NASA taps long-time employee to be new CIO, Federal News Radio “NASA tapped a long-time employee from the field to become its new chief information officer. Government sources confirmed that Larry Sweet is moving to NASA headquarters from the Johnson Space Center. Sweet replaces Linda Cureton, who retired in April. Richard Keegan, the associate deputy administrator, has been the acting CIO since Cureton retired. “I think it’s absolutely wonderful. Larry […]

NASA Forward Maker Camp “NASA Forward Maker Camp is a participant-driven Maker Camp based on “code-a-thon” or “think tank” style events, with a heavy emphasis on tangible final products. It’s our chance to do pursue projects of value to the NASA mission that would not normally be done and also to collaborate with others from around the agency who are doing interesting work in fields that we are trying to […]

Keith’s 17 Aug note: This morning, before anyone spoke, NASA Deputy CIO James Williams said that no sessions can be recorded. This was rather startling given that no prohibition whatsoever was made prior to this. Nor did NASA PAO inform me of this prohibition. No mention is made in the event’s printed program. I find this to be the height of hypocrisy on NASA’s part. It is also baffling. On […]

NASA CIO Conducts A Web Experiment, Information Week NASA CIO Linda Cureton has conducted an experiment in IT leadership via her blog on the space agency’s Web site. Cureton wrote about online reputations, then she responded to every comment made by readers. Her conclusion: “Listening changes the listener.” … For the past two years, she has used her blog to write about leadership, innovation, and IT transformation, among other topics. […]