http://www.eweek.com Government IT - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:14 -0500 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:14 -0500 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:10:18 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Station-Prepares-for-Busy-November-767072/?kc=rss - The crew of the ISS (International Space Station) is gearing up for a busy November. On Nov. 12, the MRM2 (Russian Mini-Research Module 2) is scheduled to dock at the space station and four days later, the space shuttle Atlantis launches for NASA's final 2009 mission to the ISS. The MRM2 wil...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Station-Prepares-for-Busy-November-767072/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:19 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Debris-Threatens-Space-Station-747550/?kc=rss - NASA informed the crew of the International Space Station Nov. 6 that the spacecraft could be menaced by a piece of Russian Cosmos space debris. The time of closest approach is 10:48 p.m. EST. NASA said the timing of available tracking data has made it too late to do a maneuver, but better tr...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Debris-Threatens-Space-Station-747550/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:17:03 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmakers-Finish-Draft-Universal-Service-Fund-Reform-357029/?kc=rss - Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) released their draft discussion bill for reforming the USF (Universal Service Fund) Nov. 6. The proposed legislation would broaden the base of contributions into the USF and controlling distributions from the fund and allow the use of the USF for br...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmakers-Finish-Draft-Universal-Service-Fund-Reform-357029/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:54:17 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Secret-IP-Treaty-Proposal-Rubs-Tech-Wrong-825478/?kc=rss - Civilian libertarians, Internet privacy watchdog groups and libraries are irate over the secret negotiations in Seoul, South Korea, involving ACTA (International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). The negotiations, they claim, heavily favor Hollywood interests pushing tougher international c...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Secret-IP-Treaty-Proposal-Rubs-Tech-Wrong-825478/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:39:19 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NY-Suit-Puts-Spotlight-on-DellIntel-Relationship-123548/?kc=rss - Faced with a growing threat from a new microprocessor design by rival Advanced Micro Devices, Intel used its size and deep pockets to pressure systems makers into a difficult choice of meeting customer demand or taking Intel's money, according to the lawsuit filed against the chip maker by federa...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NY-Suit-Puts-Spotlight-on-DellIntel-Relationship-123548/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:25 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/ExHP-CEO-Fiorina-Makes-Senate-Bid-Official-209260/?kc=rss - Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made official her bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In a column in the Orange Country Register in California Nov. 4, Fiorina said the key issues of her campaign would be job growth and government spending, saying that she “will not settle for a jobless r...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/ExHP-CEO-Fiorina-Makes-Senate-Bid-Official-209260/?kc=rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:35:50 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Einstein-Still-Rules-Despite-New-Theories-167791/?kc=rss - Score one for Albert Einstein. In May, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope and other satellites spotted a short gamma ray burst, an explosion that astronomers think happens when neutron stars collide. NASA scientists calculated the explosion took place in a galaxy 7.3 billion light-years away....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Einstein-Still-Rules-Despite-New-Theories-167791/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:48:49 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASAs-Ares-IX-Completes-Maiden-Flight-729568/?kc=rss - The prototype of the next generation of NASA rockets at least for the time being successfully lifted off Oct. 28 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X test rocket flight lasted only 2 minutes, the time it took for the first-stage solid-fuel booster to burn out. With a maximum ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASAs-Ares-IX-Completes-Maiden-Flight-729568/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:08:06 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Weather-Delays-NASAs-Test-Launch-507565/?kc=rss - Very few things went right for NASA Oct. 27 as the space agency attempted to launch the Ares I-X flight test vehicle, the proposed space flight vehicle scheduled to replace the space shuttle fleet. First, foul weather caused a delay in the original 8 a.m. launch and then as the weather opened a ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Weather-Delays-NASAs-Test-Launch-507565/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:38:40 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Sets-Critical-Launch-of-Untested-Rocket-126928/?kc=rss - NASA plans a $445 million, 2-minute test launch of its experimental test booster rocket Ares I-X Oct. 27. Barring weather delays, which forecasters predict is likely, the Ares I-X is scheduled for an 8 a.m. EDT launch from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B. The Ares I-X is currently schedu...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Sets-Critical-Launch-of-Untested-Rocket-126928/?kc=rss Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:08:24 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Space-Funding-Reaches-Critical-Tipping-Point-722710/?kc=rss - Just days before NASA launches the first Ares I-X test rocket -- the current future of the agency's space flight plans -- former Lockheed Martin executive Norman Augustine presented the final report of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Oct. 22 outlining what the blue ribbon ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Space-Funding-Reaches-Critical-Tipping-Point-722710/?kc=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:32:11 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/McCain-Moves-Against-Net-Neutrality-Rules-870861/?kc=rss - On the same day the Federal Communications Commission voted to begin consideration of codifying and expanding the agency's network neutrality principles, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced legislation that would prohibit the FCC from enacting rules that would regulate the Internet. “Keeping busi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/McCain-Moves-Against-Net-Neutrality-Rules-870861/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:07:13 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/FCC-Votes-to-Consider-Expanded-Net-Neutrality-Rules-368327/?kc=rss - A split Federal Communications Commission voted Oct. 22 to begin consideration of network neutrality rules that would apply to both wired and wireless networks. The proposed rules would codify the agency's four existing network neutrality principles and add two more rules of the road for broadba...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/FCC-Votes-to-Consider-Expanded-Net-Neutrality-Rules-368327/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:59:02 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Verizon-Net-Neutrality-Is-a-Mistake-Pure-and-Simple-665943/?kc=rss - On the eve of a historic FCC vote to codify and expand the agency's network neutrality principles, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg called the proposal a quot;mistake, pure and simple an analog idea in a digital universe. quot; The Federal Communications Commission is expected Oct. 22 to approve n...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Verizon-Net-Neutrality-Is-a-Mistake-Pure-and-Simple-665943/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:11 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/ATT-Urges-Employees-to-Fight-Net-Neutrality-263498/?kc=rss - In the frenzied lobbying leading up to the Federal Communications Commission's Oct. 22 vote to propose new and expanded network neutrality rules, AT amp;T is pulling out all the stops, including urging its employees to write to the FCC that Internet regulation is bad for consumers, jobs, investment ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/ATT-Urges-Employees-to-Fight-Net-Neutrality-263498/?kc=rss