Technology
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A Soyuz TMA-20M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, carrying NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams and two cosmonauts to the International Space Station. The crew of Expedition 47 will spend 5 1/2 months on the station.
March 21, 2016 -
The Energy Department’s Federal Energy Management Program Office made four awards under its Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program to help agencies get over the hump on renewable energy projects.
March 18, 2016 -
One professor argues that part of the problem with outmoded technology is outmoded thinking. Kevin DeSouza, associate dean for research at the College of Public Service at Arizona State University, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on his latest Tech Tank article.
March 18, 2016 -
Mike Horton, the chief information officer of the DHS IG’s office, said his top priority is transitioning their current local data center to a federal cloud, and that move opens the door to other priorities, including a laptop refresh, migrating their public website to a public cloud that is more agile and extending the capabilities of their email-as-a-service.
March 18, 2016 -
Jeh Johnson, the DHS secretary, certified March 17 that the agency met the requirement in the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act to accept and provide cyber threat data in real time with the private sector.
March 17, 2016 -
Adm. Mike Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told Congress that increased investments in cybersecurity are a reflection of the world we live in, responding to Representatives concerned about rising budget deficits and potential future cuts to DoD.
March 17, 2016 -
Lisa Schlosser, the federal deputy CIO, will take over on an interim basis as the acting CIO at the Office of Personnel Management. Margie Graves, the DHS deputy CIO, will move to OMB on a detail.
March 17, 2016 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a scheduling pilot program to make it easier for veterans to get access to medical care. The pilot was one of many updates VA's CIO LaVerne Council shared with lawmakers March 16.
March 17, 2016
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