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SPECIAL REPORT: DHS takes inspiration from tragedy
Advance research agency sees opportunity from Katrina, power blackout, other events to solve large-scale problems. Technologies are high risk, but high payoff.
Tags: technology , Roger McGinnis , DHS Science and Technology , Homeland Security Advance Research and Technology , Army Corps of Engineers , electric grid , Levee repair , innovation ,
SPECIAL REPORT: DHS creates bonds among first responders
Office of Interoperability and Compatibility connects community requirements with manufacturers. Technology gets developed by users, vendors together.
Tags: technology , special report , DHS , Luke Berndt , Office of Science and Technology , Office Interoperability and Compatibility , interoperability , first responders , Safecom ,
DHS focuses cyber research on commercial market
DHS science and technology: A vision of what's possible - Part one of FederalNewsRadio's look into how the directorate moves ideas to the market.
Tags: technology , Doug Maughan , Tom Cellucci , DHS , DoD , Energy , NSF , NASA , Telcordia , Secure64 , Ironkey , cybersecurity ,
Office of Naval Research is proof of government's technology cutting edge
With billions of dollars spent annually for government technology, is the federal government on the cutting edge or behind the curve? What's the truth behind the stereotype? Concluding our week-long series, 'The Five Fallacies of Government', Federal News Radio's Max Cacas examines the stereotype: "The government is behind the technology curve."
Tags: fallacies , technology , mngt , U.S. Navy , Office of Naval Research , electric rail gun , free-laser program
Contracting System Needs a Tune-Up
Op-Ed: While the government is becoming a better buyer, contracting improvements are required.
Tags: fallacies , contracting , Scott Amey , Project on Government Oversight
Vendors face smaller profit margins from government work
Experts say agencies are a tough buyer, especially when purchasing commodity or commercial items. The government's size and push for competition makes it an intelligent buyer too. The government still struggles, however, when writing requirements, long-time contracting officials say.
Tags: contracting , 5 Fallacies of Government? , fallacies , Gary Barth , Renny DiPentima , Jeremy Grant , Acquisition Solutions , Canon , SRA
Shiny new facility opens doors and collaboration between the services
A service command, Fleet Forces Command, and the Joint Forces Command, a joint command, live on the same installation, collaborate, fund and see through to completion a single building for a dual, but combined purpose.
Tags: tech , fallacy , USJFCOM , FFC , Joint Deployment Center , Maritime Operations Center , Army , USMC , Navy , David Edgington
Reality debunks the '9-to-5 Feds' stereotype
A common stereotype suggests that Federal workers enjoy cushy, 9-to-5 jobs. But is that true? Federal News Radio's Max Cacas continues our week-long special series, "The Five Fallacies of Government". Today: "Federal workers are in and out in 8 hours."
Tags: fallacies , management , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , John Gage , AFGE , Carol Bonnasarro , SEA , John Berry , OPM , Max Cacas
Top Ten for 2010: USAF tanker deal predicted to be split in half
In our next installment of "Top Ten for 2010", Federal News Radio looks at a battle of two bidders.
Tags: Bold Predictions , Top Ten for 2010 , Boeing , Northrop Grumman , Barry Watts , Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis , Defense , contracting
NOAA's new technology puts the super in supercomputing
One agency is a leader in super computing. And a big dose of stimulus money will keep it that way.
Tags: fallacy , tech , contracting , IBM , supercomputing , NOAA , Joe Klimavicz , CIO
