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NASA awards $2.5B IT contract to Hewlett-Packard
NASA's Mike Sweigart gives details of the contract that replaces Lockheed Martin.
DoD, GSA tighten standards on contractor IDs
New regulations published Thursday aim to make sure agencies reclaim vendor employees' HSPD-12 cards when they're no longer needed to perform contract work.
NASA satellite surveillance assists disaster relief
WTOP's Kristi King talks to NASA's Jim Irons.
NASA explores new uses for video teleconferencing
NASA is one of the federal pioneers of video teleconferencing systems (remember the first broadcasts from space?)…so it's no surprise that this agency's program managers continue to rely on video conference technology to meet its daily demands for high-quality audio and visual communication among diverse public and private sector communities. "At NASA, teams at varied locations need a way to engage in timely, technical conversations and collaborate remotely to meet mission-critical goals," said NASA's Deputy Chief Information Officer Deborah Diaz. NASA -- both Headquarters and its major centers around the country -- uses video teleconferencing for everything from meetings, seminars, major international conferences and face-to-face meetings to quick conversations on pressing issues. The payoff is obvious: more cost-efficient and -effective operations, with savings on facilities as well as meeting planning and logistics. At an Open Government Summit hosted by NASA in the fall of 2010, nearly 60 percent of the participants used electronic tools to "virtually attend" the summit. Organizers faced twin challenges of being efficient but also inclusive, while juggling video streaming, cooperative note-taking, online teleconferencing and adapting conversational practices in the room, to bridge the gap between physical and virtual participants. What are they using? NASA Headquarters maintains video teleconferencing systems (ViTS) in multiple configurations, with equipment from vendors including Tandberg, Polycom and LifeSize. The typical ViTS stack includes the ViTS components themselves, additional recording units, PCs and in some cases SmartBoard capability. NASA is in the process of migrating all of its ViTS to have High Definition, digital sign control, and MP3 audio recording capabilities Latest capability improvements include Flash and Windows Media Video streaming via the Web. Users who have a small portable streaming system can view transmissions via computer from anywhere in the world. Some configurations offer MP3 recording capability that lets NASA burn CDs to distribute audio recordings; in others, NASA can use full audiovisual recording capability to capture entire events on Digital Video Disc (DVD) or Blu-Ray. NASA has begun implementing a Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) phone system, too. That will speed the delivery of IP-based desktop video conferencing as the agency phases out ISDN-based systems and will increase ViTS availability to NASA employees while reducing overall costs associated with equipment maintenance, operations, and logistics typical of larger ViTS facilities. "Technology enables and supports one to thousands of conversations," said NASA's Chief Technology Officer for IT, Chris Kemp. "We're finding that if we don't stand in the way of that conversation, incredible things can happen."
Lessons from NASA's Nebula cloud platform
Chris Kemp, CTO for IT at NASA, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the agency's Nebula Cloud Platform.
December 14, 2010
NASA tasked with new cybersecurity reporting
NASA has a mandate to manage computer risks in real time.
NASA's 'booth babe' spreads the SEWP
At one conference, the Government Contract Management Conference, we learn about plans for a NEW conference from NASA's Joanne Woytek.
NASA masters the science of social media
It's not rocket science, but when it comes to social media, NASA is in its own stratosphere.
NASA dashboard tracks open gov goals
NASA's online dashboard tracks the agency's open government goals.
Colony on Mars? Not yet
Learn more about a NASA plans to clear hurdles for deep space travel
NASA challenge: Directing IT security
NASA's inspector general designated information technology security as one of eight top management and performance challenges the space agency faces.
NASA Goddard CIO discusses cloud as a priority
Adrian Gardner has been the chief information officer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 10 months. Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller spoke with Gardner recently about his priorities for the agency. Gardner says one of his goals is to understand the needs of the scientific community. If you look at computing here at Goddard [...]
Heroines in Technology are heros everywhere
The women named as Heroines are women business owners and leaders who devote their energy to charities of choice to better their communities.
NASA Software Leads to Fuel Savings For Airlines
Software developed at NASA's Ames Research Center is enabling fuel savings for airlines while also increasing their planes' environmental efficiency.
The Ames Direct-To software is a product of NASA aeronautics research in air traffic management. It enables airlines to save fuel and reduce emissions by automatically identifying flight shortcuts that are wind-favorable and acceptable to air traffic controllers.
It's already been adopted by the Boeing Company for commercial use. Their offering a new air traffic efficiency service that uses the software.
Project directors say they've estimated a potential combined savings of about 900 flying minutes per day for all aircraft using the software. That means a potential savings of tens of thousands of flight minutes per year for a medium-sized airline.
NASA discusses challenges of data center consolidation
It's been more than nine months since the
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative
began with the intent to reduce energy
usage, lower IT costs and improve security.
And some federal agencies are discovering
that it's difficult to reduce spending
without putting some money upfront first.
NASA is just one of the federal agencies
trying to [...]
Woytek talks success and future of NASA SEWP
Joanne Woytek is Program Manager for NASA's SEWP: Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement. She gives Tom Temin an update on the success of the program and tells him what lies ahead.
NASA awards SAIC first contract under I3P
This is the first of several component contracts awarded under the I3P Program. NASA will use the contracts to procure services that provide agency-wide management, integration, and delivery of IT infrastructure services.
Inside Government - October 22nd, 2010
Ed O'Keefe
Reporter, The Washington Post
Dorothy James
AFGE District 7 National Vice President
Jane Nygaard
AFGE District 8 National Vice President
Dr. Bernard Harris
Former NASA Astronaut
Dead Sea Scrolls to be digitized and put online
The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google are digitizing the 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, The Washington Post reports.
GAO recommends more privacy in OPM background checks
Gregory Wilshusen, director of Information Security Issues for GAO, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss GAO's recommendations to increase privacy in OPM background checks.
