http://www.eweek.com Government IT - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:26 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:26 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:18:12 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Atlantis-ISS-Mission-Proceeding-Smoothly-153734/?kc=rss - The space shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission to the ISS (International Space Station) is going so smoothly the only glitch so far has been a Nov. 19 false depressurization caution alarm that aroused the crews of the Atlantis and the ISS from their sleep. Otherwise, the mission has been surprising...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Atlantis-ISS-Mission-Proceeding-Smoothly-153734/?kc=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:45 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NYC-Considers-Net-Neutrality-Resolution-150577/?kc=rss - The New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government is set to consider Nov. 20 a resolution favoring stronger network neutrality regulations. Resolution 712A-2007 asks the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress to set quot;firm net neutrality standards. quot; The re...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NYC-Considers-Net-Neutrality-Resolution-150577/?kc=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:52:43 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/FCC-Outlines-Broadband-Barriers-136925/?kc=rss - Significant gaps in several areas of the broadband ecosystem must be closed before the United states can fully take advantage of universal high-speed Internet services, according to the Federal Communications Commission task force charged with developing a national broadband plan. The task fo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/FCC-Outlines-Broadband-Barriers-136925/?kc=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:33:48 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmaker-Seeks-Government-P2P-Ban-898432/?kc=rss - Legislation to restrict the use of P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing software across the federal government was introduced Nov. 17 by Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The bill comes after a highly confidential House Ethics Committee document ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmaker-Seeks-Government-P2P-Ban-898432/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Atlantis-Crew-Checks-Craft-for-Heat-Shield-Damage-848841/?kc=rss - The six astronauts onboard the space shuttle Atlantis spent their first full day in space inspecting the space craft for any heat shield damage that may have occurred during what NASA called a quot;picture-perfect launch day quot; Nov. 16. Atlantis is expected to dock at the International Space...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Atlantis-Crew-Checks-Craft-for-Heat-Shield-Damage-848841/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:08:15 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Frontier-Foundation-Mocks-Times-NASA-Pick-659308/?kc=rss - The Space Frontier Foundation mockingly congratulated NASA Nov. 16 for its quot;propaganda triumph quot; in convincing Time magazine to name the Ares I rocket as the best invention of the year. The Ares rocket, part of NASA's Constellation program, is intended to become NASA's primary launch ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Frontier-Foundation-Mocks-Times-NASA-Pick-659308/?kc=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:54:59 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Atlantis-Launches-for-Spare-Parts-Haul-to-ISS-865527/?kc=rss - The space shuttle Atlantis rumbled off the launching pad Nov. 16 on a flawless launch to the ISS (International Space Station). With near perfect weather -- a rarity for recent NASA launch attempts -- Atlantis departed on time at 2:28 p.m. for the 11-day mission to the space station. The miss...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Atlantis-Launches-for-Spare-Parts-Haul-to-ISS-865527/?kc=rss Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:53:31 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-Primed-for-ISS-Mission-367665/?kc=rss - Final preparations are proceeding smoothly for the space shuttle Atlantis' scheduled Nov. 16 launch to the International Space Station. With only six space shuttle trips remaining before the fleet is retired at the end of next year, the mission is primarily dedicated to delivering spare parts to ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-Primed-for-ISS-Mission-367665/?kc=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:47:40 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Finds-Water-on-Moon-327555/?kc=rss - NASA threw water on the theory that the moon is a dry, desolate place Nov. 13 after revealing that preliminary data from October's bombing of the moon indicates that significant amounts of water have been found at the moon's south pole. The landmark finding quot;opens a new chapter in [scientist...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Finds-Water-on-Moon-327555/?kc=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:12:57 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/2012-Movie-Unleashes-Doomsday-Theories-Irks-NASA-130169/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/2012-Movie-Unleashes-Doomsday-Theories-Irks-NASA-130169/?kc=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:36:21 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Aims-to-Get-Mars-Rover-Moving-562848/?kc=rss - NASA will begin a long-shot attempt Nov. 16 to free the Mars rover Spirit from the quot;Martian sand trap quot; it has been mired in since April 23. quot;Researchers expect the extraction process to be long and the outcome uncertain, quot; NASA said in a news release Nov. 12. quot;This is g...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Aims-to-Get-Mars-Rover-Moving-562848/?kc=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:49:28 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmaker-Targets-Smart-Phone-Early-Termination-Fees-867516/?kc=rss - Sen. Amy Klobuchar fired off a letter Nov. 9 to Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell C. McAdam, denouncing the nation's largest cell phone service provider's recent decision to increase early termination fees for new smartphone customers. Klobuchar also wrote to Federal Communications Commi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmaker-Targets-Smart-Phone-Early-Termination-Fees-867516/?kc=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:12:07 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Feds-Streamline-Broadband-Funding-Process-352053/?kc=rss - The two federal agencies charged with distributing the $7.2 billion for broadband rollouts authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are streamlining the process by awarding the remaining funding in just one more round, instead of the original two rounds. The program is intend...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Feds-Streamline-Broadband-Funding-Process-352053/?kc=rss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:45:15 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Working-to-Dispel-2012-Apocalypse-Myth-229320/?kc=rss - It's a great story line: Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is streaking toward an apocalyptic collision with Earth, a fiery doomsday linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012. Scientists, for their own dark reasons, r...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/NASA-Working-to-Dispel-2012-Apocalypse-Myth-229320/?kc=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:16:14 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Top-10-Bogus-Software-Patents-That-Need-to-Get-Busted-584548/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Top-10-Bogus-Software-Patents-That-Need-to-Get-Busted-584548/?kc=rss