MODIFICATION
A -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE WEEKLY NOTES OF DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH09CAO002L
- Response Due
- 8/31/2009
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Mr. Jacob Keaton, Program Analyst, Phone 202-358-1507, Fax 202-358-3530, Email jacob.keaton@nasa.gov - Mr. Jason C Crusan, Program Executive, Phone 202-358-0635, Fax 202-358-3530, Email jason.c.crusan@nasa.gov<br />
- E-Mail Address
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Mr. Jacob Keaton
(jacob.keaton@nasa.gov)
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- Description
- This is a modification to the synopsis entitled REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDINGTHE WEEKLY NOTES OF DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN which was posted on June 25, 2009. You arenotified that the following changes are made: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION, OR INVITATION TO BID NOTICE.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a full collection of Dr.Wernher von Brauns Weekly Notes, written during the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Von Braunwas the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), and is considered akey figure in the development of the Saturn V rocket and NASAs Apollo program. Thesenotes were used to track programmatic and institutional issues at MSFC, and areconsidered by many historians to be a valuable source of historical data. During theSaturn era, Marshall line managers solicited weekly notes from each of their subordinateorganizations. As the notes passed through the chain of command at Marshall, additions ordeletions were made based upon the importance of the issue. Each Monday, von Braunreviewed the notes and made his own notations in the margins. The notes, with von Braunscomments, were then filtered back to the organization deemed responsible for respondingto von Brauns inquiry. NASA has a fully scanned set of these documents, numberingaround 15,000 pages. These scans may not be adequate for automated text-recognitionpurposes, and some of the documents may need to be re-typed from the original.Theoriginal documents are currently located at the National Archives Southeastern Region inMorrow, Georgia.Please see samples of the Weekly Notes enclosed in appendix 1.Additional samples areavailable at http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/vb_weekly_notes.html.NASA is issuing a request for information (RFI) to seek comments from the public,academia, and industry to address aspects or concepts on how NASA should proceed toanalyze and catalog these notes into an electronic, searchable database or other medium. NASA is looking for concepts to provide an innovative resource for researchers inacademia and industry.This database or resource should provide a tool for NASAengineers and scientists to access lessons learned and data from these notes.NASA will not issue paper copies of this RFI. Material submitted in response to this RFIwill not be returned. I. GENERAL INFORMATIONPoints of Contact: If you have any questions concerning this opportunity please contact: Jacob KeatonProgram Analyst Telephone: 202-358-1507 Email: jacob.keaton@nasa.govJason CrusanProgram ExecutiveTelephone: 202-358-0635Email: jason.crusan@nasa.govSubmission Instructions: All responses under this RFI must be emailed tojacob.keaton@nasa.gov.Responses may be submitted at any time before the response date. You are encouraged to submit as early as practicable during this time period. Award:There will be no award associated with this announcement.II. APPROACH TO CONCEPTSRespondents are requested to provide information that addresses how NASA should proceedwith all or any subset of the following:1.How should NASA catalogue the Weekly Notes? Do you have specific ideas on how toimplement the approach or strategy?2.What format(s) should the Weekly Notes be available in?3.How should the Weekly Notes be indexed?4.What timeframe do you expect this work to require?5.What other strategies or approaches do you recommend that NASA pursue that wouldcontribute to successful cooperation between NASA and other entities to create asuccessful and useful product from the Weekly Notes? Could these notes form the basisfor understanding management best practices? Could engineering design and operationalconsiderations be derived from these notes? Could these notes form the basis for formalclassroom training?III. RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONSPage LimitationsResponse Cover Page 1 PagePoints of Contact 1 PageResponse Summary 750 WordsResponse Detail 10 PagesA page is defined as one (1) sheet 8 x 11 inches using a minimum of 12-point font sizefor text and 8-point for graphs.Response Cover Page: Response title of announcement with notice of restriction on useand disclosure of response information, if any.Points of Contact: List contact information for Sponsorship point of contact andtechnical point of contact (if applicable). Provide:a.Nameb.Titlec.Addressd.Phone and Faxe.EmailResponse Summary: Executive summary describing the prominent and distinguishing featuresof approach or concept.Response Detail: Provide details on the strategy or approach that you recommend orinformation that NASA should consider when proceeding to make this information available.
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