May 16 2011
From The Space Library
CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-023 NASA AWARDS AUDIT, ASSESSMENT AND ASSURANCE SERVICES CONTRACT CLEVELAND --
NASA selected Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. of Columbia, Md., to provide safety audits, technical assessments and mission assurance support services for the agency. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a period of performance of five years with a potential value of $96 million. The contract will be managed at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland. Honeywell Technology Solutions will provide support services associated with institutional safety assessment and hazard analysis; system safety hazard analysis; reliability, maintainability and risk analysis; mishap investigations; quality engineering and assurance; software safety and assurance; assessments/audits; analysis of assessments and audit results; and training and outreach associated with these services. The NASA Safety Center supports the safety and mission assurance requirements of NASA's portfolio of programs and projects. The center reports to the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
RELEASE: 11-149 NASA AND TECH PARTNERS ENCOURAGE INFORMATION EXCHANGE
WASHINGTON -- NASA, Google, HP, Microsoft, The World Bank and Yahoo! are inviting software developers, independent computer experts and students to participate in the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event on June 4 and 5 at several worldwide locations. RHoK is a "hackathon" that brings together the best hackers from around the world to use their skills to make the world a better place by building a community of innovation. They volunteer their time to develop new approaches to disaster relief challenges. "NASA encourages RHoK developers to use open data sets to create cutting edge applications that can help solve global challenges," said NASA's Chief Information Officer Linda Cureton. "We are excited to support RHoK and explore new ways NASA data can help the world." RHoK also is an opportunity to meet and work with top software developers and experts, create new applications and win prizes. Events are planned in Hartford, Conn., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle and Silicon Valley. International venues are in Berlin; Toronto; Aarhus, Denmark; Basel, Switzerland; Bangalore, India; Buenos Aires; Kampala, Uganda; Lusaka, Zambia; Melbourne, Australia; Nairobi, Kenya; Trento, Italy; and Santiago, Chile. During past events, participants worked on applications that are already making an impact. "I'm OK," a service that lets people inform their families about their status, was used during the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile in 2010. The World Bank is piloting software for visualizing landslide risk in the Caribbean. Other apps have received support and interest from government and non-government organizations around the world.
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