Defense

Pentagon’s management of space personnel inadequate, says GAO

Report says increased reliance on space-based technology requires a results-oriented plan.

Features

Airport of the Future

News And Analysis

Touring Space

Defense

Outgoing TSA official cites progress, challenges

Deputy Administrator Stephen McHale takes on critics of agency's effort to hire and train a screener workforce.

News And Analysis

Internet in the Sky

News

NASA realigns in response to commission’s recommendations

Space agency will consolidate operations on Aug. 1.

Management

Commission suggests elevating NASA to Cabinet status

Overhaul recommendations include turning space agency’s field centers into research facilities.

Features

More Mission Than Money

News And Analysis

Crash Course

Management

Earth to Managers

Middle managers, NASA's leaders have a warning for you: Go with the agency's cultural reforms, or go away.

News And Analysis

Earth to Managers

Features

Breaking Through

Management

Safety assessments released on four NASA projects

A safety center created in the aftermath of the space shuttle Columbia disaster has released its first assessments on four high-profile National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects.

News And Analysis

Saving the Shuttle

Features

NASA's Next Step

News And Analysis

Culture crash

Management

NASA exploration office charts new procurement territory

Rather than obtain innovative equipment the old-fashioned way--by purchasing it--NASA plans to send America to the moon, Mars and beyond on technological breakthroughs resulting from a series of contests with cash prizes.

Management

Report spawns rethinking about NASA's reliance on contractors

The report on the space shuttle Columbia disaster is raising serious questions about NASA's heavy reliance on contractors to perform its mission.