Modernization
A public cloud for NOAA
The agency is seeking information on solutions that can provide virtualization, storage services, network bandwidth, and management tools and capabilities.
Modernization
NOAA hopes to find data security in the cloud
As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pushes more of its massive trove of data out to the public, securing that information becomes a greater concern.
Cybersecurity
NIST spells out information-sharing best practices
A draft document from the National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to improve agencies’ sharing of cyber threat information.
Cybersecurity
Szykman's new job, plus facial recognition and Air Force satellites plans
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
A mountain of net neutrality comments, a privacy paradox, ransomware warnings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
FTC's newest techie, a NOAA staffer indictment and more bad news for USIS
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
A NASA nominee, NWS data and more robot boats
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Mobile usage, a PTO nominee and NASA's data swap
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
A to-do list for the 'data agency'
A report assessing the Commerce Department's open data initiatives puts particular emphasis on the Patent and Trademark Office's use and management of its data.
Modernization
Watching ICANN, denying hackers and controlling UAVs
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DHS network scanning authority, federal lab feedback and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
NOAA taps NASA satellite manager for NESDIS
Stephen Volz will shepherd programs to build and launch the next generation of environmental satellites.
Acquisition
Census keeps it short
Defying complaints about wordy solicitations, the Census Bureau’s appeal for a "mega-project management" solution is only 192 words long.
Digital Government
Census data scandal 'not as bad as we initially thought'
A Commerce Department IG report and a joint congressional investigation effectively cleared the Philadelphia Census office of allegations that it manipulated data for political purposes but found plenty of other problems.
People
Cooper back in the saddle at Commerce
After a 40-year career, Steve Cooper came out of retirement to take the CIO reins at the sprawling agency.
Cybersecurity
Eliminating reports, monitoring email, funding ID research and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
NOAA plots successor to climate modeling supercomputer
NOAA's current weather and climate forecasting supercomputer system went online last July, but the agency is already seeking ideas to augment or replace it.
Cybersecurity
NIST seeks feedback on standards to protect critical infrastructure
The agency is previewing an RFI aimed at refining the cybersecurity framework.
People
What to make of USPTO's telework troubles
Amid the bad press and congressional inquiries, telework proponents stress that management, not location, is what matters.
Cybersecurity