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Cooper returns to government to take on new challenge at FAA

Host Jason Miller talks with Steve Cooper of the FAA's Air Traffic Organization.
July 29, 2010

Tags: technology , Ask the CIO , Air Traffic Organization , Steve Cooper , Jason Miller

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Building Government's Future Infrastructure-"Progress & Best Practices"

August 24th

Program will discuss the progress report on on agency infrastructure modernization at FAA-DISA-Interior, whether concepts such as Virtualization-Cloud Computing & Social networking tools being incorporated in plans, critical issues on optimizing government's infrastructure, lessons learned, and the vision for the future.

Tags: technology , Federal Executive Forum , DISA , Henry Sienkiewicz , Richard Boe , Pete Tseronis , DoE , Thomas Mock , Ciena , William Hartwell , Riverbed , Gunnar Hellekson , Red Hat

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FAA Contracts Accelerate Environmentally Friendly Technology

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced $125 million dollars in contracts to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce commercial jet fuel consumption, emissions and noise. The contracts are part of the FAA's Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise - or CLEEN - program - to speed up the introduction of "green" technology into aviation.

The FAA is contracting with five companies including Boeing, General Electric, and Rolls-Royce to research and demonstrate a variety of technologies, including sustainable alternative aviation fuels; and lighter and more efficient gas turbine engine components.

Among the goals are a reduction in fuel burn by 33 percent; a 60-percent reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions; and a 32-decibel reduction in cumulative aircraft noise levels.

Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , CLEEN , Scott Carr

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White House cyberspace draft strategy released

IG: pilot information is at risk, Billions to be spent on smartgrid cybersecurity

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , White House , cybersecurity , National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cybers , identity management , contracting , Pike Research , CyberSecurity Seminars , Tom Billington

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a robotic bald eagle

One man's recently patented design is now at the leading edge of a multimillion-dollar industry: combating bird-aircraft strike hazards.

Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads ,

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New tool helps lift FAA collaboration

An online knowledge management system has led to better collaboration at the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a government official.

Tags: Collaboration Center , collaboration , Federal Aviation Administration , technology , Aircrew Resource Center

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FAA Quizzes Web users for better safety

This week, host Ruben Gomez talks with Wes Timmons, director of the FAA Office of Runway Safety.
May 27, 2010

Tags: management , Agency of the Month , Wes Timmons , Ruben Gomez , FAA Office of Runway Safety

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DoD to host a performance symposium open to all

500 performance improvement leaders from across the Department of Defense, including Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Agencies and activities, and federal government agencies get ready to gather and compare notes, and you're invited! We get details from J. D. Sicilia, the director of the Defense Department's Lean Six Sigma Program Office.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , performance management , J. D. Sicilia , DoD , Lean Six Sigma , OMB , VA , HUD , DoE , NRC , DHS , Jeffery Zients , Suzanne Kubota

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Digital Notices to Airmen

The Atlantic City International Airport, located at the Federal Aviation Adminstration's Technical Center, has become the first in the national airspace system to deliver "digital notices to airmen," or NOTAM's. NOTAMs provide computer-generated safety information to pilots and air traffic controllers about conditions at an airport like construction and hazards. FAA Administrator Randy Babbit calls digital information management "key to meeting the air traffic system's safety and efficiency goals," as well as modernizing the national airspace system. Digital NOTAMs have safety and efficiency benefits over traditional NOTAMs, including transmitting to all air traffic management systems simultaneously. And, airspace users get easier to read information. Other airports that will follow the lead of Atlantic City International include: Washington Dulles, Reagan National, B-W-I, Richmond, and Norfolk.

Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , NOTAM , Randy Babbit

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FAA strives for diversity with targeted hiring

This week's guest is Fanny Rivera, Assistant Administrator for Civil Rights at the FAA.
May 13, 2010

Tags: management , Agency of the Month , Fanny Rivera , Ruben Gomez

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