ASK OCE — August 4, 2006 — Vol. 1 Issue 11 When accidents happen in organizations like NASA, engineers first look to the chain of events to isolate the technical problem. What if an accident stems from a systems failure or human error? After studying technical risk and safety for more than two decades, […]
ASK OCE — August 4, 2006 — Vol. 1 Issue 11 Project management is becoming a more mature discipline across the federal government, says Greg Balestrero, CEO of the Project Management Institute.
ASK OCE — August 4, 2006 — Vol. 1 Issue 11 NASA’s science portfolio is in danger of becoming unbalanced due to cutbacks, according to a report by the National Research Council.
ASK OCE — August 4, 2006 — Vol. 1 Issue 11 Apollo 15, the fourth manned mission to the moon, explored the lunar surface July 30-August 2, 1971.
ASK OCE — August 4, 2006 — Vol. 1 Issue 11 China aims to conduct a moonwalk by 2024, according to China National Space Administration lunar program vice director Long Lehao. The Chinese Chang’e program consists of a series of unmanned missions to the Moon. The program was announced in 2003 and is named […]
ASK OCE — August 4, 2006 — Vol. 1 Issue 11 By Chris Scolese A hallmark of great organizations is effective internal communication. At the dawn of the Information Age, when command-and-control structures were the norm for businesses and government agencies, communication usually flowed in one direction: down from the top. This is […]
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 The construction of the Panama Canal, widely considered one of the world’s greatest civil engineering feats, also necessitated one of the largest and most historic electrical installations of the 20th century.
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 India has its eye on the moon, and its burgeoning civil space program is collaborating in new ways with the United States.
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 In the early 1970s, there were a number of challenges involved in bringing the new and complex Space Shuttle program on line. None loomed larger, however, than the ultimate decision by the program team to launch STS-1 with a human crew on board […]
