NASA CIO Blog
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Here is the list of entries for NASA CIO Blog based on the selected criteria.
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NASA Launches apps@NASA
Nov 29, 2011 02:47:25 PM | Linda Cureton
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- Managing diversity like this is where CIO’s tread carefully. apps@NASA is a first small step for the mankind that work at NASA into a daunting world where customer expectations are measured in hours or minutes and not in 18-month software develop lifecycles.
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Week One: NASA on Google Plus
Nov 17, 2011 12:40:13 PM | Linda Cureton
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- What's more interesting than the number of followers on the Google+ platform, is how active the community has been. In the first week of use, NASA posted 53 times to Google+.
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NASA on Google Plus
Nov 14, 2011 04:23:43 PM | Linda Cureton
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- NASA is now on Google+. This is an exciting step for NASA and we have already seen enormous interest from the Google+ community - we had over a thousand new followers in the first hour! We look forward to exploring this new engagement platform and innovating how NASA shares information.
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Getting High on ACES
Oct 30, 2011 02:39:42 PM | Linda Cureton
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- ACES moves us one step closer to addressing one of OMB’s top 25 issues by positioning NASA to enjoy economy of scale relative to commodity desktop IT. This will also put NASA in a position to securely leverage trends in virtualization and consumer experiences. More than that, it gives the mission a way to get technology when they need it so that they can focus on their specialized challenges.
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Five Things That Scare a CIO
Oct 22, 2011 07:53:24 PM | Linda Cureton
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- With Halloween right around the corner, some pranksters really get kicks out of trying to scare people. Do you want to know how to scare a CIO? Here are some things to try.
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My Information Technology Ministry
Sep 17, 2011 04:37:08 PM | Linda Cureton
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- I'm new to the role of Co-chair of the Federal CIO Council’s Architecture and Infrastructure Committee. But, I can see similarities between this and other roles I’ve had at church. Sure, some enterprise architects are zealots about what they believe, but the real similarity comes in leading volunteers when you have no direct control or authority over them. So, one of the best way to get experience as a CIO is to volunteer for leadership in the IT programs at church or in the community.
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The Leadership of the Horse Holder
Sep 10, 2011 07:23:08 PM | Linda Cureton
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- We can learn a lot about leadership from horse holders. They show us the importance of leading from behind.
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Alyssa Reflects on Shuttle's Legacy
Jul 23, 2011 03:55:04 PM | Linda Cureton
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- Alyssa Watson, rising 6th grader from Wilton Elementary School in Creedmoor, NC reflects on the Shuttle Program.
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IT Reform at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jun 05, 2011 08:40:08 PM | Linda Cureton
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- I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the goals of President Obama’s administration as it relates to improving how IT is managed in the Federal Government. We support the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 25 Point Plan with many activities from NASA’s stellar IT program.
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Reaching for the Stars
May 22, 2011 05:50:57 PM | Linda Cureton
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- While leaning forward to pick up my chips on the crap table, I thought how this is like leaning forward and reaching for the stars.
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The Five People You Meet in CIO Leadership Heaven
Apr 17, 2011 04:23:02 PM | Linda Cureton
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- The movie of a similar title is about an old man who dies and meets five people in heaven who affected his life though he didn’t necessarily realize it at the time. In our personal and professional lives, we meet these people all the time. Here are some of mine from an IT perspective – names have been fictionalized.
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When Failure is an Option
Apr 01, 2011 11:56:25 PM | Linda Cureton
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- Everywhere we look in these tough times it seems that things are so tough when we see failure all around us -- jobs lost, houses in foreclosure, bankruptcies, failed marriages, and hearts broken. But, we won’t grow as individuals unless we are willing to take risks, face disappointments, and yet maintain our resilience enough to learn and advance.
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Women in History: Holding Up Half the Sky
Mar 26, 2011 08:26:59 PM | Linda Cureton
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- There’s nothing like getting yelled at by an 8-year old after you just gave them a dose of inspiration to cause you to examine your self beliefs about your own limitations.
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Women in History: Counting on Women in Mathematics
Mar 19, 2011 09:11:45 PM | Linda Cureton
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- I’d like take the opportunity in Women’s History Month to talk specifically about some great contributions from some women in mathematics and perhaps to shout for joy about being a woman, a mathematician, and a part of the NASA civil servant workforce.
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Women in History: A Girl’s World
Mar 12, 2011 08:56:09 PM | Linda Cureton
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- Yeah, I was proud of my new cute pink leather jacket that I got 40% off plus an additional 30% off with a coupon. And yeah, I talked about it during a meeting and apologized. But, maybe Womens' History Month is a good time to stop apologizing for being a woman!
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Women in History: The IT Legacy Grace Hopper
Mar 06, 2011 12:34:55 PM | Linda Cureton
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- Taking the opportunity to pause for a few nanoseconds during Women’s History Month to acknowledge the contributions of Vice Admiral Grace Hopper. Note: This is my 100th blog. Thanks for reading.
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Holding On In the Face of Doom and Gloom
Feb 20, 2011 02:09:09 AM | Linda Cureton
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- Decimated budgets, endless scenarios, hiring freezes, questions from the press, an employee with bad news, and another one with total nonsense -- how do you hold on and keep your head above water?
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Be My Technology Valentine
Feb 13, 2011 08:50:32 PM | Linda Cureton
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- One Valentine’s Day I got a wonderful present from my husband – 256M of memory. That was a great gift when memory cost a little over a dollar a megabyte. I had a fast processor, but what really needed was fast memory.
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Cliff Makes His Move: Planting Leadership Seeds
Jan 15, 2011 07:08:47 PM | Linda Cureton
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- Our beloved integration manager and NASA’s universally-acknowledged expert on the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is moving on to better position. He got a fine send-off that would be the envy of most geeks – submarine sandwiches, cookies, and soda. Napkins are for wimps, that’s what shirts are for. But Cliff is no wimp.
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My Winter of Discontent 2011: NASA CTOs at CES
Jan 08, 2011 05:41:46 PM | Linda Cureton
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- CIOs need to remember that people in their organizations – their customers -- are all consumers. CIOs shouldn’t be content in their ability to rule their world as expectations of consumers continue to creep into the workplace
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