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
New NASA CIO views technology as an enabler
Cureton brings social media savvy to new post as NASA CIO.
People
Cureton brings social media expertise to new NASA role
NASA selects Linda Cureton to be new CIO after nearly year-long search.
Digital Government
NASA plans to spend billions for IT services
NASA plans to soon offer a series of contracts estimated to be worth more than $4 billion for information technology.
Cybersecurity
Gov ID card program enters new phase
As most agencies get over the hump of issuing HSPD-12 computer identification cards to all employees and contractors, they must now tackle the next challenge of developing card-based security systems that will control access to government facilities and computer systems.
Cybersecurity
Regulators urged to lighten up on award-fee rules
Agencies asked regulators to avoid more burdensome rules and reporting requirements.
Modernization
Astronaut sends Tweets from space
An Army officer is the first to post Twitter feeds from the International Space Station, NASA notes.
Cybersecurity
Agencies play by different rules on contractor award fees, says GAO
Federal agencies are not being consistent in how they distribute contractor award fees, according to a senior GAO official.
Modernization
The lasting legacy of the Apollo space program
NASA and other sites offer different perspectives on the historic and contemporary importance of the Apollo program.
Cybersecurity
6 steps to cutting the cord with departing employees
NASA uses a check in/check out de-provisioning checklist that invokes six inter-departmental actions that cut off outgoing workers from networks, applications, e-mail accounts and other agency resources.
Modernization
Web 2.0 can recruit new workforce
The next generation of federal employees will be looking for a government presence in social media, and the government will suffer if it is not there.
People
GSA expands on O'Hare's GWACs comments
In a recent interview with Federal Computer Week's acquisition editor, Matthew Weigelt, Ed O'Hare, assistant commissioner of the Office of Integrated Technology Services at GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, clarifies and expands upon his comments made during a panel discussion at the Washington Technology Top 100 Conference.
Cybersecurity