People
Cureton's successor picked at NASA
Larry Sweet, NASA's new CIO, takes office as the agency is under IG pressure to improve its IT management.
Cybersecurity
Still seeking a CIO
The announcement that EPA CIO Malcolm Jackson is stepping down adds that agency to an already-long list.
Digital Government
Weather satellite recovers for storm season
A geostationary satellite that had been shut down after getting hit by a meteor is back in action.
Digital Government
NOAA resurrects backup weather satellite after GOES-13 failure
Faltering satellite provides imaging vital to short-term weather forecasts for the eastern United States and Atlantic Ocean.
Digital Government
Kepler space telescope's mission may be over
While NASA engineers are still working on the problem that sidelined the scope, no solution is in sight.
Digital Government
NASA's Kepler telescope in trouble
Although the Kepler space telescope already past its expected lifespan, NASA is trying to keep it alive and on its planet-finding mission.
Acquisition
NASA seeks feedback on next-generation technology contract
Agency explores a move to firm-fixed-price with the next iteration of its Simulation and Software Technology contract.
Digital Government
Satellite instrument ready early
The satellite program, which has recently come under IG criticism, is ahead of schedule.
Digital Government
Life on Mars: Opportunity rover awakens, responds to signals
NASA's Opportunity rover successfully returns from a self-imposed standby mode, resuming its explorations of the Red Planet.
Digital Government
After communications hiatus, NASA rover found in standby mode
NASA’s Opportunity, which has been traversing the Martian surface dutifully since landing in January 2004, has come out of an expected three-week radio silence in self-imposed standby mode.
Digital Government
Despite cuts, NASA has big plans for exploration and IT
Overall funding request is down, but key programs see significant bumps in Obama's budget request.
People
Linda Cureton's next move
The departing NASA CIO launches herself into the final frontier with a new private-sector enterprise.
People
Cureton's temporary successor picked
The departing NASA CIO will be replaced, for the short term anyway, by an associate deputy administrator.
Modernization
NASA's Curiosity back to work after computer glitch
After a week of suspended operations, NASA's Mars rover is back to investigating the secrets of the Red Planet
Acquisition
SEWP V to address supply chain issues
Revisions to the multiple-award contract are intended to ensure that companies are authorized resellers of the products they offer.
Digital Government
NASA clamps down on travel spending
Employees cancel speaking engagements as agency moves "aggressively" to deal with sequestration.
Acquisition
NASA releases SEWP V draft proposal
IT contract covers billions in task orders across government; agency seeking input on the fifth iteration.
Digital Government
Open source a challenge with geospatial data
Conference speakers agree that using open-source geospatial software is hard for government agencies, but the results are worth the effort.
People
Chatting with the astronauts
The crew of the International Space Station spent an hour interacting with space enthusiasts via Google+ and YouTube.
People