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At NASA, no less than for other large organizations, operational technology systems such as rocket propulsion controls or air conditioning are becoming more automated. That means they're on the IT network, which could face potential new cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Laura Nicolosi, director of mission support at the NASA office of inspector general, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
NASA has just awarded $17 million in contracts to eight companies that it thinks are on the verge of coming up with game-changing technologies for the future of commercial space flight. Stephen Jurczyk, the associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency targeted the contracts to firms with what it calls “tipping point” technologies — those that need a small funding boost to bring their systems to market.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association shared some of the first images obtained from one of its new satellites, including video from its lightning mapper and ultraviolet imager.
While most of Congress seems mired in the partisan minutiae of a new administration, at least two members are looking towards the stars. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) have introduced a bill that would require NASA to develop a specific plan to put an astronaut on Mars. Culberson discusses the Manifest for Human Spaceflight Act on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Agriculture Department’s National Finance Center, which provides payroll for 650,000 federal employees, has initiated its continuity of operations plan after New Orleans was hit by severe weather.
Renee Wynn tells Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm about her experience as NASA's chief information officer.
NASA unveiled its new spacesuit this week. It was designed by Boeing for use on its Starliner spacecraft, which astronauts will use on missions to and from the International Space Station.
NASA livestreamed a spacewalk this morning in two parts. At 6.5 hours, it's a little long, but still really cool. The effects aren't as good as Gravity though.
The new year brings a host of people on the move, including a new deputy CIO at the Defense Department and a familiar face leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s IT office.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Ellen Stofan says she is leaving her post at NASA after five years for "new adventures."
From a massive January snowstorm to a pay raise for all federal employees, we look back at the stories that meant the most to our readers in 2016.
Cybsersecurity, customer service, even deep space exploration are on the list of federal agencies' Performance.gov goals in fiscal 2016-17.
The crew of the International Space Station sends a holiday message, sailors from the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group return home and the Interior Department shows off some of its big trees.
NASA is about to launch the next half dozen earth-observing satellites. Besides gathering data, they'll demonstrate the next generation in satellite technology and new approaches to studying the planet. Aaron Ridley, professor of space science at the University of Michigan, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on these small but potent beauties.