Modernization

EPA website next to go Drupal; NASA may follow

The Environmental Protection Agency is the latest to begin convert its website to the Drupal open source content management system.

People

NASA CIO Linda Cureton combines book launch and philanthropy

Linda Cureton is trying her hand at hosting her own book launch and charitable fundraiser.

People

NASA boldly goes to the open-source frontier

NASA launches a new website to foster collaboration on open-source projects.

People

NASA takes giant leap onto Google Plus

Keeping with its reputation for innovation and adventure, NASA appears to be the first federal agency to create a Google+ Page.

Digital Government

NASA picks a new technologist

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named the agency's top advisor for technology.

Digital Government

Satellites, telescope worthy of funding, Senate says

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2012 budget for science and technology programs.

Modernization

NASA's in-house talent builds cloud

NASA's technology pros played a leading role in building the agency's cloud computing environment for science and engineering applications.

People

Agencies don't account for all program costs, experts say

Auditors at GAO found that several agencies with interagency contracts and those that help with acquisitions don’t carefully account for all the costs of their programs.

Digital Government

Top and bottom 5 federal employers; readers react

FCW readers weigh in on which agencies they think are the best for launching a career.

Digital Government

Revealed: The best (and worst) agencies for launching a career

Which agency is the best place for a young fed to start?

Digital Government

NASA chief technologist stepping down

Bobby Braun is returning to his pre-NASA life.

Digital Government

NASA behind the curve on advanced tech, report says

Report suggests future space missions could need tech that isn't in the pipeline.

Digital Government

NASA laughs off comet fears

Doomsayers will have to find another end-of-the world theory, now that NASA has allayed fears about Comet Elenin -- if they believe the reassurances.

Modernization

New NASA program furthers space exploration

NASA recommits to U.S. leadership in space exploration.

Cybersecurity

Agencies don't reward innovation, feds say

In a time when efficiency and effectiveness should be at a premium, federal employees don't believe their agencies reward innovation, according to a new survey.

Cybersecurity

The best of the federal blogosphere

Revitalizing farms; Fighting organized crime; Improving passenger privacy; End of an (Ice) Age.

People

NASA teacher workshop begins

NASA has chosen 48 teachers to participate in this summer's Simulation-Based Aerospace Engineering Teacher Professional Development Program.

Digital Government

Assessing the space shuttle program's tech legacy

As the space shuttle era draws to a close, we take stock of the technological gains it brought to us on Earth.

People

NASA lays off space shuttle workers

As the space shuttle Atlantis makes its final flight, NASA readies the pink slips.

Digital Government

NASA, DOJ take hits in fiscal 2012 budget package

The House Appropriations Committee took scissors to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope program and reduced state and local grant programs run by the Justice Department in its fiscal 2012 budget package.