Digital Government

Better Weather Forecasts Ahead: NOAA's Next-Gen Satellite Lifts Off

When operational—validation of its six instruments could take a year—GOES-R will produce some 100 megabits of data per second, or 9 terabytes per day.

Digital Government

CIOs uncertain about the Trump administration

Agency-level CIOs tell legislators that real progress is being made, but uncertainty looms regarding Trump administration IT priorities -- and in some cases, about their own futures.

Emerging Tech

Federal Government Revises Its Big Plans for Little Tech

National Science and Technology Council updated its nanotechnology strategic plan this week.

Digital Government

How Agency Data Turned into 3-D Maps of the Oceans

Anyone with a web browser can click on sections of the ocean to discover key variables like salinity, temperature and oxygen levels.

Emerging Tech

$10B Next-Gen NOAA Satellite Launch May Be Delayed… Again

NOAA and NASA executives are weighing their options with a decision of whether to delay expected in the coming days.

Emerging Tech

The Low-Tech Way to Colonize Mars

NASA researchers are modeling Martian settlements after early American colonists.

Digital Government

Shooting for Space, to Make Life Better on Earth

Elaine Flowers Duncan, an engineer at NASA, talks about what drew her to rocket science.

Acquisition

SEWP to pilot 'CIO Portal' for purchasing data

NASA's big contract vehicle plans to give more purchase data to agency CIOs and other top-level managers.