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Spacebook launches at NASA Goddard
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a homegrown social-networking application that provides all NASA employees with the types of features found in Facebook but in a secure environment.
People
Spacebook brings secure social networking to NASA
The application is available to all NASA employees via the agency's intranet.
Modernization
New NASA site orbits around manned space flight
A new NASA Web site is designed to let the public participate in reviewing the future of manned space flight.
Modernization
Agencies adapt FOIA ops to new requirements
Agencies are using various automated systems to reduce administrative costs and comply with new rules for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
People
5 ways social media will change how feds work
From the Government Leadership Summit: Government and industry experts say social networking technology soon will reshape the daily operations of agencies and individual employees.
Modernization
NASA wins two awards for sites
NASA’s primary Web site won a People’s Voice award, and the Cassini mission site was named best science site.
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Looking for a few good friends
Now that the General Services Administration has reached an agreement with Facebook, an immensely popular social-networking tool, clearing the way for agencies to use it as they see fit, the question becomes: Why would they?
Digital Government
Knowledge retention helps agencies retain employees' expertise
Organizations use knowledge-retention programs to capture workplace wisdom and provide mechanisms for sharing expertise learned from retiring workers.
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Cureton: Time to face your Facebook phobia
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center CIO Linda Cureton provides some straightforward advice to those who are timid about embracing Facebook.
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NASA astronaut tweets about mission
The public can follow Mike Massimino’s training for a mission to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope via Twitter.
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GAO: Energy faces problems with stimulus billions
The stimulus law sends almost $12 billion to Energy Department programs with track records that raise concerns about accountability, the GAO says.
Modernization
NASA plans Webcast about the sun
The event will reveal new information and images about the Earth’s sun and its influence on the solar system, NASA says.
Modernization
Upgraded site offers information on research projects
An Energy Department site has added projects from the Defense Department, NASA and the Transportation Research Board to its federal R&D project summaries portal.
Modernization
NASA wins Twitter award
Updates about the Mars Phoenix Lander mission won NASA a prize in the science category of the Shorty Awards.
Modernization
NASA adds video as part of Networx progress
NASA moves videoconferencing to Networx and it moves toward a transition from FTS2001 to Networx.
Modernization
Senate to vote on Stimulus cut for IT
Sens. Nelson and Collins are promoting an amendment that would cut $83 billion from the stimulus package, including reductions in major IT items.
Modernization
Recommended Reading for Feb. 9
The case against cloud computing; Brainstorming loses favor; The inauguration, up close and personal; Lessons from the freckled CIO.
People
Social media tools slow to take root
Social-networking technologies generate a lot of buzz, but agency efforts to use them are still rare.
Modernization
NASA, Google provide 3-D views of Mars
The Mars mode on Google Earth lets users explore the planet's canyons and mountains.
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