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- DoD to pursue commercial alternative to VA's VistA
- FedRAMP achieves another cloud security milestone
- OMB reworking financial systems to focus on outcomes, not inputs
- PHOTOS: Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal Finalists
- Causey: Today, everybody's a Sooner
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- Star witness to stay mum for House hearing on IRS
- OMB director taps VanRoekel to lead management team
- Lew taps government retiree pension fund
- SBA starting new lending program for veterans
- New Apple devices cleared to join DoD IT networks
- Army prioritizes access to data in fight over intelligence IT system
- DoD upends slow approval process for mobile devices
- Senior execs' bonuses under fire at agencies
- Wednesday federal headlines - May 22, 2013
Ex-contractor downloads child porn
A former NASA contractor admitted in federal court that he used his office computer to download and view child pornography.
NASA gives employees iPhone option
The space agency also is testing other smartphone devices, including the Android and iPad. It is one of the first agencies to approve the issuance of iPhones to employees. Employees also have the ability to develop applications for smartphones.
NASA employees can now use iPhone for work
WFED's Jason Miller reports.
White House recognizes 8 agencies for leadership in transparency
EPA, NASA and Transportation receive two honors each in different categories. Overall 17 agencies received all green scores on the Open Government dashboard.
Meteor spectacle 'set to dazzle'
Sky-watchers could be in for "fantastic views" over the next two days as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.
Agencies make the iPad telework connection
It's a saying many of us have grown to hate, but Apple's iPad really is being tested to see if it's "good enough for government work."
How to survive the September buying binge
Get tips for end of year ordering from the program manager of the NASA SEWP program, Joanne Woytek
Building teams at NASA: it's not rocket science
There are a ton of leadership and project management books on the market, but not many have been written literally by rocket scientists.
Cybersecurity and fighting the insider-threat
Our Federal News Radio Discussion this month explores cybersecurity and the insider-threat with Jerry Davis of NASA, NIST's Elaine Newton, and Bobbie Stempfley from DHS.
GAO: NASA well grounded in Exploration spending
Congress enacted the fiscal year 2010 Exploration appropriation, which appropriated about $3.7 billion for "exploration research and development activities." The GAO's Susan Polling tells us about how the funds are being, or not being, spent.
Image: Here's why we all lost power
Check out the pic of Sunday's storm.
NASA Completes Survey of the Entire Sky
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, called WISE, has just completed its first survey of the entire sky. The globe-trotting satellite has generated more than one million images so far, of everything from asteroids to distant galaxies. The mission scanned strips of the sky as it orbited around the Earth's poles since it launched last December. One pictured region shows the Pleiades cluster of stars, also known as the Seven Sisters, resting in a tangled bed of wispy dust, highlighting the telescope's ability to take wide shots of vast regions of space. So far, WISE has observed more than 100,000 asteroids, both known and previously unseen, most lying in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. 90 of them are new near-Earth objects.
Infosec certification worse than inadequate
National Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge winners announced; US, Britain work to resolve hacker extradition
Five things a CIO hates about IT
Read more from NASA CIO Linda Cureton.
Cool Jobs: NASA researcher monitors the sun
Dr. Richard Fischer watches solar weather like a meteorologist watches hurricanes. He says that improvements in technology are actually increasing our vulnerability to solar events.
$5 million prize purse to drive America's innovation engine
NASA has launched a contest.
For NASA, inspiration is no game
The Moonbase Alpha game is a proof of concept to show how NASA content could be combined with a cutting-edge game engine to produce an experience that inspires interest in science, technology, engineering and math - skills critical to achieving NASA's exploration goals. We get details from Dr. Daniel Laughlin, project manager.
What the Earth looks like from the Moon
What does the Earth look like from the Moon's perspective?
OFPP tries new approach to reign in MACs
Administrator Gordon says strategic sourcing is one way to ensure the government gets the lowest price and to consolidate existing contracts. Gordon also wants agencies to submit business cases for new multi-agency contracts, but doesn't commit to asking agencies to justify all types of multiple award contracts.
