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Month: June 1996
Congress Wants Goldin To Explain Downsizing

Congress of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 2157 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20516-6143 June 28, 1996 Mr. Daniel Goldin Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration 300 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20546 Dear Mr. Goldin: As Chairman of the National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, I will be holding the first of […]

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  • June 28, 1996
Rep. Roemer Goes After The Space Station Again

1:17 P.M. – Mr. Roemer asked unanimous consent to offer an amendment out of order. Agreed to without objection. Amendment offered by Mr. Roemer. An amendment, printed as amendment No. 39 in the Congressional Record of June 19, 1996, to reduce the funds appropriated for the space station by $75 million. 1:18 P.M. – DEBATE – Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with […]

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  • June 26, 1996
NASA Staff Meeting Minutes 24 June 1996

Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting June 24, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on June 24, 1996. Mr. Goldin was in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets [ ] for easy identification. 1. AA Reports H/Lee: Ms. Lee provided an overview of Code H’s efforts of tracking NASA’s obligations for FY 1996. Mr. Goldin supported Ms. […]

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  • June 24, 1996
Memo From Jack Dailey on Restructuring

We have completed the review of your submissions to the target Headquarters (HQ) personnel guidelines you received on April 17, 1996. We are proceeding to the next phase and have enclosed a revised target ceiling for your organizations. The recommended level of additional functional migrations is also provided. Current NASA HQ detailees to other agencies are listed separately and are not included in your ceiling. Consistent with the recommendations of […]

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  • June 24, 1996
Mir Spacecraft Contamination Update

TO: Distribution FROM: Team Leaders, LP/S Phase 1 Integrated Product Team (IPT) SUBJECT: LP/S Phase 1 IPT Risk Mitigation and Flight Demonstration Experiments June 19 Board Minutes The LP/S Phase 1 IPT Board met Wednesday, June 19, 1996, to review a proposed risk mitigation data analysis opportunity. Mir-I Spacecraft Contamination Sources: Identifying and Reducing ISS Program Risks EM2/S.Koontz summarized the recent analysis of the brackets which supported the Docking Module […]

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  • June 19, 1996
Congress Complains To Gore About NASA Downsizing

United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 June 18, 1996 The Honorable Al Gore Vice President of the United States Old Executive Office building Washington, DC 20501 Dear Mr. Vice President: We applaud your ongoing leadership and commitment to reinventing government. But we are particularly concerned about the recent announcement that NASA will use reductions-in-force to cut its headquarters’ staff by about one-half, or about 700 employees, by October 1997. We […]

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  • June 18, 1996
Letter from Sen. Rockefeller To Dan Goldin About Layoffs

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV West Virginia United States Senate WASHINGTON DC 20510-4802 June 18, 1996 Dear Dan, I am concerned to learn of plans by NASA to cut up to one-half of its headquarters’ staff by October of next year. I wish to learn more of the current staffing situation at NASA, and to work with you to identify any actions that might be taken to ease the impact of […]

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  • June 18, 1996
NASA Staff Meeting Minutes 17 June 1996

Subject: Minutes of Senior Staff and Date: Thursday, June 20, 1996 1:53PM Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting June 17, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on June 17, 1996. Mr. Goldin was in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets, [ ], for easy identification. 1. AA Reports B/Holz: Mr. Holz thanked Mr. Holloway for hosting the […]

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  • June 17, 1996
Dan Goldin's Comments to the Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC) Meeting

Goldin’s appearance at the scheduled meeting was shifted several times during the day. He finally appeared at 4:15pm and stayed nearly an hour. The dialogue was structured like a speech with almost no interaction from the attendees, including Wes Huntress the AA for Space Science (seated next to Goldin). The room was silent for several minutes after Goldin left, as they appeared to struggle with the breadth of his challenge […]

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  • June 17, 1996
House Science Committee Democrats Comment on H.R. 3322 Passage

Republicans Touch the Future, Lift Wallet In a move towards a complete reinvention of the Federal role in civilian science and technology, the House last week passed H.R. 3322, the Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization Act of 1996. This Republican bill boldly slashed approximately $2 billion from the President’s FY 1997 budget request for the Department of Energy, NIST, NOAA, NSF and NASA. George E. Brown, Jr., ranking Democratic Member of […]

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  • June 6, 1996