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Say goodbye to inaccurate weather forecasts?
The National Weather Service has developed and tested a more precise forecasting and warning system. Don Berchoff, the science and technology director at NWS, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the agency got the program up and running.
Tags: Commerce , NWS , Don Berchoff , Raytheon , technology , information sharing , In Depth , Francis Rose
DISA seeks unity from services in enterprise IT
Tony Montemarano, the director of strategic planning and information at DISA, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss DISA's efforts in enterprise IT.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , enterprise IT , cloud computing , DoD , DISA , Tony Montemarano , In Depth , Francis Rose
Census launches new user-friendly website
The Census Bureau has moved a large cache of files from its AmericanFactFinder system into a new setup.
Tags: Census Bureau , Rob Chestnut , AmericanFactFinder , Federal Drive , technology , database , Michael OConnell , records management
CIOs influence growing around mission, budget, survey finds
More than half of the CIOs and deputy CIOs who responded to an exclusive online Federal News Radio survey about their 2012 priorities said the recent Office of Management and Budget memo giving them oversight over commodity IT spending either will improve how they manage IT spending or codifies their existing authorities. More than two-thirds of the respondents said their agency's senior decision-makers value their input and 80 percent said those same leaders understand the value information technology brings to the mission.
Tags: CIO survey , Jason Miller , OMB , 25-point IT reform plan , budget , management , technology , cloud computing , 2011 and Beyond , CIO authorities
Air Force plans first software development forum
The Air Force plans to host its first Software Development Forum in Colorado Springs, Colo. next month. The forum is intended to provide program managers, application owners, developers and industry personnel with a central resource and community.
Tags: Air Force , In Depth , DoD , Francis Rose , DoD Report
Basla to be named Air Force CIO following Lord's July departure
The Air Force has announced Lt. Gen. Bill Lord, will retire as the service's chief information officer at the end of July. Taking over for Lord, who was named chief of warfighting integration and the chief information officer in July 2009, will be Lt. Gen. Michael Basla.
Tags: Air Force , DoD , technology , people , William Lord , Michael Basla ,
USPS awards $168M communications contract to Verizon
Verizon will design and manage a private Internet protocol network for the Postal Service under a new six-year agreement. The New York-based telecom has provided IT services for the agency for two decades.
Tags: USPS , acquisition , technology , contracting , Aquilent , telecommunications , Verizon , Emily Kopp
Rep. Walsh: Eliminating wasteful software licenses 'simple' way to save
An amendment to the 2012 Homeland Security Department's authorization bill would require the DHS CIO to tighten spending on and better inventory the software licenses the department purchases. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), who introduced the amendment, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss his proposal.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Joe Walsh , DHS , technology , Congress , House , House Homeland Security Committee
New head of NIST's IT lab says cloud, mobile to drive vision
Chuck Romine took over at the Information Technology Laboratory at NIST about a month ago.
Tags: Chuck Romine , NIST , technology , In Depth
Carpathia Government Solutions' Michael Fox on cloud market
Michael Fox, director of Carpathia Government Solutions at Carpathia Hosting, joined Industry Chatter for a discussion about issues facing the IT contracting world.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Michael Fox , Carpathia Government Solutions , cloud computing , technology , industry , Industry Chatter
