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

NASA Getting a New Cable TV Channel

You'll soon be able to watch astronauts aboard the ISS in 4K UHD video.

Cybersecurity

NASA's next CIO, mobile payment problems and a unified VA website

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Emerging Tech

Video: NASA Designed a Hedgehog Robot to Explore Comets and Asteroids

This adorable robot uses its wheels in a different way.

Emerging Tech

NASA Is Working on Making a Tractor Beam out of Hoverboards

We're one step closer to making Star Wars a reality.

Emerging Tech

Teams in NASA’s Latest Challenge Compete to Have Their Inventions Sent into Space

NASA has completed the first round of its first space-based competition.

Emerging Tech

NASA Creates New 'Self-Healing' Material

Hurtling through the endless void of space in a thin aluminum can as debris zips around in every direction may have just gotten a little safer.

Digital Government

‘The Meatball’ vs. ‘The Worm’: How NASA Brands Space

The space agency’s current symbol, a beloved signal of the agency’s storied past, wasn’t always so beloved.

Emerging Tech

NASA’s Next Frontier: A Billion Miles Beyond Pluto

It's time for the next adventure.

Cybersecurity

NASA AI to power first-responder tech

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on lightweight artificial intelligence software to give situational awareness and decision support to first responders.

Emerging Tech

Buzz Aldrin Wants to Colonize Mars Within 25 Years

Man first stepped foot on the moon in 1969. Maybe 70 years later, in 2039, humans will colonize Mars.

Emerging Tech

Video: The Closest You Can Get to Space Without Leaving Earth

Where the extreme cold of space can be found in Houston, Texas.

Digital Government

Why NASA’s 20-Year-Old Astronaut Hiring Process Still Works Today

Putting several extremely talented, smart and confident people into space together requires the ultimate in teamwork, physical and mental toughness, and psychological agility.

Emerging Tech

NOAA and NASA Plan to Send a Drone Right Into Tropical Storm Erika

NOAA wants to use unmanned aircraft to observe the skies and advance the country's weather forecasting abilities, said NOAA lead systems engineer John Coffey.

Emerging Tech

Supper Club on Mars

Before people can colonize the Red Planet, they have to figure out what they'll eat once they get there.

Emerging Tech

How Do Astronauts Shower in Space?

Things can get messy in microgravity.

Emerging Tech

Infographic: Inside a NASA Rocket Engine

The RS-25 rocket engine will one day hopefully help get us to Mars.

Emerging Tech

NASA Wants to Turn Human Waste into Plastic and Vitamins

When tomorrow’s astronauts feel the call of nature, they may be engaging in an act of creation.

People

Time to get your introverts talking (or at least typing)

The introverts who often dominate STEM professions tend to lie low in traditional meetings, which is why STEM-heavy NASA is dedicated to breaking out of the mold.