SpaceRef - Government and Politics - United States - NASA

SpaceRef - Government and Politics - United States - NASA - Planning And Mangement

NASA Benchmarking Guidance and Policy - Benchmarking, the process of continually comparing and measuring an organization's process against business/government leaders to gain information which will help the organization take action to improve its performance, can accelerate NASA's organizational transformation and help institutionalize continual improvement. This page explains NASA's current benchmarking policies. [NASA Headquarters]

NASA Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 Five-Year Plan 1998 - 2002 - This report, prepared at NASA Headquarters, describes the ways in which NASA will provide timely, reliable, financial, resources, and performance information to facilitate the planning, guiding, controlling, managing and achieving of Agency missions and activities.

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Basic Operations Manual (BOM) - This document contains the established policies by which Dryden flight projects and flight critical facility operations are conducted. The policies govern the way projects are handled from the conception of a program through its development process and into its operational phase.

NASA Federal Laboratory Review - The Interagency Federal Laboratory Review was initiated by the White House in 1995 to examine ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal research and development investment. This report was prepared by the NASA Federal Laboratory Review (NFLR) Task Force under the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).

NASA Four Year Reinvention Plan - In the summer of 1997, Vice President Gore called together the heads of 32 Federal organizations and charged each of the agency heads with developing a four-year reinvention plan which focuses on delivering great customer service, fostering partnerships and community solutions, and reinventing the agency to do more with less. This 4 year plan was developed from the overall NASA Strategic Plan.

NASA Science in Air and Space - NASA's Science Policy Guide - Published in 1996, "this guide speaks to the conduct of the research enterprise. It is an attempt to record and clarify the "rules of the road" that guide NASA's research programs. The Guide is intended as a major instrument for communication with the research community, other agencies and branches of government, industry and the American public." [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]

NASA Strategic Plan 1995 - This document lays out NASA's strategic plan for 1995 and the means whereby NASA plans to achieve the goals set out by this plan.

NASA Strategic Plan 1996 - This document lays out NASA's strategic plan for 1996 and the means whereby NASA plans to achieve the goals set out by this plan.

NASA Strategic Plan 1998 - with interim adjustments. - NASA Policy Directive (NPD)-1000.1a. This document builds on three previous editions and will be submitted with the Fiscal Year 1999 budget request as prescribed by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). In conjunction with comments received from our customers, stakeholders, employees, and NASA management councils, a number of improvements have been made to this edition of the Plan.