Deborah Diaz will lead NASA’s $4 billion IT consolidation project, an official confirmed today.
The Commerce Department is considering switching its Web sites to the Drupal open-source content management system.
NIST would be responsible for developing a plan to coordinate the government's work with international organizations developing cybersecurity standards under a bill approved by the House Science and Technology’s Innovation Subcommittee.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Rural Utilities Service are adding staff members and contractors to help handle 2,200 applications for $7 billion in broadband grants and loans.
The process of verifying addresses to prepare for the 2010 Census finished ahead of schedule thanks in large part to handheld computers, a GAO report finds.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is getting started on the $350 million broadband mapping project funded by the economic stimulus law.
The department’s management has not devoted enough resources to training its IT security workers as the threat of cyber attacks increase in number and sophistication, IG says.
A cybersecurity working group is developing a security architecture and comprehensive set of security requirements to accompany the Smart Grid framework being developed by NIST's office for Smart Grid interoperability. A preliminary report is expected to be released for comment shortly.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to learn about unified Internet Protocol communication systems that could cut its operating costs.
The Commerce and Agriculture departments received 2,200 applications for broadband projects.
Commerce Department and Small Business Administration officials plan more than 200 events before mid-October.
The FCC is considering requests to form a broadband network for first responders rather than waiting for the commission to create a nationwide network.