February 28, 2007, 2:30 pm, SR 253, Posture hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences (Chairman Bill Nelson, D-FL) regarding NASA’s FY 2008 Budget Request

Opening Statement of Bill Nelson
Opening Statement of Ted Stevens

NASA Witness: Administrator Michael Griffin

March 7, 2007, 2:30 pm, SR 253, Hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences (Chairman Bill Nelson, D-FL) regarding Earth Science

NASA witness: Dr. Michael Freilich
Director, Earth Science Division
Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Other witnesses:

Dr. Berrien Moore III, Director
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Dr. Otis D. Brown, Dean
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

Ms. Nancy Colleton
President, Institute for Global Environment Strategies
Executive Director, Alliance for Earth Observations

March 13, 2007, 10:00 am 2362A RHOB & 2:00 pm 2362B RHOB
March 14, 2007, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm, 2362A RHOB
Posture hearing before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Chairman Alan Mollohan, D-WV) regarding NASA’s FY 2008 Budget Request

NASA witness: Administrator Michael Griffin

March 15, 2007, 10:00 am, 2318 RHOB, Posture hearing before the House Science and Technology Committee (Chairman Bart Gordon, D-TN) regarding NASA’s FY 2008 Budget Request

NASA witness: Administrator Michael Griffin

March 15, 2007, 2:00 pm, 138 Dirksen, Posture hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Chair Barbara Mikulski, D-MD) regarding NASA’s FY 2008 Budget Request

NASA witness: Administrator Michael Griffin

March 28, 2007, 2:30 pm, SR 253, Hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences (Chairman Bill Nelson, D-FL) regarding Transitioning to the Next Generation Human Space Flight System

NASA witness: Associate Administrator Space Operations MIssion Directorate William H. Gerstenmaier

Other witnesses:
Mr. Ron Dittemore, President ATK Launch Systems
Mr. John Karas, Vice President, Space Exploration Lockheed Martin
Mr. Allen Li, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management U.S. Government Accountability Office
Mr. Johnny Walker, Directing Business Representative IAM&AW District Lodge 166
Mr. Michael McCulley, Chief Executive Officer United Space Alliance

March 29, 2007, Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security (Chairman Tom Carper, D-DE) regarding "Eliminating and Recovering Improper Payments"

NASA witness: Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Terry Bowie

Outside Witnesses:
Office of Management and Budget/Linda M. Combs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services /Timothy B. Hill
Department of Housing and Urban Development/John W. Cox
Department of Homeland Security/David Norquist

May 2, 2007, Hearing before the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chairman Mark Udall, D-CO) regarding NASA’s Science Program

Hearing Charter

Chairman Mark Udall Opening Statement

NASA witness: Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Alan Stern
Other witnesses: Dr. Lennard Fisk, Chair, Space Studies Board, National Research Council;
Dr. Garth Illingworth, Chair, Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee;
Dr. Daniel Baker, Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder; and,
Dr. Joseph Burns, Vice Provost, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Cornell University.

May 2, 2007, 4:00 pm, SR 253, Hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (Chairman Bob Kerry, D-MA) regarding the national science and technology research effort.

NASA Witness: Goddard Space Flight Center/Dr. John C. Mather will present testimony for the record, and give a brief oral statement.

Outside Witnesses:
Dr. Andrew Z. Fire, Professor of Pathology and Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Roger Kornberg, Winzer Professor of Medicine, Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Craig Mello, Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Dr. George Smoot, Astrophysics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

May 17, 2007, Hearing before the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chairman Mark Udall, D-CO) regarding NASA’s workforce strategy.

Hearing Charter

NASA witness: Office of Human Capital Management/Toni Dawsey
Other witnesses: Chairman, National Academies Study/David Black and others TBD

Press Release

May 24, 2007, 10:00 AM, 2318 RHOB, Hearing before the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (Chrm. Miller, D-NC) regarding "The NASA Administrator’s Speech to Office of Inspector General Staff, the Subsequent Destruction of Video Records, and Associated Matters."

Hearing Charter

Chairman Miller Opening Statement

Panel 1
Ms. Evelyn R. Klemstine
Mr. Kevin Winters

Panel 2 -- NASA Witnesses
Chief of Staff/Mr. Paul Morrell
General Counsel/Mr. Michael Wholley

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June 6, 2007, Hearing before the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Research and Science Education (Chairman Brian Baird, D-WA) regarding STEM education.

NASA witness: Office of Education/Joyce Winterton

Other witnesses:
National Science Foundation/Cora Marrett
National Institute of Health/Bruce Fuchs
Department of Education/William Valdez

June 7, 2007, Joint Hearing before the House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences (Chairman Bill Nelson, D-FL) and House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (Chairman Brad Miller, D-NC ) regarding the investigation of NASA's Inspector General

Opening Statements
Rep. Bart Gordon
Rep. Brad Miller

Panel 1
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA);
Panel 2:
Kevin Carson, Former Assistant Inspector General for Audits, NASA;
Lance Carrington, Former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, NASA;
Deborah Herzog, Former Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, NASA; (Supplemental Testimony)
Danielle Brian, the Director of the Project on Government Oversight
Professor Paul Light of New York University
Panel 3
NASA Inspector General/Robert Cobb

June 12, 2007, Hearing before the House Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight (Chairman Brad Miller, D-NC) regarding wasteful Federal programs and earmarks, specifically the DP-2 (a previous NASA earmark, now a DOD earmark).

Hearing Charter

Opening Statement
Rep. Brad Miller

Panel 1
The Honorable Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
Panel 2
Mr. John Eney
Dr. William Scheuren
Mr. Mark Deadrick
Panel 3
Mr. Anthony "Tony" duPont
Panel 4
Mr. John Kinzer
Col. G. Warren Hall (ret.) - ARC/Assistant to the Director of Safety, Environmental and Mission Assurance for Aviation Safety
Lt. Col. Michael Tremper

June 26, 2007, Hearing before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Technology, and Innovation (Chairman David Wu, D-OR) regarding SBIR/STTR program management.

NASA witness: Doug Comstock

Other witnesses: DoD/Mike Caccuitto, DOE/Larry James, NSF/Kesh Narayanan, and NIH/Jo Anne Goodnight (TBD).

June 28, 2007, Hearing before the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chairman Mark Udall, D-CO) regarding the FY 2008 budget request for NASA's Earth Sciences Program

Hearing Charter

Chairman Udall's Opening Statement

Witnesses:
Dr. Michael H. Freilich, Director, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate

Dr. Richard A. Anthes, President, Universities Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dr. Eric J. Barron, Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Timothy W. Foresman, President, International Center for Remote Sensing Education

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