

One of the most tantalizing lines buried in the <a href=http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2011/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PARTS/DISA_FY11.pdf>fiscal 2011 budget request for the Defense Information Systems Agency</a> is a $102.8 million single item for a Senior Leadership Enterprise communications system.

Digital Government

Meshing of US and allied defense sensors gaining importance

Networking of sensors could help bring about reduction in nuclear stockpiles, says military's vice chaiman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James Cartwright

Digital Government

Agencies on track to meet open gov deadline

Most agencies will meet the Feb. 6 deadline for creating an open government Web page and securing technology for engaging with the public as required by President Barack Obama's Open Government Directive, according to the General Services Administration.

People

GSA looks to crowdsourcing to fix e-gov travel services

The agency will offer a prize worth up to $25,000 for proposing a better approach to its troubled e-gov program.

Ideas

Open Government Deadline Eve

Tomorrow (February 6) marks the next deadline in the Obama administration's Open Government Directive, the date by which agencies must have a new Web page up and running.

Ideas

NASA's Version of R2

NASA and General Motors Corp. unveiled on Thursday a robot the two organizations have developed for use in space exploration and car manufacturing. What's striking about Robonaut 2 is the dexterity of its fingers, although its thumb is rather elongated. The YouTube video below shows R2, as it is referred to, gently moving back a piece of cloth to pick up a manila envelope.

People

Meyerrose: Takai would be qualified for Defense CIO post

California CIO Teri Takai, the expected nominee as the Defense Department's chief information officer, has a proven track record in IT leadership, but the military poses a new set of challenges.