Testimony by NASA IG Paul Martin: NASA Cybersecurity: An Examination of the Agency’s Information Security “Between April 2009 and April 2011, NASA reported the loss or theft of 48 Agency […]
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Your Cellphone May be Smarter Than Mars Science Lab
Keith’s note: NASA JPL Employee @doug_ellison recently tweeted “Based on some MIPS benchmarks, and the RAD750 cpu on MSL…my iPhone 4S is 12x more powerful than Curiosity.” Gee … NASA […]
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NASA's Baffling, Redirecting Links
Fifty-Seven Student Rocket Teams to Take NASA Launch Challenge “For a complete competitor list and more information about the challenge, visit: http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/sli and http://education.msfc.nasa.gov/usli.” Keith’s note: Simple, yes? Not when […]
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NASA's Inability To Speak With One Voice Online
Dawn Obtains First Low Altitude Images of Vesta Keith’s note: This press release says “More information about the Dawn mission is online at: http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov.” That’s two separate websites […]
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NASA OIG on IT Monitoring
NASA Faces Significant Challenges in Transitioning to a Continuous Monitoring Approach for Its Information Technology Systems “NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that found significant challenges […]
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apps@NASA Now Online
NASA Launches apps@NASA “NASA launched apps@NASA, a website where NASA employees and contractors can download mobile apps that securely access NASA systems. These apps enable our users to perform critical […]
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OIG: NASA Information Security Does Not Fully Meet DHS Requirements
NASA OIG Annual Report: Federal Information Security Management Act: Fiscal Year 2011 Evaluation “Overall, the Agency established and is maintaining a program for each of the 11 areas listed above. […]
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International Space Apps Competition
NASA Announces International Space Apps Competition “NASA is announcing the International Space Apps Competition to support the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which President Barack Obama announced Tuesday. The challenge will […]
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open.nasa.gov is now online
NASA Launches New Open Government Blog “The site is a collaborative blog for the open government community to highlight the ways that transparency, participation, and collaboration are being embraced throughout […]
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CIO: Changes Ahead at NASA IT
NASA Internal Memo: Transformation of Agency Information Technology (IT) Services “The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is integrating and consolidating many IT services throughout the Agency. This new […]