Nov 12 2003
From The Space Library
NASA announced the appointment of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas Q. Donaldson V as Director of its SSC in Mississippi, effective 5 January 2004. Since February 2000, Donaldson had served as Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, one of 30 agencies at SSC. NASA appointed Deputy Director of SSC Michael Rudolphi, who had been acting as interim Director since May 2003, to manage the Space Shuttle Propulsion Office at NASA's MSFC in Huntsville, Alabama, effective 1 December 2003. (NASA, “NASA Names New Stennis Space Center Director,” news release 03-362, 12 November 2003, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/nov/HQ_03362_stennis_director.html (accessed 5 February 2009); NASA, “Rudolphi Named NASA Space Shuttle Propulsion Manager,” news release 03-363, 12 November 2003, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/nov/HQ_03363_rudolphi.html (accessed 5 February 2009).
The Partnership for Public Service announced the results of the first survey measuring employee satisfaction in the federal government, conducted several months before the Space Shuttle Columbia accident. The survey results ranked NASA first, overall, among 28 major government agencies; NASA's MSFC in Huntsville, Alabama, ranked first, and its JSC in Houston, Texas, ranked second, among 200 smaller divisions. NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe attended a news conference to publicize the results of the survey, describing the findings as a “proud day” for NASA. O'Keefe remarked that, although NASA was in the midst of working through the tragedy of the Columbia accident, the survey results established that NASA had a “very good foundation upon which to work.(Mark Carreau and Megh Duwati, “Federal Employees Rate NASA Tops,” Houston Chronicle, 13 November 2003; Jeffrey McMurray for the Associated Press, “Huntsville Space Center Named Best Federal Place To Work,” 12 November 2003; David Lerman, “Study: It's Good To Be at NASA Langley,” Hampton Roads Daily Press (VA), 13 November 2003.
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