GRC NEWS RELEASE 04-025





04-025
For Release: April 13, 2004



Lori J. Rachul
Media Relations Office
216/433-8806
Lori.J.Rachul@nasa.gov


NOTE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S MEDIA ROUNDTABLE 
OPEN TO LOCAL MEDIA 



Local media representatives are invited to listen in by telephone to a 
media roundtable with NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The main topic 
will be the Assessment and Plan for Organizational Culture Change at 
NASA.



The media roundtable, which will take place at NASA Headquarters in 
Washington, is today from 3 to approximately 3:45 p.m. Reporters can 
listen in to the roundtable by telephone, but will be unable to ask 
questions. The listen in numbers are: 1-321-867-1220/1240/1260.



After the Columbia Accident Investigation Board found NASA's history 
and culture contributed to the loss of the Shuttle, the agency 
embarked on a plan to transform organizational and safety culture. 
Behavioral Science Technology, Inc. (BST) of Calif. was selected to 
help NASA develop and implement a plan for changing the agency-wide 
safety climate and culture. The BST assessment, which includes input 
from an employee survey conducted in February, and implementation 
plan was submitted to NASA in March.



The results of the assessment are available on the Internet at: 
http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/index.html



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