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HIGHLIGHTS — April 30, 2009: Volume 2, Issue 4
Message from the Academy Director
NASA on the Hill
CBO Analyzes Future NASA Scenarios — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that assessed four alternative scenarios to NASA's plans for the future.
This Month in NASA History
25th Anniversary of the Solar Maximum Repair Mission — On April 9, 1984, STS-41C astronauts captured the ailing Solar Maximum spacecraft, serviced it on orbit, and released it back into operation.
Features
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Inside the Academy
Chris Williams Joins Academy Team
Christine Williams, Director of NASA's Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP), has joined the Academy team. -
Brindley McGowan Receives Space Flight Awareness Award
Brindley McGowan, Manager of Technical Education and Training at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), received the Space Flight Awareness Award in March 2009.
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Academy Introduces Masters with Masters
The Academy featured Acting Administrator Chris Scolese and NASA Chief Engineer Mike Ryschkewitsch in its first Masters with Masters session.
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Academy Presentation: Talent Management
Academy Director Ed Dr. Hoffman addressed the Project Management Institute's Global Corporate Council on talent management.
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Research Brief
Communication and Information Sharing on Virtual Teams
Keeping up with team members working in different locations is a common difficulty on virtual teams, according to a study by Microsoft. -
Leadership Bookshelf: Scott E. Page's The Difference
There is an empirically sound reason that NASA project life cycle reviews should bring together diverse groups of thinkers: there is strength in cognitive diversity, according to Scott E. Page.
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