Apr 7 2010

From The Space Library

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-069

NASA SELECTS ALASKA COMPANY FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION SUPPORT

HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has selected Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, to support the agency-wide Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program. The five-year maximum value of the contract is $38.8 million. The contract, managed by the Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., is entitled Operation of the Center for Aerospace Information and Scientific and Technical Information Program Support. NASA, as directed by the Space Act of 1958, collects and distributes agency research data to the widest practical audience. Through the STI Program, NASA acquires, manages and distributes data to advance agency goals in aeronautics, space science and technology; and to improve U.S. competitiveness. The contractor will acquire, process and distribute unclassified NASA and other STI pertinent to agency missions and goals. They will provide STI via a Web-based environment and maintain Internet-based search and access capability.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-147

NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AT SPACEPORT

WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will attend a dedication celebrating completion of the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico at 11 a.m. MST on Friday, Oct. 22. She will be available before and after the event for media interviews. Garver will speak at the runway dedication event and also will be a keynote speaker on Thursday at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in Las Cruces, N.M. To arrange an interview, contact Grey Hautaluoma at 202-358-0668 or grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov by 5 p.m. EST Thurs., Oct. 21.

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