NASA and the aerospace industry are affected by flat or declining budgets but but Defense Department programs already underway are impacted as well, an aeronautics industry official said, according to FierceGovernment IT. Marion Blakey, aeronautics committee chair on NASA’s Advisory Council and president of the Aerospace Industries Association, told the House Science, Space and Technology space [...]

While the federal government saved nearly $5.5 billion annually using cloud computing, federal information technology managers believe that number could have reached $12 billion, CRN reports. In surveying 108 IT managers and chief information officers, the MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange found the government could have saved more if it had pursued more aggressive migrations of [...]

In January, Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel launched a dialogue to aid in developing the government’s mobility strategy. VanRoekel indicated the strategy would be ready in March, but that timeline was delayed by the Office of Management and Budget, which indicated the strategy would not be ready until April. However, the mobility strategy is [...]

The U.S. risks losing its competitive edge if industry is unable to more easily export unmanned aircraft for commercial use, Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush told a group of industry and congressional executives. Bush said the unmanned vehicle market needs similar eased export restrictions that satellite technologies are receiving, Aviation Week reports. Eased export controls [...]

The Federal Register’s webpage has been updated to integrate more closely with the government’s regulations.gov domain, according to a Sunday blog post. Michael White, acting executive director for the Office of the Federal Register, said changes in the websites’ accessibility were made as a result of comments submitted on regulations.gov. White indicated his office has [...]

Along with bills to promote cyber information sharing and continuous monitoring, the House cleared another cyber bill Friday to increase education, research and development, National Journal reports. The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act would authorize research, education and development of standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Science Foundation. Bill sponsors include [...]

The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Thursday, creating a voluntary system for private organizations to provide national security agencies with cyber threat information. In addition to CISPA, the House also reached an accord to pass a bill updating the Federal Information Management Security Act of 2002, GovInfo Security reports. The Federal Information Security [...]

The House passed a bill Thursday that would create a system where private organizations can choose to provide national security agencies with cyber threat information in return for liability protection. Although the measure passed through the House with a 248-168 vote, the White House has already threatened to veto the bill based on concerns on [...]

In just five years, the number of cyber attacks launched against the federal government has increased 680 percent between 2006 and 2011, a Government Accountability Office official told House lawmakers on Tuesday. Agencies have been subject to data loss, computer and privacy breaches as a result of malicious code, denial of service attacks and unauthorized [...]

The government standards body is using a two-pronged approach to make its internal technology components more customer-centric, Federal News Radio reports. National Institute of Standards and Technology Chief Information Office So Del Brocket said his agency’s approach toward better information technology use includes new standards and pilot programs to promote innovation. Brocket said the new [...]