People

AFFIRM announces 2013 Leadership Award winners

Which federal IT innovators took the honors bestowed by the Association for Federal Information Resource Management? Read on.

People

NOAA seeks comment on 5-year R&D plan

Where should NOAA put its research dollars? Now is your chance to guide the decision-making.

Digital Government

Satellite instrument ready early

The satellite program, which has recently come under IG criticism, is ahead of schedule.

Digital Government

IG, NOAA spar on satellite recommendations

The $10.9 billion Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) program faces potential launch delays, cost increases and budget shortfalls.

Cybersecurity

NIST announces federal cyber center plans

NIST wants to speed up progress on implementing cybersecurity and is proposing a new research effort to do so.

People

Cloudy with a chance of furloughs at NOAA

Agency charged with watching the weather plans to shut down for four days during hurricane season.

Digital Government

NOAA retires longest-serving satellite

The NOAA-17 satellite provided weather and climate data for more than three times its life expectancy.

Digital Government

NOAA's budget boost could help weather satellite program

A proposed increase could enable the science agency to develop new satellites faster, but still might not prevent a coverage gap.

Digital Government

NOAA assumes control of weather satellite

A converted satellite provides a valuable stopgap against a potential loss of coverage, but durability fears persist.

Digital Government

Open source a challenge with geospatial data

Conference speakers agree that using open-source geospatial software is hard for government agencies, but the results are worth the effort.

Digital Government

Crowdsourcing the weather

NOAA's mobile app allows users to report precipitation in real time to improve forecasts.

Digital Government

IG details unaddressed tech concerns at Commerce

Despite past reports highlighting various deficiencies, many recommendations have not been implented yet, IG tells Congressional panel.

Digital Government

NOAA readies for satellite gap

Scientific research continues at NOAA, but a coming gap in satellite coverage could soon interrupt.

Modernization

NOAA geostationary satellite program gets favorable review

While problems with other programs could lead to lengthy gaps in polar satellite coverage, agency’s GOES-R project is on track for 2015 launches.

Acquisition

Satellites on borrowed time

The fleet of satellites that enable accurate weather forecasting is aging, and the program intended to replace them is both behind schedule and over-budget. As a result, a lengthy gap without the satellites' data is looking more likely.

Digital Government

Sandy shows storm-prediction progress

As bad as Sandy was, it could have been far worse. Advances in the government's prediction tools allowed early, accurate warning.

Cybersecurity

NIST seeks partners for cybersecurity challenges

The new public-private partnership program, to be housed at NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, will seek solutions for some of the more pressing cyber risks.

Modernization

Many agencies to miss IPv6 deadline

Two presidents have pushed agencies to adopt the next-generation internet protocol, but four years later progress is still slow.

Digital Government

DOD teams with Census Bureau in search of novel solutions to common problems

In an unlikely partnership, DOD and Census are looking for new solutions related to data, mobility and communications.

People

Digital government push fuels BYOD adoption

Agencies considering a policy for employees to bring their own devices now have a toolkit as aid.