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NASA Administrator Makes Two Key Appointments NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe named Paul A. Strassmann as Special Assistant to the Administrator for Information Management, effective immediately. Strassmann, who has been honored worldwide for his pioneering work in Information Technology (IT) development, will serve as a senior advisor to the NASA Administrator on information management and technology structure issues. In his new position, Strassmann will conduct an analysis of current information management operations and will support the development and implementation of an agency-wide vision for IT. He will also work in close cooperation with the Special Assistant to the Administrator for Financial Management to optimize the efficiency and operation of the Integrated Financial Management Program, known as IFMP. Strassmann is president of The Information Economic Press, and his monthly articles have appeared in Computerworld magazine since 1994. He has served as Chief Corporate Information Systems executive from 1961 to 1985 for General Foods, Kraft and the Xerox Corp. Strassmann served as senior advisor to the Science Applications International Corporation; he is Associate of the Butley Group, a United Kingdom consultancy; and he is on the Board of Visitors at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. In addition, Bryan D. O'Connor, a former NASA Space Shuttle program director, astronaut and Marine Corps test pilot, was named Associate Administrator for the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. He replaces Fredrick D. Gregory, who has been leading the Office of Space Flight since December. O'Connor, 55, will be responsible for the oversight of all agency safety issues through the development, implementation and oversight of reliability, maintainability and quality assurance policies. He will report to NASA on June 3, 2002. O'Connor was selected as an astronaut in May 1980 and is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. He was pilot on STS-61B in 1985 and crew commander of STS-40 in 1991. For more on
Strassmann, visit: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2002/02-076.txt
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