NASA Statement on Nomination of Margaret Vo Schaus for Agency CFO, NASA “[Margaret Vo] Schaus is a career member of the Senior Executive Service. Over the past decade, she has held numerous leadership roles with responsibility for the financial management and business operations of science and engineering organizations at the Departments of Energy and Defense. She currently serves as the director for business operations in the Office of the Under […]
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post “Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration: Dr. Greg Autry, of California, to be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. … Dr. Autry previously served on the NASA Agency Review Team and as the White House Liaison at NASA.” Keith’s note: […]
Keith’s note: Yesterday NASA held a briefing with Acting CFO Andrew Hunter. When asked about how NASA plans to operate the ISS after 2025 when funding by NASA will cease, Hunter had no answer. The only clue he offered was that CASIS would continue to be part of the NASA space station utilization plan until 2025. Somehow, between now and 2025, NASA claims that it will be handing over all […]
Keith’s note: Due to sequestration, civil servants at some agencies have sacrificed with mandatory furloughs. NASA cut travel instead. Yet some NASA civil servants are accepting their portion of the agency’s sacrifice by traveling to a foreign resort at taxpayer expense. According to this GSFC web page, a conference titled “Explosive Transients: Lighthouses of the Universe” is being held 15-20 September 2013 in Santorini, Greece. The co-chairs of this conference […]
Sequestration Message from the Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer “At this time, NASA is taking every step to mitigate the effects of these cuts, but based on our initial analysis, it is possible that your contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Space Act agreement may be affected. In addition, planned actions for new and existing work may be re-scoped, delayed, or canceled depending on the nature of the work and […]
Why Did NASA’s Administrator Refuse To Answer a Simple Budget Question – At A Budget Briefing? “NASA held a press briefing today regarding the FY 2013 budget. What’s rather troubling is how little budget information NASA Administrator Bolden Charlie Bolden actually discussed and how many substantive questions he dodged during this briefing. The most blatant example was when Bolden was asked if he could list the projects and missions that […]
NASA Unaffected by Potential Government Shutdown “You may have already heard talk of a potential government shutdown that could happen at the end of this week. Although government agencies are preparing for that possibility, NASA will not shut down because our fiscal year 2012 appropriations bill has been approved. Your work schedule and pay will generally continue as usual. While NASA’s funding legislation has been approved, the debate continues on […]
Keith’s note: Word has it that Andrew Hunter is moving from ESMD to become the second Deputy CFO.
