VOLUME 4 ISSUE 3 MARCH 2002 Administrator O’Keefe gets acquainted with Glenn
BY DOREEN B. ZUDELL John Glenn, whom he said G LENN employees and business “captures the and community leaders extended a spirit of this warm welcome to NASA Administrator Agency." Sean O’Keefe during his first visit to the Center on January 24. Accompanied Aboard NASA for by Senator John Glenn, O’Keefe spent just 3 weeks, the day getting acquainted with the O’Keefe said he Center. has no “master plan” for moving After a brief meeting with O’Keefe, the Agency Sen. Glenn, and NASA Chief of Staff forward. Rather, and White House Liaison Courtney he stressed that Photo by Tom Jares Stadd, Center Director Donald Camp- strategies would bell introduced the Director's Leader- evolve in a ship Team (DLT) to the new administra- deliberate and tor. In an open exchange, DLT mem- collective bers shared their views on some of the manner. challenges and opportunities at the (Right to left) Queito Thomas, U.S. Center. “We need to examine and clarify what Army Vehicle Technology Directorate, we do,” O’Keefe said. “This requires assigned to the Facilities and Test A highlight for employees, O’Keefe us to define what criteria for perfor- Engineering Division (FTED), and Ray held an All Hands Address in the mance we want and what outcomes Castner, FTED, brief Administrator DEB Auditorium at 11:15 a.m. He we seek. Sometimes that will require Sean O'Keefe and Center Director expressed humility at being accepted Donald Campbell on test activities in into the NASA family and for sharing the Propulsion Systems Laboratory. his visit at the Center with his "hero," CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 FY03 budget begins process of discovery The Agency’s FY03 budget request is $15 billion, up slightly from $14.9 billion in INSIDE FY02. NASA views this proposal as President Bush’s commitment to the Agency’s mission of discovery. OVERWHELMING SUCCESS 5 The Center's 2001 CFC set BY DOREEN B. ZUDELL fundamentals and prioritizing capabilities records; garnered award collaboratively among Centers. D URING NASA Administrator Sean FAREWELL TO A FLAG 9 O’Keefe’s televised briefing to all “Americans see us [NASA] as the Glenn retired the Advanced Centers on February 4, he stressed that ultimate manifestation of our [human] Communications Technology the President’s FY03 budget proposal desire for exploration,” O’Keefe Satellite flag will enable the Agency to begin the affirmed. “So we need to emphasize process of developing overall strategies areas that the private sectors cannot or CONNECT 4 10 to maximize research and technology will not pursue because of the high Fifth graders linked up with the objectives. This will entail focusing on technological risks.” International Space Station crew CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 MARCH 2002 Former astronaut nominated as NASA deputy administrator
NNN ASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and managing many of the programs That same year, and the White House have announced and day-to-day operations and activities he was appointed the nomination of former astronaut at NASA. assistant deputy and assistant deputy administrator, administrator at Major General Charles F. Bolden, U.S. "I am enthusiastic about the opportunity NASA Headquar- Marine Corps, as NASA's next deputy to welcome General Bolden back to ters in Washington, administrator. NASA," said Center Director Donald a position he held Campbell. "He will bring a wealth of until 1994, when Bolden, 55, currently serves as the experience and deep understanding of he was named Gen. Bolden commanding general, 3rd Marine the mission of NASA to the position." commander of Aircraft Wing. As deputy administrator, STS-60. He left the space program Bolden would serve as the chief A veteran of four Space Shuttle flights, having logged more than 680 hours in operating officer for the Agency and Bolden was pilot on STS-61C in 1986 orbit. N report directly to the Administrator. and STS-31 in 1990, and was the He will be responsible for directing mission commander on STS-45 in 1992. News Notes
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The Themes family sends thanks to NASA friends who took time to express Director’s CornerCornerDirector’s sympathy and support during the Director’s CornerCornerDirector’s recent illness and death of Catherine, with DONALD CAMPBELL wife of Roy and mother of Christopher, Janice, and Leanne. —Chris Themes
I would like to express my deep gratitude to my fellow Glenn employ- Opportunities abound ees and to the employees of Analex and Zin Technologies for the tremen- WWW E use the word “opportunities” often at NASA. However, I believe dous amount of support you have right now this word has heightened significance for Glenn. shown me and my family at the death of my sister, Barbara Thompson A driving force behind this belief is our new Administrator, Mr. Sean Boomer. Your prayers and expressions O’Keefe. I have had numerous occasions to meet with Mr. O’Keefe and of compassion meant so much, both have consistently found him to be an open, optimistic, and dynamic during Barb's struggle with cancer and individual. As you may have observed during his recent visit to Glenn, at the time of her passing. Mr. O’Keefe’s demeanor encourages dialogue and openness. Many of —Bill Thompson you interacted with him as he toured several of our facilities. As I accompanied Mr. O’Keefe, Senator Glenn, and Headquarters personnel, I was extremely proud of each of you.
in memory While in Cleveland Mr. O’Keefe met with government leaders such as Governor Taft and Mayor Campbell, as well as local university officials. Barbara Johnson, 66, who had worked During these exchanges, the Administrator stressed the importance of at Plum Brook Station, recently died. unity within NASA, and the relevance of our technology to the local and national community. Paul Langendorfer recently died. He had worked in the Receiving and Mr. O’Keefe also emphasized the importance of collaboration and Shipping area before retiring in 1981 cooperation. Within the modern NASA dynamic many activities require after 25 years of Federal service. us to work across organizational boundaries, both internal and external to the Center, to achieve our goals. I believe that there are great Edward Spieth, 85, who retired with dividends to be gained from this philosophy. 35 years of NASA service, recently died. He had worked as a general The President’s FY03 budget proposal clearly represents a commitment supply specialist. to NASA and NASA’s mission of discovery. The budget, along with directives from Mr. O’Keefe, offers us stability to plan and execute our programs. It also results in opportunities to shape our Center's future, and remain at the forefront of technological advancement. Women's History Observance set The Women's History Observance Event will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Exchange Corner March 28 in the Bldg. 3 Aud. The featured speaker will be Cleve- Thank you for helping us celebrate your new Main Cafeteria Grand Re- land’s first female Chief of Police, Opening events the week of Jan. 14. The raffle winners are: Karen Ault Mary Bounds. Back by popular (0120), 1st Prize–autographed John Glenn T-shirt; Karin Gornick (0210), 2nd demand, the Women in History Prize–4 Cleveland Cavaliers tickets; Patty Meldrum (0620/CIT), 3rd Prize– Troupe will portray a vignette of autographed John Glenn hat; Toni Cosari (0460) and Damaris Klanac (6160), marine biologist and environmen- 4th Prize–Conrad Auto Center’s oil change; and Vanessa Smith (0540/SAIC), talist Rachel Carson (1907-1964) 5th Prize–Cinemark movie tickets. and Fannie Lou Hamer (1907- 1977), civil rights activist and organizer of the Mississippi Kudos to Connie Carroll, Exchange Gift Shop manager. Carroll recently Freedom Party. The Federal received a special letter of appreciation from Bernard Matis of Parma, OH, Women’s Program Awards, in the for Carroll's oustanding service that helped to ensure a Merry Christmas for categories of supervisor and non- his son, who is a NASA enthusiast. In addition to her time spent in assisting supervisor, will be presented Matis in his gift selections over the phone, Carroll delivered the gifts to Matis following the performance. at the gate due to NASA's period of heightened security. 3 MARCH 2002
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Participants in the NASA PDP are Kacmar Saiyed Dr. Tuma Williams competitively selected by their center, and they engage in a year-long intensive benefits of the PDP program as well. "It plans. Williams is commended for his leadership development program that [PDP] enabled me to take an in-depth dedication, productivity, and quality of combines work assignments, review of myself and realize what my work. workshops, briefings by NASA’s true values and goals are and how they leadership, targeted training fit in with the NASA goals and objec- promotionpromotion opportunities, and individual coaching. tives. The program helped me deter- promotionpromotionpromotion The goal of the PDP is to provide these mine where I wanted to be down the Patricia (Patty) future leaders with a broad perspective road and what actions I needed to take Raimer was of both the Agency and the impact of to get there (even though it meant recently selected its programs. transferring to Dryden). It also brought as the new director me up to speed on some of the latest for Lewis Little This specific class took on a voluntary developments in management tools and Folks, Inc. (LLF) Day educational project to encourage techniques. Care Center. Prior students to pursue higher education in to this appoint- mathematics, science, and engineering Glen M. Williams, Office of Acquisi- ment, Raimer through establishing an interactive web tion, has been awarded one of the worked as a LLF Raimer page that will enable undergraduate NASA Procurement Person of the Year teacher for 3 1/2 and graduate students to expand their Awards. He was recognized as the years. She was previously employed as search beyond the Agency (see News "Midrange/Commercial Person of the a teacher at the Child Care Center at Notes on page 2). Year" for his outstanding work. During Riverside Hospital (Columbus, OH). the past year Williams oversaw the Raimer holds a Bachelor of Science Glenn graduates agree that the PDP NASA Research Announcement for the degree in Elementary Education from experience has broadened their Lithium-Based Polymer Energy Re- Ohio State University and is qualified understanding and provided them chargeable System, where he provided to serve as both principal and substi- opportunities to develop leadership training on processing mid-range tute teacher for the LLF Kindergarten. skills. procurements. Williams also served as She replaces Maureen Sartain who the prime party for identifying and resigned as LLF director in November Saiyed, who works in the Acoustics reporting to Headquarters the contracts 2001. Branch, said, "The training and that required safety provisions and experience in the PDP helped me develop new skills and refine existing
skills to be a leader in NASA." ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ in○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ thethe headlinesheadlinesin Dr. Tuma said her PDP experience has opened many doors. "Since returning to Glenn, I have held three different detail positions. The first was in the astronaut & artistartistastronaut Research and Technology Directorate Office working on the NASA Blueprint Apollo 12 lunar module pilot, Skylab 2 Com- for Aeronautics," said Tuma. "The mander and artist Alan Bean (pictured right) second and third details have been in made an appearance at Gallery One In Mentor the Space Transportation Project on Jan. 19 to open an exhibition of his prints, Office, where I have utilized my posters, and books. He presented an informa- management skills as a product line tional slide lecture, which focused on his manager for Integrated Vehicle Health Apollo experiences and how he develops Management and as the 2nd Genera- unique perspectives on canvas. Glenn's tion RLV Propulsion Element manager." Community and Media Relations Office supported the event with exhibits from the Kacmar, who now works at Dryden Apollo era including a Moon rock. Flight Research Center, sees many Photo by David DeFelice 4 MARCH 2002 AAAeroeroeroSSSpacepacepace FrontiersFrontiersFrontiers Center sets record, achieves awards for CFC
Photo by Tom Jares GGG LENN set a record for donations to recognized as the Agency that the Combined Federal Campaign conducted the best overall (CFC) in 2001. The Federal employees campaign. William Montague, and retirees of Glenn contributed over Cleveland's Veteran Administra- $410,000 this year, exceeding the tion Medical Center director campaign goal by $57,000. and this year's chair of the NEOCFC based his selection on "This year's Combined Federal Cam- the following criteria: donations, paign at Glenn was a tremendous participation, CFC promotional success," said Center Director Donald events, structure of campaign, Campbell. "Glenn employees' gener- and Loaned Executive's narra- osity ensures that the charities of CFC tive. can be generous, too—providing gifts of education, nutrition, and other life- Orlando Thompson, Sr., Glenn's supporting aid to those in need." CFC chairperson said, "I am Orlando Thompson, Sr., (right) Glenn's 2001 CFC particularly proud of this year's chairperson, Community & Media Relations Office, At ceremonies held on January 17 at efforts because not only did presents Center Director Donald Campbell the the Celebrezze Federal Office Build- Glenn employees extend their NEOCFC's Chairperson Award. ing, Glenn also won the coveted generosity to a Nation in need Northeast Ohio CFC (NEOCFC) after September 11, but they Pamelia Caswell, Community & Media Chairperson Award. It is the most also continued their annual Relations Office, contributed to this prestigious honor an organization can support to CFC charities." article. achieve. The recipient of this award is FY03 request puts stability into the budget
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We’ve worked hard at Glenn to craft to make faster trips throughout the O’Keefe explained that identifying position ourselves for the future,” solar system to visit multiple destinations priorities will be a major force behind explained Center Director Donald on the same mission. issues relating to the International Campbell. “The FY03 request puts Space Station. Specifically, the Agency stability into the budget, which helps us The 6-year process of decommissioning will examine five relevant areas: plan our programs.” the closed Plum Brook Reactor Facility prioritization of the science and continues through FY03. Decommis- technology agenda, analysis of the Chief Financial Officer Robert Fails, sioning Project Manager Timothy Polich remaining engineering challenges, explained that while most of Glenn’s explained that the major work would determination of the total cost to existing programs will continue on a involve the transportation and disposal complete and continue the program, steady basis, two areas within the of the core internals; reactor tank review of obligations with international budget—a new nuclear power program segmentation, removal, and disposal; partners, and refinement of all the and the decommissioning of the Plum and removal and disposal of equipment elements associated with the program, Brook Reactor—would account for most in hot dry storage. such as the Space Shuttle operation of the funding growth in FY03. (i.e. safety and maintenance, frequency Along with his proposed budget,
President Bush announced a new ○ of flights, etc.). The Nuclear Systems Initiative is part of a planned long-term, two-part program system aimed at measuring progress “We need to take a comprehensive that would safely enable ambitious within the Federal government. The approach to the International Space robotic missions throughout the solar Executive Branch Management Scorecard Station,” O’Keefe explained. “Space system. One part of the program would examines five areas: Human Capital, Station is not a program off to the side; continue production of radioisotope Financial Management, Competitive it’s not an individual effort. It is integral thermoelectric generators, which can Sourcing, E-Government, and Budget/ to all that goes on at NASA.” provide power for deep space missions Performance Integration, with the goal operating far from the Sun over a long of achieving the highest mark (green) in The FY03 budget request for the Office lifetime. They have been used safely each category. of Aerospace Technology Enterprise and reliably for the last 40 years. (Code R) from which Glenn receives Center Director Campbell said that the half of its program funding, is $2,815 The second part of the initiative, for Agency Budget “creates opportunities” million. This represents an increase of which Glenn will play a significant role, for NASA Centers to work collabora- 11 percent from FY02. Within this would develop a nuclear powered tively toward integrated programs that request, Glenn will be allocated $731 system for advanced propulsion applica- put us on a path for achievement of our million, up 16 percent from FY02. tions, enabling far more capable space- goals. N 5 MARCH 2002 Center, Cleveland welcome
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doing it differently than what had been done before.”
O’Keefe provided further insight into how he believes the Agency can ensure its preeminence. He echoed U.S. Diane Malarik,Telescience Support Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neill’s (a Center operations manager, greets former colleague at the Office of O'Keefe in the lobby of Bldg. 333. Management and Budget) three guiding principles of a great organization: