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at nasa we're on a mission of equity

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launching opportunity

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equal opportunity to challenge and

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inspire to learn and thrive to reach

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those we've never reached before to use

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science

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data and technology to advance equity to

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shatter boundaries

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and break down barriers across america

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to create a better future

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nasa is a 21st century agency with 22nd

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century goals

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and our mission is made up of very

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complex challenges

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but we have tremendous opportunities and

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rewards and what we know is that

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diversity and equity and inclusion and

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accessibility

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it leads to greater innovation

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and our commitment

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to these values has encouraged

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our unequaled workforce

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mission equity

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will help nasa's programs accessible to

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all americans

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it includes the historically underserved

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communities such as

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people with disabilities veterans

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underserved urban areas

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and communities of color

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nasa is a just a small piece of the

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blind administration's efforts

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to advance equal opportunity

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we need

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information from you

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we want to thank you for your

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participation today

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and please continue to engage with us

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because when nasa opens doors to talent

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that is previously left untamped

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i'm sophia marnell the president and

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owner of election incorporated

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we've been in business officially since

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2005 however we started with nasa um

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contractor or subcontractor around 2003

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we started in headquarters

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budget and financial work but then it

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led to information technology

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it led to administration program project

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management to even a co-patent with

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with goddard space center for an

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nasa has always been um one of those

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vendors who

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has helped us grow we started very small

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you know one or two people to be honest

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and i was on site working at nasa and if

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it wasn't for them kind of saying you

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can do this

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i probably wouldn't have maybe started

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election so i kind of have nasa to thank

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for that but then from there moving on

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from headquarters to the program offices

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and then through the centers

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has not only allowed us to grow through

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nasa um and be able to work at um the

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visitor centers which we lead and are

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the contract contractor for the visitor

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centers for goddard and wallops we're

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now able to show the world what nasa

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end for folks that are as far away as

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dubai and england and kind of share what

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who has been the forefront of allowing

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us to understand not only how nasa does

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to grow and how not only can how nasa

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can help us but how we can that you know

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assist nasa as well so that partnership

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has really led not only to to expand

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throughout nasa but also believe it or

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these other agencies because we started

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a diverse business you know what it

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takes and so we were able to kind of

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let us win a 300 million dollar bpa at

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the department of energy amongst other

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contracts so we've grown as a small

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business um but the right way so we do

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have um nasa to think for that and

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technologies that nasa has has really

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being a diverse um small business there

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are challenges and understanding what

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is helpful to make sure that you are

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success successful and so i think that

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now especially now in 2020 2021

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i talked to all small businesses to say

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that you know nasa is one of those

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agencies that as a small business and

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um those alerts that come from a diverse

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agencies that um support not only

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support small business but kind of

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mentors and says hey you can do it so i

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nasa for helping us on that and we

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nasa to improve not only ourselves but

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for research and graduate studies at the

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some form of collaboration with nasa

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successful and continued relationship

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so they may not know about other

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agencies even though they are doing the

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overall i could see that our recruitment

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effort has increased in terms of quality

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hi my name is steve shee i'm the

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associate administrator for diversity

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and equal opportunity here at nasa i'm

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so grateful for your participation in

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today's public meeting nasa is fully

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committed to diversity equity inclusion

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and accessibility deia because we know

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we're at our best when we include and

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make our agency equitable and accessible

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to everyone this allows us to access the

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full variety of skills knowledge

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capabilities thinking problem solving

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and innovation that we need to be able

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to succeed in the challenging work we do

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and this allows us to best serve the

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public helping to make our country

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stronger healthier and more successful

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work at nasa to reinforce deia

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value of inclusion to demonstrate and

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focus on deia including our artemis

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program that will land the first woman

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each other so we have the best teamwork

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benefit of all human beings

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we're especially fully engaged in the

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implementation of multiple new executive

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orders on deia including the january

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20th 2021 executive order on advancing

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ranked number one among large agencies

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for employee engagement for the past

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nine consecutive years and we've also

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been ranked number one in inclusiveness

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at nasa we make air and space available

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psychological safety so people don't

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work and this enables us to provide the

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best benefits of our work to all human

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participating and supporting our mission

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equity and deia work and thank you for

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joining us in making air in space

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person uh emmy barrios robinson so the

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company is named after her maiden name

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um and back in the late 80s

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when the first socio-economic set-asides

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were happening decided to start a

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company so she gathered a group of eight

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and one of which was our current ceo

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sandy johnson

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and they wrote a proposal on knights and

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weekends and they won so literally

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barrios opened its doors 41 years ago

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july 1st um with uh with the prime

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contract to nasa and we've supported

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human spaceflight ever since today we

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have about 600 employees we are we have

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a prime contract for the human

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spaceflight technical integration

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contract in houston at jsc we have a

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prime contract at marshall space flight

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center for project coordination across

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various different programs

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we have

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folks in ed ames research center in

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california and kennedy space center we

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have about 150 people supporting all the

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artemis missions that there are so we

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we have quite a breath

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and we had a lot of experience a whole

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lot of growth we do everything from

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curating the moon rocks to

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helping to pluck this the orion capsule

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out of the ocean when it lands and this

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test and test flights that we've had

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recently

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the impact that's had on our company

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first of all our employees love

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coming to work we all

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you know we're it's all about the

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mission for for our company um people

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are very proud of the work that we do

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that we get the chance to do for for

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nasa

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and um out of that has grown

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um opportunities for us in commercial

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space so we do work with in fact almost

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all of the commercial space companies

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that you would have heard of uh we have

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done work with the cygnus spacecraft we

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do work for the dream chaser uh we do

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work for the boeing cst 100

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you know all those companies and others

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are companies that we support and that

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comes directly from our heritage as a

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space company

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the growth of the company certainly has

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followed the programs that the agency

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has

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over time shuttle we were big shuttle

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supporters we're mission control center

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folks during the shuttle days we have

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done uh

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all of the human spaceflight contracts

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uh that have come along barrios has been

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a part of

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so that legacy um

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is

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i think the company has been so

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successful we started as a woman owned

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originally

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we maintained a woman-owned and we will

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continue to be a woman-owned and

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operated company and so we're very proud

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of that what i would say to other

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companies that are that are like us

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woman-owned or or

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small companies uh

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veteran-owned whatever it may be is uh

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it's important to

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take advantage of the resources that are

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available through nasa small business

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liaisons small business advocates at the

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different centers

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to really do your homework and make sure

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that you respond to all the things that

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they ask for when they ask for

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information like the recent rfi that

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came out request for information treat

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it seriously answer the test questions

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uh

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write up what you do

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and and then make sure that when you

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network with other companies they

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understand what you do that relates to

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what they do

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there there truly is room for everyone

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in this industry it's very technical

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very engineering very science and that

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can be scary but all of those different

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technical areas

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have to be supported by different types

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of administration

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work technical administration or and or

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just

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administration

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scheduling cost uh

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resource management uh human resources

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all those things are also part of of

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getting the missions accomplished so

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whatever your firm can do that fits in

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this very wide spectrum of services um

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there is a place for you within within

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this industry and i hope

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that uh if you are interested that

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you'll you'll make that move and and

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come join us uh as part of the nasa team

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my name is xia and i watch everybody

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called

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kobe anna

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i am the assistant director for research

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development

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at johnson c smith university

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i have been working for

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since

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i'm mainly responsible for acquiring

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more

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extramural

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and government funding to advance

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research development

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and strengthen

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our institutional capacity

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that can impact

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the enrollment

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retention and graduation

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of our students

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i want to give you this brief sentiment

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on the history

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of our university's work

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johnson c smith university

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has been building

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we have hosted nasa's

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annual

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mi engagement forum during the week of

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the cia double a

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basketball

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tournament since 2018.

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mainly our division the division of

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government sponsor programs and research

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manage this relationship

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with nasa

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of the university so since 2018

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we have hosted three

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annual forums

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on our campus

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i want to

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thank you thank nasa for this

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important

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very helpful forum

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because

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[Music]

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at this forum

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our faculty

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and our professional staff members

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they learned

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a lot

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of nasa's

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programs

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grant and contract opportunities

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and also learned how to apply for

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grown-up contracts

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there were about 15

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hbcu msi schools

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attended this forum

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and engaged in discussions with

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the panel members and officers from nasa

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but these also gives

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us

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this issue

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the opportunity

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to collaborate and partner

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with other agencies

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so

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to date

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i can say

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the relationship

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with nasa

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has resulted in gcsu

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gaining

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familiarity with nasa's programs

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gaining

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publicity on gcsu's research capacity

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student internships

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and the identification of

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many different

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grant and contract opportunities

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in short i

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hope by working with nasa we can extend

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and enhance our risk abilities

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to develop more scientists and experts

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hello i am carla smith-jackson the nasa

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senior procurement executive deputy

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chief acquisition officer and the

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assistant administrator for procurement

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i want to take this opportunity to thank

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you first for considering the national

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aeronautics and space administration

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either by learning about our agency or

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exploring acquisition opportunities

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secondly and more importantly for giving

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us insight into the

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agency's response to executive order

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13985

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advancing racial equity and support for

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the underserved communities through the

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federal government by contributing to

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our assessment

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and understanding of potential barriers

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that underserved and underrepresented

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communities businesses academia and

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individuals face in nasa's procurement

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programs and grant opportunities

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the fact of the matter is while these

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are challenging and unprecedented times

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at nasa it's an incredible opportunity

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to make a difference in the way we do

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business with the potential to make an

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impact for years to come

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your ideas are critical to our success

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and this effort will involve the whole

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of the nation uniting the brightest

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minds of academia and businesses of all

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sizes and types

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by responding to our questions through

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this request for information process on

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or before august 31st

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we hope to initiate vibrant meaningful

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and substantive discussions that will

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help the agency improve current policies

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practices and programs with the goal to

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develop a more robust industrial base

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nasa is on a journey to the moon mars

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and beyond and we are determined to

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partner with you in this important

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endeavor

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your feedback to this request for

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information will contribute to this

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effort and nasa's goal of landing the

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first woman and the first person of

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color on the lunar surface as part of

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the artemis program

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together we can promote equity signaling

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to every american that they too can see

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themselves among the stars

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the agency's many public private

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partnerships are already advancing

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capabilities for human space flight

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while stimulating commercial activities

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nasa spends approximately 85 percent of

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its budget on acquiring goods and

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services and the work in which you are

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engaged in

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is right for our economy our

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competitiveness and the progress we will

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make on the path to greater discovery

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ingenuity and innovation

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we look forward to working with you to

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ensure you have the knowledge and

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critical resources needed to compete for

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contracts and grant opportunities so

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that you can produce the goods and the

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services we need to lead us into the

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unknown and keep america the greatest

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nation on earth hello my name is dianna

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vashuk i am the chief operating officer

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for harris miller miller and hanson we

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are a

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small woman-owned business out of

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burlington massachusetts

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our firm works on environmental analysis

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in support of policy

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research as well as the application of

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environmental laws

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and most of our work focuses in the

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transportation sector so aviation

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highway and rail

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we have been around for about 40 years

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and have had the chance of work to work

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with nasa several times in our history

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but most recently in the last two years

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or so

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we pursued a

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project

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that is supposed to look at the noise

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impacts of sonic booms of a new aircraft

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new experimental aircraft the x-59

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this is a nasa project that has been

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ongoing for many years now and

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and we are now at a very exciting

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time when the plane is almost ready to

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fly and our job will be to

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follow it around the nation to a few

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sites and

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record its record its flights and the

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noise it makes and see what kind of

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impact that has on local communities the

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way that i think we

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positioned ourselves to have a

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relationship with nasa which of course

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isn't easy because every company in the

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world would like to work on exciting and

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innovative projects like that

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is that

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we hire a

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variety of folks in all

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areas of expertise so noise and

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vibration and environmental application

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research policy development

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and we bring these folks together to put

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together proposals

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white papers

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and

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other innovative ways to show off our

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expertise if i may offer some advice to

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other businesses especially small

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disadvantaged businesses in terms of how

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to pursue work with nasa

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one thing is hire the best people you

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can possibly find make them

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be of

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various backgrounds

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make them

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be interested in different parts of

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the science of

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in whichever business you're in

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and then really focus these folks for a

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while on understanding

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what nasa's mission is

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how it relates to budgets how it relates

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to what you do and

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and then just be persistent

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write

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conferences

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uh

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get to know as much as you know about

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the people who

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work on nasa's programs i think that the

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sort of opportunities that working with

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nasa uh creates

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for folks entering the the market the

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labor market

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are just so exciting that it's hard to

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overestimate the impact of nasa on

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um

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on diversity uh really the sky's the

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limit um and if you think about how hard

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these missions are that nasa uh has to

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accomplish really it can't be limited to

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to any

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any

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particular type of

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uh

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person to support it it has to be a very

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technically and otherwise varied uh

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group of people hi my name is almesha

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campbell and i serve as the assistant

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vice president for research and economic

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development at jackson state university

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i want to say that jackson state has

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benefited greatly from our long-standing

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relationship with nasa from hosting the

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nasa technology and fusion world tours

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to nasa days at jsu to fund and receive

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to establish our nasa resource educator

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center and the innovations in climate

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education cooperative agreement and the

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nasa shared services mentor protege

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agreement

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helped us greatly in terms of using that

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experience to position jsu to leverage

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its capabilities to build relationships

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that's critical to ensuring high

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performance and efficiency we also will

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provide a resources that helps us with

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hr and talent development at the student

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and faculty and staff levels and it

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assisted with diversifying the

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institutional research portfolio so

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moving away from just grants only to

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also contracts and subcontracts and also

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through those internship provided to our

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students they were able to get

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real-world experiential training

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that would allow them to access jobs and

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careers had they not participated in

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this program may not have been able to

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know that these things are offered by

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nasa and also it facilitated access to

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corporate partners and technologies that

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are critical to stem curricular and

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research training so we were able to

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change some of our stem curriculum to

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make sure that we align in them with

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nasa's mission

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and so we all know that diversity in

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space is needed

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but academic institutions have to

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provide those opportunities for students

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to engage in space related activities

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such as aligning their stem curriculum

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with nathan's mission and providing

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students with information about career

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options at nasa not just the stem but

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also allowing them to know that if

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they're in business public health or

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liberal arts that their opportunities

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for them agnes directorate

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i would say that nasa has been a really

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great partner for jackson state

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universities and i'm sure that other

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academic institutions can benefit from

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such a partnership with nasa

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good afternoon

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i'm melanie saunders nasa's deputy

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associate administrator nasa has long

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recognized that diverse equitable

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inclusive and accessible workplaces

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yield higher performing organizations

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these same principles apply to nasa's

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approach to contracting and partnerships

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working with a diverse set of businesses

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whether small businesses minority women

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or veteran owned or operating in

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economically disadvantaged areas yields

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a higher performing national space

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economy a stronger stem workforce for

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america and greater advancements in

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exploration discovery aeronautics and

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technology developments that benefit all

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americans we're looking to ensure the

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benefits of our science missions reach

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across the country from urban

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neighborhoods to rural communities that

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every american farmer has access to

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earth science data that can help boost

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crop yields that every university and

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college including minority serving

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institutions have access to

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opportunities to participate in research

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and development efforts that propel the

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nasa mission

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these are ambitious goals i know but

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nasa is by its nature and to its core

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ambitious in all it does we hope that

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you will join us in our mission

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we will begin five breakout sessions at

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2 p.m eastern and hope you can

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participate in these important