Digital Government
Opening a new frontier
Tom Ratledge pushes a black button on the display of his small airplane's control panel and boots up a radarlike view of the west bank of the Kuskokwim River.
Digital Government
Seeing what you can't
NASA is known for its hightech accomplishments in space, but agency researchers in Virginia hope to improve the safety of flight at lower altitudes, too.
Digital Government
DOT's vision adds innovation
The Transportation Department's new strategic plan encourages innovation and the use of technology to increase safety and efficiency as they develop new systems
People
FAA to watch workers' e-mail
Starting in October, the FAA will begin monitoring its employees' Internet use one day a week
Digital Government
Breaking ground on earthquake study
An NSF grant is the first phase of a Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation project, which could lead to the creation of a NEES grid worth $10 million
People
Agencies rally behind DOT system
The Transportation Department's plan to outsource a Web-based travel and expense system is gaining supporters.
Acquisition
Coast Guard updating search and rescue
Lockheed Martin, Motorola and Science Applications International were chosen for a $25 million contract to modernize a national distress system
People
Site offers transportation safety discussion
A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Web site will allow people to weigh in on efforts to improve truck and bus safety
Digital Government
Giving the user better control
Rutgers University Multimodal Input Manager hardware:
Digital Government
No full loaf for nanotechnology
The White House has laid the groundwork for a multiagency initiative to research ways to control materials as small as a single atom. But participating agencies are still waiting for a largescale commitment from Congress to fund the $495 million program in fiscal 2001.
Digital Government
Science board mulls cyber infrastructure
The changing environment of academic research has prompted the National Science Board to consider a study of the cyber infrastructure needed to ensure continuing U.S. leadership in science and engineering.
Digital Government
Defining nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create large structures with a fundamentally new molecular organization.
Digital Government
What's The New 'infrastructure'?
Infrastructure is defined as the basic facilities and equipment needed for the performance of a particular function or the resources (such as personnel, buildings and equipment) required for an activity.
Digital Government
FAA opens up WAAS
Some aviation users and all nonaviation users were given access to the Federal Aviation Administration's satellitebased navigation signal as of Aug. 24, and key decisions about the future capabilities of the $3 billion system are expected to be made by early September, government and industry officials say.
Digital Government
A nano timeline
The National Science and Technology Council report sets milestones by fiscal year, which include:
People
Surveying the center
ACS Government Solutions Group conducted a survey this summer at Goddard Space Flight Center to find out what employees thought of the service on nine e-mail servers.
People
Rethinking the human factor
NSF project to develop systems that put people at ease with working together online
Digital Government
CD-ROM reveals inner workings of air travel
New from the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA, Gate to Gate will give people a look at what goes into a typical flight before, during and after a plane takes off
People
FAA to boost work force training
The Federal Aviation Administration has tapped a vendor to develop a certification program for FAA information systems security workers.
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