Profile of Elizabeth Montalbano

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Avatar Director Helps NASA With Mars Cameras

4/30/2010
James Cameron is working with the space agency to outfit the next-generation rover, Curiosity, with 3D cameras.
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NASA Space Telescope Achieves Milestone

4/30/2010
The Webb deep space telescope has gained manufacturing approval, putting it a step closer toward its mission to study the Big Bang's origins.
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Tech Experts Sought For STEM Events

4/29/2010
The White House and The National Science Foundation are urging technologists to participate in events to raise student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
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NIST: Federal R&D Boosts Industry

4/29/2010
In an annual report, The National Institute of Standards and Technology details innovations developed collaboratively by federal labs and organizations outside of government.
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6 In 10 Americans Use Government Web Sites

4/28/2010
The popularity of accessing government information online supports the mission of the Open Government Directive, research shows.
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IT Group Urges Government To Bolster Industry

4/27/2010
TechAmerica says the federal government needs to update policy, extend tax credits, and invest in cybersecurity to pull the technology industry out of the recession.
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Federal Agencies To Share Incentive Ideas

4/26/2010
A White House-sponsored event is aimed at showing federal officials how to use awards to inspire technology innovations.
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FAA Air Traffic Control Plan At Risk

4/22/2010
Poor leadership and funding make it unlikely modernization of the air traffic control system will meet its 2025 deadline, officials told Congress.
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White House Donates Drupal Code

4/22/2010
Technology used for the Drupal-based WhiteHouse.gov site is now part of the open source project.
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World Bank Posts 2000 Data Sets Online

4/21/2010
Information on global health, business, finance, and other topics are now accessible to the public in an effort to make the institution's data more widely available.
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NASA Explores Semantic Search

4/21/2010
Technology from Google and Smartlogic allows semantic searches on 50 years of data on the agency's space-flight program.
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NASA CIO Conducts A Web Experiment

4/20/2010
In a blog post, the space agency's top IT executive shares her eye-opening experience in using the Web to engage with the public in one-on-one discussion.
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White House Calls For CEO Advisory Board

4/20/2010
The Office Of Management And Budget will oversee the private-sector board, which will give guidance on technology, productivity, and customer service.
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Microsoft Unveils Crowdsourcing For Politicians

4/19/2010
The TownHall platform aims to help public officials and candidates better engage with the public.
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IRS E-File Rejecting Tax Returns

4/19/2010
Business rules used by the Internal Revenue Service to evaluate tax returns are refusing valid individual filings.
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GSA Issues Tech Innovation Awards

4/16/2010
Government agency solutions that improve how citizens interact with the Federal government receive the General Services Administration's top honors.
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FDA Performance Tracking System Goes Live

4/16/2010
The Food and Drug Administration has launched a public system for tracking the activities of 100 agency offices against key performance metrics.
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Library Of Congress Archives Twitter

4/15/2010
Billions of public tweets will be added to the library's national collection of Web content.
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NASA, Chrysler Team On R&D

4/14/2010
Information about robotics, energy storage, radar, and other technologies will be shared by the organizations.
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Navy Taps Modus Operandi For SOA Network

4/14/2010
The $600,000 contract is to help submarine sensors more intelligently collect and analyze operational data.
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Nuclear Summit Brings Telework Directive

4/12/2010
Federal workers are urged to work remotely to minimize traffic snarls this week, a signal of government's growing acceptance for teleworking.
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White House Launches Crowdsourcing Site For Manufacturing

4/9/2010
Ideas will be collected about policy decisions for the manufacturing industry, including suggestions for using technology to advance the sector.
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Federal IT Market $111.9 Billion By 2015

4/9/2010
Civilian agencies will spend the most money on IT services, while intelligence agencies will see the largest growth in spending.
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NASA Taps Citrix For Tweets From Space

4/8/2010
The combination of XenDesktop and Citrix Branch Repeater is the technology behind astronauts' direct access to desktop and Web applications.
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State Department Building Facebook Style Site

4/8/2010
Code-named Statebook, the internal social network will help employees collaborate more efficiently as part of the organization's eDiplomacy efforts.
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Comcast's FCC Win Threatens Net Neutrality

4/7/2010
Web site operators who stream high volumes of data over the Internet, including Google and Microsoft, could face higher charges from ISPs as a result of court decision.
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NASA Awards Raytheon $250M

4/7/2010
The firm will manage data from satellites that researchers use to observe the effects of climate change on Earth.
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California CTO Resigns

4/6/2010
P.K. Agarwal will become CEO of influential industry nonprofit TiE Global in May.
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NASA Seeks Software Assurance Firms

4/6/2010
The space agency has about $500 million worth of work to do on software quality assurance; lifecycle management; software reliability; verification and validation; and risk management.
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