Digital Government
Meshing of US and allied defense sensors gaining importance
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Feds could get access to advanced cloud-computing technologies
Government Computer Week
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