NASA

  • Cornell University Professor Mason Peck will help communicate how NASA technologies benefit space missions and the day-to-day lives of Americans, NASA said. Peck replaces Dr. Bobby Braun, who left the agency in September.

    November 08, 2011
  • The Homeland Security Department and NASA moving to the cloud to support mission needs and reduce the cost and effort to support back-office systems. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said he is focusing on four areas of cloud: agencies, procurement, international and cybersecurity.

    November 03, 2011
  • Bruce Levinson, with the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, joined the with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the center\'s recent survey on agency FISMA compliance.

    October 25, 2011
  • CIOs and other federal IT experts say cloud computing security isn\'t much different than other protecting other technology systems. The chief technology officer for the CIA, Gus Hunt, said the cloud\'s elasticity makes it harder for hackers to attack.

    October 19, 2011
  • Duane Ross, the manager of astronaut candidate selection and training at NASA, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the astronaut application process.

    October 14, 2011
  • Richard Cheng, lead of the Agile Center of Excellence at Excella, joins host John Gilroy to talk about developing software in today\'s rapidly changing technology environment. October 4, 2011

    October 04, 2011
  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.

    October 04, 2011
  • Ed Weiler has retired as the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.

    October 03, 2011
  • On today\'s Federal Drive: OMB takes a more hands-off approach in giving agencies 2013 budget guidance, two companies dropped their protest of an Interior Department cloud-computing contract and the USPS debt deadline is extended.

    September 28, 2011
  • On today\'s Federal Drive: A shutdown looms larger as the Senate prepares to debate a continuing resolution and DHS officials said they are committed to the headquarters consolidation effort underway at St. Elizabeth\'s even as funding appears uncertain.

    September 26, 2011
  • On today\'s Federal Drive: Talk of government shutdown has ratcheted up as lawmakers squabble over a CR, federal information sharing efforts have taken off and the House prepares to square off over various proposals to reform the Postal Service.

    September 21, 2011
  • NASA has created its own data portal to consolidate its vast warehouse of digital information and share it with the public. Data.NASA.gov starts off with a collection of 500 datasets on topics ranging from climate to aeronautics to life sciences and six other categories. The open data project also includes a selection of widgets and tools to manipulate and search for information. NASA says it receives more than 4 terabytes of digital data, just from its spacecraft missions, every day.

    September 19, 2011
  • NASA considers using a \"space taxi\" to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. More information from Jim Ball, NASA\'s deputy manager at the Center for Planning and Development.

    July 15, 2011
  • Marion Blakey is the President and CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association.

    July 14, 2011