Digital Government

NASA Space Satellites Helped Forecast South Carolina Flooding

NASA has stepped in to help predict the path of South Carolina's flooding by using its space-based satellites.

Digital Government

Join a Drone Over the Indonesian Fires Smoking Out an Entire Region

A strong El Niño climate phenomenon has created particularly dry conditions and led to fast-spreading fires, all captured by drones and satellites.

Emerging Tech

White House Renews Bet on the Creativity of the Crowd

On the fifth anniversary of Challenge.gov, the White House announced nine new innovation contests, open to the public.

Emerging Tech

Video: What is NASA Investing in to Get Us to Mars?

It will take more than just guts to get us to the Red Planet.

Acquisition

The DARPA seal of approval, GSA's crowded hallways and NASA's big giveaway

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Emerging Tech

Video: NASA Scientists Fact-Check 'The Martian'

Separating the science fiction from the science fact.

Emerging Tech

What NASA’s Discovery of Liquid Water on Mars Really Means—in the Words of NASA Scientists

The agency's scientists reveal a more nuanced picture of the discovery.

Emerging Tech

Not Your Daddy's Dune Buggy: What We Can Expect From the Next Mars Rover

This vehicle will be similar to the Curiosity Rover -- but better.

Digital Government

OSTP Releases Best Practices for Agencies Navigating the Crowd

A new toolkit includes a step-by-step guide, case studies and other resources to help agencies launch and manage crowdsourcing projects.

Emerging Tech

Video: NASA's Icebridge Flies High Over Both Poles

How much snow is at the poles? NASA wants to know.

People

Spoofing the feds, EHR interoperability and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Digital Government

NASA Names New CIO

Renee Wynn began her term as NASA's new CIO after more than two decades working for the Environmental Protection Agency.

People

Wynn takes the CIO reins at NASA

The space agency's new top tech official takes over two months ahead of schedule.

Cybersecurity

Shutdown guide, CTO study, US/UK cyber ties and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Emerging Tech

Water Is Flowing on Mars

In a major scientific finding, researchers confirm briny water flows seasonally on the Red Planet.

Emerging Tech

Video: NASA Heads Under the Ice

A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was on thin ice (literally) when testing a new rover.

Acquisition

GWACs pull in billions on IT orders as fiscal year winds down

NITAAC, SEWP V and other government-wide IT contracting vehicles are doing a booming business as the end of fiscal 2015 looms.

Emerging Tech

Video: Meet NASA Employees Who Are Prepping us for Mars

It's going to take a lot of technology and engineering to get us there.

Digital Government

What do Astronaut Photographs and Floods in Bangladesh Have in Common?

SERVIR, a joint NASA and USAID program that harnesses the power of space data for development work, has had tremendous success over the last decade.

Digital Government

Worried About the Safety of Drone Delivery? NASA Has Your Back

NASA has announced it successfully tested a prototype system that allows unpiloted drones to detect and avoid other aircraft in their midst.