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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Human Capital Study
NASA (posted: 04/23/2004)
The 2004 Senate Appropriations Committee directed the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to involve the
National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) in
a study of selected NASA activities in two major areas: (1)
strategic human capital management issues; (2) organizational
structure, management, and performance issues. The Academy's
study will be guided and directed by an expert seven-member
Panel. The study will build upon the "One NASA"
concept and support the long-term transformational changes
required for the agency to implement its strategic plan and
realize its vision. This project will be conducted in two
phases. Phase I focuses on strategic human capital and the
new flexibilities outlined in the NASA Flexibility Act of
2004 (P.L. 108-201). The Phase I tasks are outlined below.
- Review NASA's policies and procedures
associated with each new human capital management authority.
- Identify effective best practices for
change management strategies to ensure comprehensive communications
with stakeholders and implementation of the new human capital
management flexibilities.
- Examine human capital management flexibilities
in other organizations and assess their potential applicability
to NASA.
- Assess NASA's current human capital management
business practices to determine their effectiveness and
linkage to the new flexibilities.
- Assess NASA's overall workforce size
and composition to determine whether balance in number of
government employees and contractors and the distribution
of the types of functions performed is appropriate.
- Assess NASA's leadership development
program.
Phase II, focusing on management and
performance issues, will be outlined before completion of
Phase I.
Myra Howze Shiplett
Ongoing
The Academy has appointed the following individuals to
a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may
send comments on the composition of the panel for a period
of seven (7) days following the posted date to csterling@napawash.org.
James
E. Colvard (Chair) - Visiting
Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Former Associate Director, Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory; Deputy Director, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management; Director of Civilian Personnel Policy, U.S. Navy;
Deputy Chief of Naval Material; Technical Director, Naval
Surface Weapons Center.
Sallyanne Harper
- Chief Mission Support Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
U.S. General Accounting Office. Former positions with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Chief Financial Officer/Acting
Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management;
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Management and Administration/Deputy
Chief Financial Officer; Finance Director; Associate Director,
Superfund Procurement Operations. Former Contract Specialist
and Contracting Officer in major weapons systems acquisition
with the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Regional
Contracting Office.
Harriett G. Jenkins
- Consultant. Former Director, Office of Senate Fair Employment
Practices, U.S. Senate; Assistant Administrator, Equal Opportunity
Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Teacher,
Principal, Director of Elementary Education, and Assistant
Superintendent for Instruction, Berkeley Public School System.
Elsa A. Porter
- Senior Fellow, The Meridian International Institute. Former
Vice President, Research and Development, The Maccoby Group;
Assistant Secretary of Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce; Chief, Analysis and Development Division, U.S. Civil
Service Commission.
Bernard D. Rostker
- Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation. Former Under Secretary
of Defense (Personnel and Readiness); Special Assistant to
the Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses, Medical Readiness,
and Military Deployment; Under Secretary of the Army. Former
positions with the Department of the Navy: Assistant Secretary
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Economist, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis.
Former positions with RAND Corporation: Director, Defense
Manpower Research Center, National Defense Research Institute;
Program Director, Force Development and Employment Program;
Associate Director, Arroyo Center.
Meeting 1: May
27, 2004 (closed) (posted 4/23/04)
Meeting 2: July 26 from
10am-3pm (posted 6/8/04)
Meeting 3: August 30 from
10am-3pm (posted 6/8/04)
Meeting 4: October 4 from
10am-3pm (posted 6/8/04)
Meeting 5: November 15 from
10am-3pm (posted 6/8/04)
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