NASA Employee Charged

NASA Scientist Charged With Aiding Wife’s Firm, Washington Post
“Mark R. Schoeberl, an atmospheric scientist who has worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center since the 1980s, is charged in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt with one felony count of acts affecting a personal interest. … Schoeberl’s wife, Barbara, owns Animated Earth LLC, which develops and distributes “Earth Today,” a museum exhibit that allows people to access data on rainfall, earthquakes and other events displayed on a rotating globe. From 2006 to 2009, NASA authorized purchase orders worth up to $190,727 for Animated Earth’s products and services, according to federal procurement data. It is unclear whether the charge is connected to those purchases.”