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NASA head to resign: reports
1 hour, 41 minutes ago Science - AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA (news - web sites) administrator Sean O'Keefe is expected to resign his job at the helm of the US space agency this week.
The Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported that O'Keefe, who has led NASA for the past three years, is a top candidate to head Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
O'Keefe led the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during one of its most tumultuous periods ever, which saw the calamitous 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster and steep budget cuts, as well as ambitious plans to send astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars.
US Representative Dave Weldon (news, bio, voting record), a Republican whose district abuts the Kennedy Space Center (news - web sites) in Florida, told the Sentinel that he believes O'Keefe "is taking the job at LSU," and will be hard to replace at NASA.
"The president's going to have to come up with a strong leader who can follow up on return to flight," Weldon said.
"It's going to be a busy year for NASA, and whoever steps into Sean's shoes is going to find himself having to get a lot of things done quickly."
Before joining NASA, O'Keefe, 48, had spent less than a year as deputy director of the White House budget office.
During the administration of the first President Bush (news - web sites), O'Keefe was comptroller and chief financial officer at the Defense Department, and served as Secretary of the Navy during the last few months of his term.
When O'Keefe was confirmed by the Senate in December 2001, his chief task was resolving billions of dollars in cost overruns for the international space station program.
That mandate was overtaken however by the loss of the Columbia as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere over east Texas in February 2003, killing seven astronauts and prompting a period of intense reflection about the direction of the US space program.
1 hour, 41 minutes ago Science - AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA (news - web sites) administrator Sean O'Keefe is expected to resign his job at the helm of the US space agency this week.
The Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported that O'Keefe, who has led NASA for the past three years, is a top candidate to head Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
O'Keefe led the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during one of its most tumultuous periods ever, which saw the calamitous 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster and steep budget cuts, as well as ambitious plans to send astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars.
US Representative Dave Weldon (news, bio, voting record), a Republican whose district abuts the Kennedy Space Center (news - web sites) in Florida, told the Sentinel that he believes O'Keefe "is taking the job at LSU," and will be hard to replace at NASA.
"The president's going to have to come up with a strong leader who can follow up on return to flight," Weldon said.
"It's going to be a busy year for NASA, and whoever steps into Sean's shoes is going to find himself having to get a lot of things done quickly."
Before joining NASA, O'Keefe, 48, had spent less than a year as deputy director of the White House budget office.
During the administration of the first President Bush (news - web sites), O'Keefe was comptroller and chief financial officer at the Defense Department, and served as Secretary of the Navy during the last few months of his term.
When O'Keefe was confirmed by the Senate in December 2001, his chief task was resolving billions of dollars in cost overruns for the international space station program.
That mandate was overtaken however by the loss of the Columbia as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere over east Texas in February 2003, killing seven astronauts and prompting a period of intense reflection about the direction of the US space program.
http://www.fec.gov/press/press2004/20040812mur.html
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RESPONDENTS: (a) Sean O'Keefe
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Space Gateway Support, LLC (SGS)
© Yang Enterprises, Inc.
(d) Tom Feeney for Congress, Nancy H. Watkins, treasurer
COMPLAINANT: Chris R. Hunt
SUBJECT: Contributions by a federal contractor; corporate contribution
DISPOSITION: (a) No reason to believe*
[re: any provision of the Act with regards to allegations in this matter]
(
No reason to believe*
[re: Contributions by a federal contractor; corporate contribution]
(c-d) Dismiss the allegations as a matter of prosecutorial discretion*
The complaint alleged that Sean O'Keefe, the Administrator of NASA; Space Gateway Support, LLC, a NASA contractor; and Yang Enterprises, Inc., a NASA subcontractor, unlawfully used federal property and funds for campaign activities on behalf of Tom Feeney, a candidate in Florida 's 24 th Congressional District in 2002. The Commission either dismissed or found no reason to believe in this matter.
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© Yang Enterprises, Inc.
(d) Tom Feeney for Congress, Nancy H. Watkins, treasurer
COMPLAINANT: Chris R. Hunt
SUBJECT: Contributions by a federal contractor; corporate contribution
DISPOSITION: (a) No reason to believe*
[re: any provision of the Act with regards to allegations in this matter]
(
[re: Contributions by a federal contractor; corporate contribution]
(c-d) Dismiss the allegations as a matter of prosecutorial discretion*
The complaint alleged that Sean O'Keefe, the Administrator of NASA; Space Gateway Support, LLC, a NASA contractor; and Yang Enterprises, Inc., a NASA subcontractor, unlawfully used federal property and funds for campaign activities on behalf of Tom Feeney, a candidate in Florida 's 24 th Congressional District in 2002. The Commission either dismissed or found no reason to believe in this matter.
I haven't checked all these out, but will what else is there there:
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Tom Feeney - Floor Speeches
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[PDF] Address by NASA Administrator Sean O Keefe
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
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To Join Feeney at Campaign Stop in Cocoa Beach O'KEEFE IS A REPUBLICAN ...
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... Remarks by Administrator O'Keefe at Astronauts' Memorial Foundation ... and Congressmen
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mynasa.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/ speeches/ok_ksc_memorial_102703.html - 29k - Supplemental Result - Cached
FAA Intercom - February 2004
... Tom Feeney from the Florida district that includes ... feat were Jim Lanum, Kevin O'Keefe,
Julie Accavello ... the Department of Transportation, NASA, the Departments ...
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... Remarks by Administrator O'Keefe at NASA's 45th Birthday ... introduce some very special
friends of NASA who honor ... Mike Burgess from Texas, Tom Feeney from Florida ...
www1.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/ speeches/ok_45th_nasm_100103.html - 31k - Supplemental Result - Cached
