Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Building and Maintaining a Healthy and Strong NASA Workforce
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Building and Maintaining a Healthy and Strong NASA Workforce
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science and Technology U.S. House of Representatives, January 2, 2009, 110-2 House Report 110-935, *
Author: Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, for the One Hundred Tenth Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives for the ... Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007-2011)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science and state
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Building a Better NASA Workforce
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309107644
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) announced by President George W. Bush in 2004 sets NASA and the nation on a bold path to return to the Moon and one day put a human on Mars. The long-term endeavor represented by the VSE is, however, subject to the constraints imposed by annual funding. Given that the VSE may take tens of years to implement, a significant issue is whether NASA and the United States will have the workforce needed to achieve that vision. The issues range from short-term concerns about the current workforce's skills for overseeing the development of new spacecraft and launch vehicles for the VSE to long-term issues regarding the training, recruiting, and retaining of scientists and engineers in-house as well as in industry and academia. Asked to explore science and technology (S&T) workforce needs to achieve the nation's long-term space exploration, the Committee on Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration concluded that in the short term, NASA does not possess the requisite in-house personnel with the experience in human spaceflight systems development needed to implement the VSE. But the committee acknowledges that NASA is cognizant of this fact and has taken steps to correct it, primarily by seeking to recruit highly skilled personnel from outside NASA, including persons from industry and retirees. For the long term, NASA has to ask if it is attracting and developing the talent it will need to execute a mission to return to the Moon, and the agency must identify what it needs to do to attract and develop a world-class workforce to explore other worlds. A major challenge for NASA is reorienting its human spaceflight workforce from the operation of current vehicles to the development of new vehicles at least throughout the next decade, as well as starting operations with new rockets and new spacecraft. The committee emphasizes further that when evaluating its future workforce requirements, NASA has to consider not only programs for students, but also training opportunities for its current employees. NASA's training programs at the agency's various field centers, which are focused on NASA's civil service talent, require support to prevent the agency's internal skill base from withering. Furthermore, NASA faces the risk that, if it fails to nurture its own internal workforce, skilled personnel will be attracted to other government agencies and industry. Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration explains the findings and recommendations of the committee.
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007-2011)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on SciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Integrating Employee Health
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096235
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The American workforce is changing, creating new challenges for employers to provide occupational health services to meet the needs of employees. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) workforce is highly skilled and competitive and employees frequently work under intense pressure to ensure mission success. The Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer at NASA requested that the Institute of Medicine review its occupational health programs, assess employee awareness of and attitude toward those programs, recommend options for future worksite preventive health programs, and ways to evaluate their effectiveness. The committee's findings show that although NASA has a history of being forward-looking in designing and improving health and wellness programs, there is a need to move from a traditional occupational health model to an integrated, employee-centered program that could serve as a national model for both public and private employers to emulate and improve the health and performance of their workforces.
The NASA Workforce
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description