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.
Cybersecurity
Auditors and regulators: Time to hire more IT grunts?
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Emerging Tech
NASA Goes from Red Planet to Red Carpet
The space agency has embraced the science fiction film in its push for further exploration of Mars.
Emerging Tech