Digital Government

NASA: Images foster public participation

The mission manager of Mars Exploration Rovers said the ability to allow public interaction is important to the success of the program.

Digital Government

Return to the Red Planet

New generation of rover tech wows NASA, public with Mars images

Digital Government

Interior tabs BearingPoint for finance systems

BearingPoint will get $124.9 million under a blanket purchase agreement.

People

NASA sites bear Mars load

Download times have doubled, but the space agency's site has stayed up despite getting the equivalent of a half-year of traffic in three days.

Modernization

FAA sets target for telecom backbone

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to deploy it by September.

Digital Government

Spirit sends info from Mars

NASA expects more than a week of preparation before the rover starts rolling.

People

EPA tech portal debuts

The Environmental Protection Agency now has Internet links to funding and assistance for technology development.

Digital Government

Energy partnership improves efficiency

An Energy Department program to improve companies' energy efficiency includes a Honeywell/Ember project to develop wireless networking applications.

People

Interior provides online flight celebration

An Interior Web site provides information about activities nationwide.

People

Senators urge THOMAS upgrade

The legislators want several features of Congress' Legislative Information System included on the public Web portal.

People

Transit agency site to use RedDot

The Transportation Department's Federal Transit Administration will use RedDot Solutions software to control the agency's online content.

Digital Government

GAO officials find flaws in NASA finance system plans

The space agency should operate within a defined enterprise architecture, General Accounting Office officials say.

Digital Government

Northrop Grumman added to NASA contract

Prime contractor InDyne added Northrop's Information Technology unit to the Kennedy Integrated Services contract.

People

Collins praises, Lieberman blasts homeland security orders

Bush issued directives on critical infrastructure and first responder assistance.

Digital Government

Brazilians hack 13 NASA Web sites

The Brazilian antiwar group DRWXR left messages about Iraq.

Digital Government

Eight airports win tech grants

A total of $7.8 million was awarded to pay for new technologies to increase airport terminal security.

Digital Government

Bush signs antispam law

CAN-SPAM is designed to cut down on unsolicited e-mail.

People

GIS certification applications to go online

Geographic information system specialists looking to gain professional GIS certification will be able to access the necessary application package Jan. 1.

People

Energy launches climatevision.gov

It will allow participating members of the Climate VISION program to track their progress in meeting greenhouse initiatives.

Modernization

NASA finds Wi-Fi success in Meteor Crater

Engineering achieved wireless throughput of 1 MB per second over 1.3 miles.