Acquisition
$450M deal boosts air traffic control
The FAA awards a 10year, $450 million contract to support modernization of air traffic control and management systems
Digital Government
Key space station tech still weak
Problems still exist in the development of displays for the International Space Station's primary command and control computers, NASA's Inspector General reported
People
VA taps industry expert as new CIO
Edward Meagher began work Tuesday as a special assistant to the VA secretary while he awaits confirmation by Congress as CIO
People
FAA to develop security certification
The FAA will be developing a certification program for the agency's information systems security workers
Digital Government
A major stride in nanotechnology
The report and implementation plan for the National Nanotechnology Initiative is a step toward a multiagency initiative to made advances in nanotechnology
Digital Government
Safety in the snow
The Transportation Department and private industry have invested heavily in the development of new information systems for drivers to use in their cars or trucks. Now one branch of the agency has begun to study how those technologies can distract drivers.
Digital Government
Traffic cop
The Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS) receives position data from an Airport Surveillance Radar Model 9 (ASR9) system, which pinpoints landing aircraft, and a Surveillance and Communications Interface Processor (SCIP).
Digital Government
Rules of the sky
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to take advantage of airline digital flight recorder data to improve the safety of its airspace system.
Digital Government
Testing IT's effect on drivers
The Transportation Department and private industry have invested heavily in the development of new information systems for drivers to use in their cars or trucks. Now one branch of the agency has begun to study how those technologies can distract drivers.
Digital Government
En route to safer skies
A proposed rule at the Federal Aviation Administration could give the agency a better picture of safety trends by providing access to airlines' digital flight data.
Digital Government
Making runways safer
The Federal Aviation Administration has scaled back a software program it is developing to warn air traffic controllers about potential collisions on airport runways so that the agency can deploy the system to airports faster.
People
What workers don't know
SBA joins agencies looking to fill in the gaps by assessing what skills their IT staffs lack
Digital Government
Smart roads and smarter vehicles
It's not uncommon today to see a driver speeding down a highway, one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding a cellular phone to his ear.
Digital Government
Science board boosts cyber services
The National Science Board formally approved the Federal Cyber Services program, to provide scholarships to information security students in return for federal service
Digital Government
NSF ups scale of supercomputing
The National Science Foundation added the most powerful supercomputing system yet to its offerings for science and engineering researchers nationwide
Digital Government
Smart road comment period widened
The deadline for public comment on DOT's vision to integrate Intelligent Transportation System technologies has been extended until Sept. 23
People
Travel service given green light
DOT issued a formal RFP calling for a Webbased service that would process federal travelers' trip planning and expense documents
Acquisition
SEWP buying site put on back burner
Instead of trying to fit a square block into a round hole, NASA is taking a step back from its plan to build a World Wide Webbased ordering site in order to study the best model for its customers
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