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The Michoud Business Office performs the Project Planning and Control function for NASA, managing all NASA program activities and resident tenant occupancy at MAF.  The MBO manages the financial components of all MAF tenant projects performing work at MAF and enables mission success through effective fiscal resource execution.  The purpose of PP&C is to manage, assess, and improve integrated project cost and schedule performance, considering risk and technical content scope and mission objectives.  At MAF, where we host NASA, federal, and commercial tenants, the MBO manages and tracks the status of all occupancy related funding streams to support efficient execution of all facility operational and maintenance services offered at MAF.

Site Overview about MAF Business Office

Location

New Orleans, LA

Assistant MAnager

Doug Riser

Teams completed welding of the liquid oxygen dome for the core stage of a future SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The dome, which will cap off the forward end of the liquid oxygen tank, was lifted off of the robotic weld tool and moved to an assembly area for the next phase of production. Later, crews will add the forward dome to join the two barrels and the aft dome to complete the liquid oxygen tank. The flight hardware will be used for Artemis IV, the first flight of SLS in its Block 1B configuration.  The SLS core stage liquid oxygen tank holds 196,000 gallons of super-cooled liquid propellant. The SLS core stage is made up of five unique elements: the forward skirt, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, liquid hydrogen tank, and the engine section. The liquid oxygen and the liquid hydrogen tanks will provide propellant to the four RS-25 engines to produce more than two million pounds of thrust to help launch NASA’s Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies beyond Earth’s orbit to the Moon. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
Teams completed welding of the liquid oxygen dome for the core stage of a future SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The dome, which will cap off the forward end of the liquid oxygen tank, was lifted off of the robotic weld tool and moved to an assembly area for the next phase of production.
Credits: NASA

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

– Manage, track, and report all tenant occupancy and demand financial resources
– Facilitate timely resource availability for all operational and demand services
– Integrate expectations of project stakeholders
– Commit with technical subject matter experts and onsite operations service provider in facility project formulation when a credible plan is developed that covers three aspects of performance:

a. technical scope of work including risk
b. cost of work
c. schedule of work

Financial Support

For NASA space hardware production at MAF, NASA is required to develop an annual budget, and report to Congress and the public on its fiscal management and programmatic performance.

NASA’s annual budget request is subject to the congressional appropriations process which results in the provision of fiscally appropriated resources to execute our directed missions.  The MBO performs all budgetary actions associated with the Space Launch System and Orion programs residency and facility requirements at MAF.

For all occupancy related tenant activities at MAF, the MBO provides the financial services to allow for the provision of all operational and maintenance services performed at MAF. This includes the invoicing and collection of occupancy revenues that provide for services performed by our onsite operations contractor, with the objectives of timely and accurate execution of all financial transactions required to initiate and perform facility and critical system maintenance projects.

Contact

Doug Riser
Assistant Manager
james.d.riser@nasa.gov
256.684.2451
Gary Sexton
Budget Analyst
gary.e.sexton@nasa.gov
205.602.1578
Maggie Snowden-Foozer
Budget Analyst
margaret.j.foozer@nasa.gov
504.355.7974
Yessica Landry
Business Analyst
yessica.l.landry@nasa.gov
504.616.0807