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Geotimes May 2005 Naomi Lubick |
NASA on Deck As NASA prepares for the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster on Feb. 2, 2003, the space agency remains in a transition stage. |
Geotimes February 2005 Naomi Lubick |
NASA Debates Hubble's Fate Without a replacement telescope in sight, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe announced in the spring that a robotic mission would be sufficient to service Hubble, but now a group of scientists says that a robotic mission is too costly and uncertain. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Stephen Cass |
Writing NASA's Marching Orders "New Moon Rising: The Making of America's New Space Vision and the Remaking of NASA," provides a lucid look at the messy and tangled process by which national science and engineering policy really gets made. |
CFO May 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick |
NASA, We Have a Problem Can NASA's CFO fix the space agency's chronic financial woes? |
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Bush retools space program As the Mars rover Spirit prepares to drive off its platform tonight and into the martian terrain, President Bush prepared the United States to send humans to the red planet and beyond. |
National Defense July 2014 Sandra I. Erwin |
Hope and Despair in Government Procurement It's crunch time for acquisition reformers as they face a July deadline to submit recommendations to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Rhea |
The $10 billion NASA market NASA's budget for fiscal year 2006 envisions spending $10 billion for new competitive opportunities with industry, academia, and the agency's own field centers -- with the big-ticket item being the President's plan for returning humans to the Moon and exploring the planets. |
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Space Administration Shakeup The middle of this month marks the end of the 120-day moratorium on hiring and firing by NASA's new administrator, Michael Griffin. NASA observers expect to see a flood of changes to the higher level administration officers, as Griffin makes known his preferences for running the space agency. |
National Defense June 2005 Sandra Erwin |
Procurement Probes Framed By Bleak Financial Forecast A string of procurement debacles at the Defense Department has stirred, yet again, calls for drastic reforms in military acquisition rules and policies. |
InternetNews May 13, 2005 Tim Gray |
U.S., China Clash Again Over Tech Washington claims Beijing's government software procurement rules are stacked against American companies. |
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Acquisition Reform Act: The Backlash Has Begun It's only been seven months since President Obama signed the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009. Predictably, a chorus of disapproval already is being heard. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Rich Miller |
Wanted: One Tough Economic Team Bush needs new talent to carry out his ambitious second-term economic agenda. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Stan Crock |
If You're Not With Us... Would Bush cultivate multilateralism if reelected? Don't bet on it. |
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Reform Agenda Targets Acquisition Workforce The Pentagon's cadre of "professional shoppers" could see a wave of reforms in the coming years, as the Defense Department remains under unrelenting pressure to fix its buying practices. |
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry. |
Geotimes October 2004 |
The Geoscience Vote Slippery Slope for Drilling in Alaska... Managing Federal Lands... The Evolving Debate Over Teaching Evolution... Funding and the Fate of NASA... Climate Tipping Point... etc. |
National Defense January 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell |
We Must Prepare for Defense Budget Crunch Substantial growth in defense spending after 9/11 gave the Pentagon's budget a reprieve. The day of financial reckoning, however, may fast be approaching if the current state of the nation's balance sheet offers any clues. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Rhea |
Money for space Space exploration is becoming politically fashionable again, and advanced technology firms would be well advised to get on board while the getting is good. |
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Industry: What Does Change Really Mean? The defense industry is unsure how they will be affected by revamped procurement practices promised by the Pentagon. |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Christopher Buckley |
The Rumsfeld Diaries Look out, Condi! Rumsfeld's tell-all offers new memories of the Bush era |
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 |
Over the Moon NASA announced its reinvigorated mission for the 21st century, part of which is to build a permanent base on the moon. |
National Defense September 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon to Revamp IT Buying Practices But the Pentagon has yet to master the procurement of high-tech networks and information systems, a senior official said. |
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Dissent Grows as Scientists Oppose NASA's New Moon Mission NASA's current plan for manned space exploration is getting dissension from planetary scientists and astronauts. |
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Drake Bennett |
A Management Primer from the Decider-in-Chief In his memoir, George W. Bush breaks his Presidency up into a series of decision-making case studies. Unfortunately, running a country isn't just a series of decisions |
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Sec Gates Saving the Juicy Insider Gossip for the Big-Bucks Speaking Circuit Journalists on repeated occasions have asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to compare and contrast Bush & Obama. |
Popular Mechanics April 23, 2008 Rand Simberg |
How Clinton, Obama and McCain Could Change U.S. Space Policy: Geek the Vote Guest Analysis What are the chances that a President McCain, Clinton or Obama will support NASA's plan as is? Here's a closer look. |
Parameters Spring 2004 |
Editor's Shelf A group of books that asses the Bush administration. |
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Acquisition Workers: No More Reforms! Agencies have been deluged by reform proposals and never have enough time to implement them before the next wave. |
National Defense March 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
The Budget Realities We Must Face As Congress deliberates at length on the fine points of the Bush administration's fiscal year 2006 budget request for the Defense Department, it may be an appropriate time to take a broader look at the potential implications of the Pentagon's spending plan. |
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick |
To Mars and Beyond The President's Commission on the Moon, Mars and Beyond presented its recommendations to the administration Wednesday morning, on how to proceed with the president's sweeping plan for future space travel. |
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Can Congress Keep Up the Pressure on Acquisition Reform? A recent groundswell of legislative and regulatory actions to reform Defense Department weapon acquisition practices may not lead to meaningful change if the efforts are not kept up for years to come |
Wired December 2004 Adam Rogers |
The Man Who Runs NASA Here's what head of NASA, Sean O'Keefe, has to say about the new race for space. |
Geotimes February 2005 Katie Donnelly |
For Starters: Lame Duck Science and technology research and development did not escape the chopping block. The National Science Foundation received a 1.9 percent cut from last year -- the first cut to the agency in 13 years. |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Rich Smith |
Obama Challenges Congress to Dogfight And Congress challenges the president over the controversial F-22 warplane. |
Popular Mechanics January 27, 2010 Joe Pappalardo |
What Happens If NASA's Constellation Program Dies? Reporters at the Orlando Sentinel created a stir today by breaking news -- citing anonymous sources -- that President Barack Obama's budget will not include any funds for hardware for NASA's human space flight program. |
Reason April 2003 Tim Cavanaugh |
Space Balls: NASA fights the future The confidence of recent public assertions that US support for space travel in the wake of the Columbia explosion is encouraging. The underlying assumption, that space travel and NASA are equivalent, is not. |
Scientific American January 2009 George Musser |
Space Exploration Sticker Shock--Economics at NASA The laws of physics are easy; it's economics that vexes NASA |
National Defense January 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Washington Pulse Pentagon to Assess Defense Industry Capabilities... CSIS briefing of Pentagon officials on its most recent research work on the defense industrial base... NORTHCOM Faces Growing Need for Information... |
Popular Mechanics November 8, 2006 Noah Shachtman |
Rumsfeld Reaction: 4 Policy Battles That Could Shape Our Military When President Bush appointed former CIA Director Robert Gates to the Defense Secretary post today, several of Donald Rumsfeld's pet projects began to enter the political crossfire. |