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Report: NASA earth observation capability at risk of collapse
Loss of Earth observation capability will inhibit the accuracy of weather forecasting, degrade the assessment of and response to natural hazards, and challenge the ability to measure changes in Earth's climate.
DHS downgrades NBAF risk
The Homeland Security Department has significantly revised downward its assessment on the likelihood of foot and mouth disease virus escaping from the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility planned
NCSES should recalibrate modernization efforts
The National Science Foundation's national center for science and engineering statistics is updating its dissemination programs to improve data user engagement. But according to a new report, the
Government should be more forthright about data mining
How much data mining does the government do? More than it says, that's for sure. Under the Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007, agencies must annually report to Congress their data
GAO: DHS does more data mining than it reports
How much data mining does the Homeland Security Department do? DHS says a little; the Government Accountability Office says more than a little, in a report dated Sept. 7 that wasn't posted online
NASA unprepared to deal with mounting orbital debris
NASA models show orbital debris--such as abandoned equipment and spent rocket bodies--has reached a "tipping point," but the agency's management structure has not kept pace with the increasingly
Study questions utility of biometric authentication
Biometric authentication is insufficiently reliable as a replacement to other authentication technologies, concludes a multi-year study from the National Research Council. The report, released
Panel recommends SSA continue with mainframe modernization
The Social Security Administration should press on with a project to convert its assembler language-coded master file database into an IBM DB2 mainframe database, despite the fact that other
