September 19, 1996 Mr. Daniel Goldin Administrator NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546 Dear Mr.Goldin: The 1996 Headquarters Honor Awards ceremony scheduled on September 25, 1996, is to recognize achievement both by Headquarters employees as well as special service by individuals or groups of non-Governmental employees. The awards involve no monetary incentives, and are administered and conducted by the Headquarters Honor Awards Committee, a permanently established group […]

SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION PROMOTION ACT OF 1996 (House of Representatives – September 17, 1996) (i) a certification that the use of such missile– (I) would result in significant cost savings to the Federal Government when compared to the cost of acquiring space transportation services from United States commercial providers; and (II) meets all mission requirements of the agency, including performance, schedule, and risk requirements; and (ii) comments obtained from United States […]

Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting September 9, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on September 9, 1996. Mr. Goldin was not in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets [ ] for easy identification. 1. AA Reports B/Holz: Code B is wrapping up the budget package which will be delivered to OMB today. Y/Maynard: A good first […]

September 6, 1996 The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin Administrator National Aeronautics And Space Administration 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20546 Dear Administrator Goldin: We are writing once again to express our concern over NASA’s plan to consolidate aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research Center. Our specific concern relates to NASA’s apparent insistence on proceeding with aircraft consolidation despite analysis showing consolidation to be neither cost effective nor programmatically sound. […]

Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting September 3, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on September 3, 1996. Mr. Goldin was in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets [ ] for easy identification. 1. AA Reports E/Graves: Black Caucus week is September 11-15, 1996, and LeRC will support this event with exhibits. G/Stephens: The General Counsel has […]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of the Administrator Washington, DC 20564-0001 Aug 22 1996 TO: 1996 NASA Survey Participants FROM: AD/Acting Deputy Administrator SUBJECT: 1996 Agencywide Employee and Customer Satisfaction Survey You have been randomly selected to participate in the 1996 NASA Agencywide Employee and Customer Satisfaction Survey. We would appreciate your assistance in this important effort by completing the enclosed questionnaire by September 10, 1996, and returning it […]

Space Station: Update on the Impact of the Expanded Russian Role (Letter Report, 07/29/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-248). Contrary to claims that Russian participation in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) proposed international space station would save $2 billion, GAO’s analysis shows that there are no net savings from Russian participation that could be used to fund other areas of the program and accelerate the space station schedule. The $2 billion in […]

Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting August 12, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on August 12, 1996. Mr. Goldin and General Dailey were not in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets [ ] for easy identification. Note: The Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting was not conducted on August 5, 1996. 1. AA Reports E/Reese: The […]

TO: Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices FROM: A/Administrator SUBJECT: Revised “Go-to” Ceilings The recommendations presented on July 12,1996, have been accepted, and the enclosed “go to” ceilings for each Headquarters organizations are established. The following guidelines are provided for use in the development of implementation plans for the new Headquarters structure. These guidelines address the functions to be performed in the “go to” Headquarters organization. However, all individuals currently occupying positions […]

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Professional Association (NHPA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001 July 19, 1996 Mr. Daniel Goldin Administrator NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington DC 20546 Dear Mr. Goldin: Due to the lack of adequate response to our letters and communications to your management team represented by Mr. Christensen, we are obligated to write this letter […]