GSA chief wants to end NASA contract, AP“The head of the U.S. General Services Administration has taken the unusual step of asking the White House to deny NASA’s request to extend a multibillion-dollar government-wide information technology contract. A $4 billion space agency contract for buying computers and other IT products from IBM Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp., Unisys Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and CDW Corp., among others, is scheduled to end next […]

Audit of NASA’s Use of Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Services in Managing NASA Contracts. Quality Control Review Report on Headquarters Exchange Financial Statements for Fiscal Years Ended in September 30, 2003, and September 30, 2004. Addendum: Memorandum with Management Comments provided in response to the 23 Aug 2006 Final Memorandum on NASA’s Acquisition Approach Regarding Requirements for Certain Engineering Software Tools to Support NASA Programs.

New Grant System Excludes Mac Users – Electronic Forms Compatible Only With Microsoft, Washington Post“The new “Grants.gov” system, under development at a cost of tens of billions of dollars, aims to replace paper applications with electronic forms. It is being phased in at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal agencies. All 26 grant-giving agencies are supposed to have their application processes fully […]

“NASA appreciates the thoughtful responses and questions submitted during the early phase of this RFI. It is important to keep in mind the purpose of this RFI, to gather ideas on what alternative management models might be feasible for NASA’s field centers. There is not just one way to organize ourselves to accomplish the exploration strategy, hence we are gathering and studying multiple ideas. We have answered the questions we […]

Conference “Pre-solicitation Conference September 7, 2004. The initially planned date of September 1, 2004 was changed due to personnel/auditorium unavailability.” Read the pre-solicitation: NASA Special Notice: NASA Shared Services Center Presolicitation

“In addition, the Commission cited the insufficient methods for students to acquire hands-on experience in the scientific and technical disciplines necessary for space commerce and exploration. They called for an alliance between NASA and universities to create a ‘virtual’ space academy.” Read the notice: NASA Special Notice: Plan for prioritizing teacher training, integrating existing math, science and engineering education intiatives; and exploring options for creating a virtual space academy, NASA

“The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Procurement schedule has been revised to accommodate (1) a pre-solicitation conference; and (2) finalizing lease terms and conditions for the available site locations.” Read the story: NASA Shared Services Center Revised Procurement Schedule

“This is a modification to the synopsis entitled Human & Robotic Technology (H&RT) which was posted on June 29, 2004. You are notified that the following changes are made: Due to the tremendous response to NASA’s BAA for H&RT and the resulting server problems, we are extending the due date time for the NOI submision to August 16th, 2004 at 12:00 PM EDT. The due date time for responses is […]

“NASA hereby gives notice that Bigelow Development Aerospace Division, LLC, having offices in Las Vegas, NV, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in Patent No. 6,354,540 entitled “Androgynous, Reconfigurable Closed Loop Feedback Controlled Low Impact Docking System With Load Sensing Electromagnetic Capture Ring,” Case No. MSC-22931-1.” Read the notice: NASA Notice of Prospective Patent License: Bigelow Development Aerospace Division, LLC

NASA Special Notice: Transforming the Private Sector Role in Space Operations “In NASA decisions, the preferred choice for operational activities must be competitively awarded contracts with private and non-profit organizations and NASA’s role must be limited to only those areas where there is irrefutable demonstration that only government can perform the proposed activity. One step to foster these goals would be to have operational activities done to the greatest extent […]