NASA Launches COVID-19 Hackathon May 1, 2020 | 3:09 pm The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are partnering to host a virtual hackathon to develop COVID-19 solutions at the end of the month. […]
COVID Research Act Aims to Support Federal Fight Against Virus Apr 28, 2020 | 12:00 pm House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas, R-Okla., introduced legislation April 23 to support the Federal research enterprise’s ability to fight COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. […]
NASA CIO Warns of Increased Cyber Threats to Agency Apr 7, 2020 | 12:10 pm In an agencywide memo, NASA CIO Renee Wynn warned that cyber threats have significantly increased during the Coronavirus pandemic. […]
Commerce Loses CDO, NASA Gains Space Center CIO Apr 1, 2020 | 12:56 pm While the Commerce Department is losing its CDO, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center recently gained an experienced CIO from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). […]
GAO Reviews Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements of 17 Agencies Mar 30, 2020 | 2:41 pm A majority of Federal agencies selected for review by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have fully addressed their electronic recordkeeping requirements, according to a new report. […]
GAO Prods OMB on DCOI Reporting, Cites Good Agency Progress Mar 5, 2020 | 4:22 pm The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report issued today that most of the largest Federal agencies made good progress in meeting goals to close data centers in Fiscal Year 2019, but also recommended that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) take several steps to improve clarity of reporting on data center closures under OMB’s Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) issued in 2016 and modified last year. […]
NASA CIO Renee Wynn Retiring in March Jan 29, 2020 | 2:13 pm National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) CIO Renee Wynn will retire on March 31 after 30 years of public service, a NASA official confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
Mary Davie Heading to NASA After 30 Years at GSA Jan 22, 2020 | 4:20 pm Mary Davie is leaving the General Services Administration (GSA) after a 30-year career – much of it in the top ranks of acquisition management – and is landing at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with the title of Deputy Associate Administrator, Mission Support Transformation. […]
NASA Planning for Zero Trust in Network Modernization Dec 13, 2019 | 8:45 am The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to implement a zero-trust architecture, and increase cloud adoption, as the agency looks to the recompete of its NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract, a December 11 request for information notes. […]
GAO Urges Further Agency Efforts on IT Improvements, FITARA Goals Dec 12, 2019 | 4:38 pm Federal agencies and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) need to continue notching progress on IT acquisitions, operations, and cybersecurity necessary to meeting FITARA (Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act) requirements, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said. […]
House Oversight’s FITARA 9.0 Hearing to Feature NASA, DHS CIOs Dec 9, 2019 | 6:01 pm Chief information officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and NASA are scheduled to testify at the House Government Operations Subcommittee’s hearing on Dec. 11 to discuss results of the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s ninth FITARA (Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act) Scorecard, MeriTalk has learned. […]
OIG Report: NASA Vulnerable to Cyberattacks Nov 13, 2019 | 2:55 pm The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a target for cybercriminals, but the agency is failing to adequately protect itself, according to a Nov. 13 report by the NASA Office of the Inspector General (OIG). […]
NASA Over the Moon for Cyber Resiliency Nov 8, 2019 | 9:14 am As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) focuses on returning to the moon by 2024, cyber resiliency belongs in every step of the process, according to NASA CIO Renee Wynn. […]
AI Set to Tackle Serious Space Junk Problem Apr 17, 2019 | 12:24 pm Imagine if every truck or car that ever wrecked or broke down on the roadways were just left there, rusting away with pieces scattered, while you and every other driver had to try to navigate around them. […]
CenturyLink Lands First EIS Award, from NASA Apr 8, 2019 | 5:44 pm CenturyLink announced that NASA awarded the company a task order on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract, marking the first such task order on the EIS contract. […]
CDM’s Long-Term Success Depends on Funding for Agency IT Apr 5, 2019 | 2:58 pm While the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program has been successful in driving security deeper into Federal networks, an agency program manager warned this week that without funding for agency IT departments, much of CDM’s progress could be set back. […]
For Women CIOs, Passion Moves the Needle Mar 1, 2019 | 9:15 am Forging a path in Government IT is more than ruthlessly climbing that hypothetical ladder we hear so much about. […]
Government Website Access, Security Among Victims of Shutdown Jan 14, 2019 | 10:11 am Numerous Federal government websites have been rendered insecure or inaccessible due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, according to a report from Netcraft, a United Kingdom-based internet services company, on Thursday. […]
NASA Suffers Employee PII Breach, 2006-2018 Records at Risk Dec 19, 2018 | 5:51 pm According to an internal memo obtained by SpaceRef, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) suffered a breach of employee personally identifiable information (PII), leaving civil service employees who worked for the agency from July 2006 to October 2018 potentially affected. […]
NASA, Google to Give Quantum Computing a Moment of Truth Nov 21, 2018 | 10:34 am After years of speculation and some significant recent advancements as the next great thing, quantum computing is getting ready to throw down against classical supercomputers. […]