| From: [email protected] (Ken Sheppardson)
Date: 19 Sep 90 14:03:52 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
SPACE NEWS,
Sept 17-23, 1990
Andrew Lawler
Space News Staff Writer
"Despite a last minutes plea from U.S. Vice
President Dan Quayle, a key Senate panel sliced NASA's
budget request September 13 by nearly $1.7 billion. While
that still would give the space agency a 10 percent boost
over this year's budget, it would disrupt severely work on
the space station and prevent a substantive start on lunar
base and Mars exploration plans.
"The Senate decision came as congressional leaders and White
House officials, such as Richard Darman, director of the
White House Office of Management and Budget, were close to a
sweeping budget agreement that would affect civil space
spending for the next five years. Congressional staffers said
that the administration is pressing hafrd to limit domestic
programs, which include NASA, in rder to curtail the
burgeoning federal deficit and prevent deaeper cuts to
military spending.
"The pact likely will call for a reduction of about $500
billiion in the federal deficit through 1995, a period NASA
officials hope will be a time of substantial budget growth
for the agency.
"U.S. President George Bush asked Congress to approve a $15.1
billion budget for NASA in 1991 - a 24 percent increase from
1990 - but the Senate appropriations panel with NASA
oversight chopped that to $13.5 billion. The amount is more
than $850 million below the level that the House approved in
June.
""It is my hope that we can restore these [NASA]
reductions...before we reach conference" with the House,
according to Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who chairs the
Senate subcommittee. A congressional staffer said Mikulski
called NASA Deputy Adminstrator J.R. Thompson after the
meeting to assure the agency she will continute to fight for
a higher NASA budget.
"Once the bill passes the full appropriations committee and
Senate, the two houses will meet to iron out their
differences and reach a decision on the 1991 NASA budget. The
bill then goes to Bush for approval.
"Mikulski blamed the request cut on the "massive shortfall"
in the subcommittee's overall budget allocation. Housing,
veterans medical care and environmental programs also fall
under the panel's appropriations oversigh. "The only way to
solve these limitations is to somehow find a way to increase
funds available to the subcommittee," Mikulski said. The
senator added that "the current fiscal climate, threat of
recession and incflict in the Midease" made it more difficult
to meet the administration's request.
"Quayle phoned Mikulski shortly before the markup to
reiterate the administration's support for the space station
and for the space exploration missions proposed by Bush in
July 1989, according to administration and congressional
sources. Both efforts, however, were had hit in the Senate
bill.
"The station took more than half of the cuts to the
administration's request, bringing the president's proposed
$2.5 billion budget to $1.6 billion, substantially below the
$2.3 billion that the House voted and less than this year's
budget for the program.
""We're looking at disaster in fiscal year 1991, " William
Lenoir, NASA space flight associate administrator, said of
the station request cut after the markup.
"Thompson told _Space News_ that the Senate mark "is very
devastating to spact station, but it is not over yet."
One congressional staffer said that the Senate space station
level would force "a major slip in the first element launch"
scheduled for 1995, "or a major restructuring that could
require the agency to abandon the space station. Both options
are counterproductive and objectionable, but without more
resources, inevitable."
"Mikulski's panel also sliced more than $150 million from the
$188 million that the adminstration wanted to begin moon and
Mars exploration effort. The subcommittee in addition made
cuts to several exploration-related areas spread through the
agency budget request, including $37 million for specific
lunar and Mars studies.
"An addministration offical said that "anything that causes
the space station to be jeopardized or canceled is
unacceptable" to the White House. "The amount alloted to
space exploration initiative is also unacceptable," the
source added.
"A little more than $10 million remains for studies of a
cargo launch vehicle based on the U.S. space shuttle, and
another $23 million was set aside for propulsion work on the
Advanced Launch System, a heavy-lift system that could put
payloads into orbit much more cheaply than the current
vehicles.
"The space science and applications budget faired better; its
$2.4 billion request was cut by only $115 million. Of that
amount, $44 millions was taken out of the Earth Observing
System platforms, part of a massive environmental monitoring
effort. The panel also cut $50 million from th $148 million
requested for the Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby mission
and the Cassini mission to Saturn.
"An additional $30 million is set aside in the Senate bill
for the space agency to fix the Hubble space telescope.
The Gamma Ray Observatory is allotted $22 million to pay
for unexpected upkeep costs due to a launch delay stemming
from problems with the space shuttle.
"The national aerospace plane effort, a joint Defense
Department and NASA program to build a hypersonic orbital
behicle that would take off and land like a conventional
aircraft, was cut back from a request of $119 million to $75
million. The House had cut only $5 million from the program.
"Mikulski said that her panel tried to protect "NASA's core
programs, such as the shuttle, NASA's infrastructure at its
field centers and its basic research program in aeronautics
and science." Money for civil servants and travel, for
example, was cut by $20 million out of the agency's $2.52
billion request, and most of that came from killing plans for
a new adminstrative aircrraft for Johnson Space Center in
Houston. The committee also approved the entire $500 million
that NASA wanted for construction of facilities."
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| From: [email protected] (ROB STEIN, UPI Science Editor)
Date: 4 Feb 91 17:13:53 GMT
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- NASA, which struggled through a series of setbacks
last year, should get an extra $1.8 billion to develop a new launch
system, study Earth's environment, explore the solar system and pursue a
space station, the White House said Monday.
In his 1992 budget request to Congress, President Bush sought $15.7
billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a 13
percent increase over the nearly $13.9 billion the agency received for
1991.
The White House last year requested $15.2 billion, which represented
an increase of $2.9 billion over 1990, a 24 percent hike and the largest
proposed dollar increase of any major goverment agency.
But Congress pared the budget in the midst of a series of
embarrassing setbacks at the agency, including the discovery of the
Hubble Space Telescope's defect and the grounding of the space shuttle
fleet by fuel leaks.
The problems prompted a special panel of experts led by Norman
Augustine to study the future of the agency and make recommendations.
The budget proposal makes reference to many of the panel's widely hailed
recommendations, including:
--seeking $350 million for the development of a so-called heavy-lift
vehicle to take over many of the duties of the space shuttle, which the
panel concluded was too unreliable and risky to rely upon. The cost
would be split between NASA and the Department of Defense.
--the controversial space station Freedom, which is being redesigned
to focus on life sciences and microgravity research, would get $2.2
billion, a modest 8 percent increase from last year.
--a request for $6.4 billion for nine space shuttle missions and money
to develop ``newer, more capable, more reliable and safer generation of
solid rockets'' as well as other improvements to assure the shuttle's
reliability.
--a 21 percent increase in spending on space science -- boosting the
funding to $2.1 billion -- for astronomy, life sciences, planetary
exploration and other activities endorsed by the panel.
--nearly $1.2 billion -- a 24 percent increase from the $954 million
spent in 1991 -- for the so-called Mission to Planet Earth, which
includes a series of orbiting platforms to study Earth's environment.
--$2.4 billion for the Mission from Planet Earth, which would entail
exploring the solar system, including possibly returning to the moon and
Mars, representing a 12 percent increase of $271 million from the
previous year.
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| 2/4/91: NASA BUDGET PRESS CONFERENCE
NASA BUDGET PRESS CONFERENCE
STATEMENT BY NASA ADMINISTRATOR RICHARD H. TRULY
FEBRUARY 4, 1991
It is a pleasure to present NASA's budget request for FY 1992. This
request clearly demonstrates the President's continued strong support for NASA
and the civil aeronautics and space program. There are many pressures today on
domestic spending, but the President recognizes that the NASA program provides
numerous important benefits to the United States.
These benefits span a broad spectrum of national concerns. They include
keeping America at the forefront of research and technology; advancing our
understanding of the Earth's environment as well as our knowledge of the
universe; enhancing our economic and national security; encouraging and
inspiring our children to greater achievements in education and technological
literacy; and fostering national pride through our remarkable achievements in
aeronautics and space. In other words, space is an excellent investment in our
nation's future.
The FY 1992 request is for $15.7 billion, a 13.6 percent increase over the
current year appropriation. It provides for two significant new initiatives: a
New Launch System jointly developed with DOD to provide a range of cargo
capacities including heavy lift, and LIFESAT, a multi-launch recoverable
biosatellite to help determine radiation protection requirements for
long-duration space flight. The budget also proposes to initiate a new
program, Assured Shuttle Availability, that will improve our ability to
identify and incorporate high-priority improvements into the Shuttle.
But the overwhelming majority of this budget, 99 percent, supports
programs that have already been approved. The level of funding sought by the
Administration is absolutely essential to keep existing programs on track, to
maintain program efficiency, and to fully realize the benefits of space
exploration.
It is also required to begin implementing the recommendations set forth
last December by the Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space
Program, chaired by Norman Augustine. NASA strongly supports the overall goals
of the advisory committee's report, and we have undertaken an aggressive review
of its specific recommendations. A number have already been implemented by
NASA and others will follow. But it is important to remember that many of the
most critical elements of the Augustine Report are resource-dependent and will
require the support of Congress.
Moreover, NASA's FY 92 request represents only 1 percent of the entire
federal budget. This is a modest increase over recent years, but still
significantly lower than the 4 percent range during the Apollo era.
The request provides the resources for a vigorous national program
ensuring leadership in critical areas of the space program, as well as
continued preeminence in aeronautics. It has been constrained to reflect the
guidance from our Congressional Committees. However, it continues the
aggressive upward trend in space and Earth sciences; provides a robust space
transportation infrastructure to enable our space goals; lays the groundwork
for the long-term goal of human exploration; and strengthens our technology
base. I want to talk briefly about some of these areas and then I will be glad
to take your questions.
Space Science will continue as a top priority with a 21 percent increase
over last year's budget. This supports carefully coordinated research and
development activities outlined in the OSSA Strategic Plan with an emphasis on
such key areas as global processes, investigation of the solar system and
beyond, life sciences, microgravity, and advanced communication technology.
Specifically, during 1991-1992 we are scheduled to launch the Gamma Ray
Observatory, the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, the Upper Atmospheric Research
Satellite, the Advanced Communication Technology Satellite, the Mars Observer,
the TOPEX, and several Spacelab missions. As I mentioned earlier, the LIFESAT
recoverable biosatellite will be a new start.
Mission to Planet Earth, NASA's contribution to the U.S. Global Change
Research Program, remains a high priority. Design and development for EOS-A
instruments and the data distribution system are proceeding, and a series of
Earth probes will perform highly-focused Earth science investigations,
including a Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission and another Total Ozone
Measurement Spectrometer.
This budget also includes funding that will allow us to move forward with
Mission From Planet Earth, the President's long- range program for human
exploration of the Moon and the planets. The focus in FY 92 will be on
continued mission studies and long-lead exploration technologies such as life
support and nuclear propulsion.
Space Station Freedom is the cornerstone of America's space exploration
program. Freedom will be the most advanced and capable facility ever deployed
into space. It will be able to meet its priority user requirements: life
sciences and microgravity research. We will soon complete the review of the
station's design and assembly sequence in response to direction from Congress.
It is within the Congressional budgetary guidelines, and consistent with stated
programmatic objectives and our international commitments.
The Space Shuttle is the backbone of our space transportation capability
and will remain so well into the next century. The FY 92 budget request
represents a continued commitment to safe and reliable flight operations.
Despite troublesome equipment problems last summer, we safely launched 6 highly
successful Space Shuttle missions last year -- a total of 13 since return to
flight -- and in FY 92 our newest Orbiter, Endeavour, will make its first
flight.
The budget for Shuttle operations provides for conducting 8 flights in FY
1991, 9 in FY 1992 and reaching a flight rate of 10 flights in FY 1994. We are
continuing design and development activities on the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
to improve the safety, reliability and performance of the Shuttle fleet.
This budget request includes funding for NASA and DOD to continue advanced
engine development and initiate a program that will culminate in a New Launch
System. NASA and DOD will jointly manage and fund this program, and are
presently studying budget, program and management options for review at the
National Space Council.
Advancements in the field of aviation resulting from NASA's aeronautics
research and technology program have given the American aviation industry the
tools needed to become the best in the world, and this budget request continues
our work in this area. Another example of NASA's forward-looking technology
effort is our involvement, along with seven other government agencies, in the
Administration's High-Performance Computing and Communications Program. The
goal is to improve computing capability by about 1,000 times over current
systems by 1996. This is the type of investment in critical technologies that
will ensure American leadership in the future.
In addition to these programs, NASA will substantially increase its
already significant commitment to encouraging a healthy and expansive
commercial space industry in FY 1992. Significant programs are the Commercial
Middeck Augmentation Module for the Shuttle and COMET -- the Commercial
Experiment Transporter launch system -- which will provide long-duration
exposure required for microgravity research by several Centers for Commercial
Development of Space-developed payloads.
We have always recognized that the next generation of space research and
technology can only be as good as the next generation of scientists and
engineers. In recent years the state of education in America has been a major
concern of our leaders and citizens, and NASA is making significant efforts to
contribute to the solution to providing quality education in math, science and
engineeering. We have been diligently expanding our vital programs in this
area and this year have requested a 17 percent growth in our education
programs.
These educational programs are designed to leverage the unique ability of
the space program to capture and channel student interest in mathematics,
engineering, technology and science. In addition, funding will expand in our
graduate and undergraduate student fellowships, faculty fellowships, research
and training grants at historically black colleges and universities, and the
Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.
The Administration's budget request for NASA is balanced and properly
builds on our recent successes. It also represents an investment in America's
future at a time when dramatic and dangerous events around the world call for
leadership, including leadership in such critical areas as science, technology,
space exploration, the environment and education.
It is the right budget for NASA...it is the right budget for fiscal year
1992...it is the right budget for our Nation's aeronautics and space program.
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NASA FY 1992 BUDGET REQUEST
BACKGROUND MATERIAL
NASA FY 1992 BUDGET BRIEFING
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
FY 1992 BUDGET SUMMARY
(Millions of Dollars)
FY 1991 FY 1992
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 6,023.6 7,198.5
SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL & DATA COMMUNICATIONS 5,124.4 5,608.3
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 497.9 480.3
RESEARCH & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 2,211.9 2,452.3
INSPECTOR GENERAL 10.5 14.6
TOTAL BUDGET AUTHORITY 13,868.3 15,754.0
OUTLAYS 13,497.5 14,719.5
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS 24,026 24,826
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
FY 1992 BUDGET SUMMARY
(Millions of Dollars)
FY 1991 FY 1992
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6,023.6 7,198.5
SPACE STATION 1,900.0 2,028.9
SPACE TRANSPORTATION CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 602.5 879.8
Upper Stages 82.2 108.5
Spacelab Development & Operations 129.3 150.2
Engineering & Technical Base 208.5 235.2
Payload Operations & Support Equipment 101.5 144.5
Tethered Satellite System 21.9 12.6
Advanced Programs 35.2 53.8
New Launch System 23.9 175.0
SPACE SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2,429.6 2,934.6
Physics & Astronomy 975.1 1,140.6
Gamma Ray Observatory 22.0
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility 101.2 211.0
Global Geospace Science 96.6 65.3
Shuttle/Spacelab Payload Mission Management
& Integration 88.8 88.0
Space Station Utilization 3.0
Payload & Instrument Development 94.6 115.9
Explorer Development 99.8 107.9
Mission Operations & Data Analysis 313.3 388.4
Research & Analysis 100.8 103.1
Suborbital Program 55.0 61.0
Life Sciences 138.0 183.9
Human Space Flight & Systems Engineering 81.1 89.7
Research & Analysis 56.9 79.2
Lifesat (2.0) 15.0
Planetary Exploration 457.1 627.3
Ulysses Development 3.0
Mars Observer 78.5 54.4
Mars Balloon Relay Experiment 1.5 1.2
CRAF/Cassini 145.0 328.0
Mission Operations & Data Analysis 161.2 150.5
Research & Analysis 67.9 93.2
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FY 1991 FY 1992
Space Applications 859.4 982.8
Earth Science & Applications 667.9 775.6
Earth Observing System 191.0 336.0
(Instruments) (79.0) (159.9)
(Observatory) (60.0) (58.5)
(Science) (16.0) (35.0)
(EOSDIS) (36.0) (82.6)
Earth Probes 54.7 68.2
Remotely Piloted Aircraft 5.0
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite 64.0 18.2
Ocean Topography Experiment 76.0 51.9
Payload & Instrument Development 49.7 48.6
Mission Operations & Data Analysis 39.4 56.3
Research & Analysis 193.1 191.4
Materials Processing 102.3 125.8
Space Communications 52.5 39.4
Information Systems 36.7 42.0
COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS 86.0 150.0
Technology Utilization 24.4 32.0
Commercial Use of Space 61.6 118.0
AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 512.0 591.2
Research & Technology Base 336.4 375.6
Systems Technology Programs 175.6 215.6
High Performance Computing 17.0 17.0
Materials & Structures Systems Technology 39.9 40.1
Rotocraft Systems Technology 5.1 5.2
High-Performance Aircraft Systems Technology 10.5 11.1
Advanced Propulsion Systems Technology 15.0 15.4
Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation 44.1 45.4
High Speed Research 44.0 76.4
Advanced Subsonic Technology 5.0
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FY 1991 FY 1992
SPACE RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 290.4 421.8
Research & Technology Base 125.7 141.6
In-Space Flight Experiments 11.2 16.0
Civil Space Technology Initiative 119.0 114.3
Operations 21.8 32.4
Transportation 56.8 63.5
Science 18.2 18.4
Automation and Robotics 22.2 (27.9)
Space Automation & Telerobotics (22.2) 82.9
Flight Telerobotics Servicer 55.0
Telerobotics (11.0) 14.8
Artificial Intelligence (11.2) 13.1
Exploration Technology 27.5 52.0
Space Transportation 6.0 9.0
In-Space Operations 2.0
Surface Operations 13.8 20.0
Human Support 3.5 16.0
Lunar & Mars Science 0.7
Nuclear Propulsion 0.5 7.0
Innovative Technologies & Systems Analysis 1.0
Exploration Mission Studies 7.0 15.0
TRANSATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 95.0 72.0
SAFETY, RELIABILITY & QUALITY ASSURANCE 33.0 33.6
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 55.1 64.6
TRACKING & DATA ADVANCED SYSTEMS 20.0 22.0
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FY 1991 FY 1992
SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL & DATA COMMUNICATIONS 5,124.4 5,608.3
SHUTTLE PRODUCTION & CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 1,276.4 1,288.9
Orbiter Operational Capability 275.6 273.8
Propulsion Systems 747.8 622.7
Launch & Mission Support 253.0 270.1
Assured Shuttle Availability 122.3
SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATIONS 2,790.0 3,023.6
Flight Operations 801.5 912.5
Flight Hardware 1,393.3 1,417.0
Launch & Landing Operations 595.2 694.1
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES 229.2 341.9
SPACE & GROUND NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS
& DATA SYSTEMS 828.8 953.9
Space Network 310.1 348.0
Ground Network 260.7 291.7
Communications & Data Systems 258.0 314.2
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
FY 1992 BUDGET SUMMARY
PROJECTS BY INSTALLATION
(Millions of Dollars)
FY 1992
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 480.3
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER 24.4
Construction of Addition for Flight Training & Operations 13.0
Modification for Earthquake Protection, Downey/Palmdale, CA 4.4
Repair Site Water System, White Sands Test Facility 1.3
Replace Central Plant Chillers & Boiler 5.7
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 56.2
Construction of Space Station Processing Facility 35.0
Modifications for Safe Haven, VAB High-Bay 2 7.5
Rehabilitation of Crawlerway 3.0
Restoration of Shuttle Landing Facility Shoulders 4.0
Modernization of Industrial Area Chilled Water System 4.0
Rehabilitation & Expansion of Communications Duct Banks 1.4
Replace 15 KV Load Break Switches 1.3
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 5.2
Modifications to X-Ray Calibration Facility 5.2
STENNIS SPACE CENTER 6.5
Restoration of the High Pressure Gas Facility 6.5
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 27.5
Construction of Earth Observing System Data Information
System Facility 17.0
Restoration & Modernization of High Voltage Distribution System 7.0
Restoration of Utilities, Wallops Flight Facility 3.5
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY 5.5
Modernization of Main Electrical Substation 5.5
AMES RESEARCH CENTER 28.3
Repair & Modernization of the 12-Foot Pressure Wind Tunnel 25.0
Upgrade of Outdoor Aerodynamic Research Facility 3.3
LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER 15.1
Modifications to the High Pressure Air System 11.7
Modernization of 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel 3.4
LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER 8.2
Rehabilitation of Icing Research Tunnel 2.6
Rehabilitation of Central Air System 5.6
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FY 1992
VARIOUS LOCATIONS 159.7
Construction of Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program 150.0
Construction of Data Interface Facility, White Sands Test
Facility 4.0
Rehabilitation of Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System
Ground Terminal, White Sands Test Facility 5.7
REPAIR OF FACILITIES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NOT IN EXCESS
OF $1,000,000 PER PROJECT 31.7
REHABILITATION & MODIFICATION OF FACILITIES AT VARIOUS
LOCATIONS NOT IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000 PER PROJECT 34.8
MINOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES AND ADDITIONS TO
EXISTING FACILITIES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NOT IN EXCESS
OF $750,000 PER PROJECT 12.9
FACILITY PLANNING & DESIGN 34.0
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE & RESTORATION PROGRAM 36.0
PROPOSED DAVIS-BACON ACT REFORMS & CHANGES -5.7
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
FY 1992 BUDGET SUMMARY
DISTRIBUTION OF PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE WORKYEARS
FY 1991 FY 1992
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER 3,618 3,617
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 2,510 2,509
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 3,650 3,650
STENNIS SPACE CENTER 216 216
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 3,860 3,975
AMES RESEARCH CENTER 2,228 2,228
LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER 2,923 2,923
LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER 2,798 2,792
HEADQUARTERS/SPACE STATION, RESTON, VA 1,926 2,030
FULL-TIME PERMANENT WORKYEARS 23,729 23,940
OTHER THAN FULL-TIME PERMANENT WORKYEARS 297 291
SUBTOTAL 24,026 24,231
PROJECT CORE 595
TOTAL 24,026 24,826
INSPECTOR GENERAL 171 206
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