Digital Government
A mappable mashup
The National Weather Service's Ridge 2 system fuses ground-based radar and human-created weather alert data with geospatial data and makes it available to other agencies and the public.
Cybersecurity
CDC, other agencies find social media an elixir for healthier public relations
Social media experts from the CDC, Transportation Security Administration and NASA share tips and best practices about building successful Web 2.0 tools.
Cybersecurity
Commerce loses, Education gains in IT spending
Most IT budgets would change little from fiscal 2010 under the Obama administration's budget.
People
NASA plans live video feed from space
NASA plans to stream live video from the International Space Station and broadcast it on the Internet beginning Feb. 1.
Digital Government
NASA projects could speed transmissions from the final frontier
Faster network speeds, new network technologies could increase the ability of astronauts and probes to send images, data.
Digital Government
NASA plans Tweetup event for Space Shuttle mission
A small group of followers of NASA's Twitter feeds will participate in a Tweetup event where they will get a behind-the-scenes look at a Space Shuttle mission.
Modernization
Space station astronauts get Web access
Astronauts on the International Space Station now have personal access to the Internet for Web surfing and social media.
Digital Government
Green tech: NASA brings space tech down to earth
NASA is getting into the green tech business, it seems, by using software designed for such things as the International Space Station and Mars Rover missions to control indoor energy systems.
People
Goddard Space Flight Center names new chief information officer
Adrian Gardner has been appointed as the new CIO for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and will officially assume his duties on Feb. 1.
Modernization
Cloud computing could pave way for open government
Federal agencies might need cloud computing as a way to meet new mandates to share information with the public, experts say. Meanwhile, the Defense Department falls in line with President Barack Obama's directive for open government.
People
NASA chooses Diaz to lead IT consolidation project
Deborah Diaz will lead NASA’s $4 billion IT consolidation project, an official confirmed today.
People
3 secrets to social-media success
Sometimes we forget that successful implementation of social-media tools relies on the same business principles as any other information technology project, writes Emma Antunes.
Digital Government
NASA inches towards multi-billion dollar IT contracts
NASA plans to soon open competition for the first of five information technology services contracts that have been estimated to be worth more than $4 billion total.
Digital Government
Open-source tools could make it easier to build a hybrid cloud
Government agencies interested in building out privately-run internal clouds have a growing number of open-source tools to work with.
Digital Government
Cloud computing: Winners and losers
Technology companies that expect to beneift from cloud computing must creatively adapt licensing, pricing and revenue models.
Modernization
Does 'early and often' work for software?
A growing number of agencies are using agile development techniques to produce better software faster, but some question whether the approach can succeed in an environment that favors certainty.
Digital Government
NASA awards 152 small-biz research contracts
NASA awards contracts to 126 small businesses worth $91 million for research projects in areas including technology to monitor the health of space crews and transmitters for deep space communications.
Modernization
Astronaut has more than 1 million followers on Twitter
Astronaut Mike Massimino tweets about experiences at NASA, or aboard the space shuttle.
Digital Government
NASA to update schedule for coming IT acquisitions
NASA soon will release a new schedule for opening competition on five information technology services contracts estimated to be worth a total of more than $4 billion.
Modernization