Conduct of employees; post-employment restrictions; waivers: Culbertson, Frank

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (02-107)]

Conduct of Employees, Notice of Waiver Pursuant to Section
207(j)(5), Title 18, United States Code

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) has determined, after consultation with the
Director of the Office of Government Ethics, that it is in the national
interest to waive the post-employment restriction of section 207(c),
Title 18, United States Code, with respect to the former International
Space Station Expedition Commander for Expedition 3, Frank Culbertson.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie P. Rafferty, Office of the
General

Counsel, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, 202-358-2028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 207(j)(5) of Title 18 of the United
States Code authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration to waive the post-employment restriction of
section 207(c), to permit a former employee with outstanding
qualifications in a scientific, technological, or other technical
discipline to make communications solely for the purpose of furnishing
scientific or technological information to NASA where it has been
determined that the national interest would be served by such
communications from the former employee.

It has been established to my satisfaction that Frank Culbertson,
the former International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Commander for
Expedition 3, has outstanding technological qualifications in a
scientific, technological or other discipline. These qualifications
include: serving as an Astronaut for 18 years; serving as Program
Manager for the Shuttle-Mir Phase 1 ISS Program; being the Commander of
Expedition 3 of the ISS and Deputy Program Manager for Operations of
ISS; serving on four Space Shuttle mission flights; serving as Lead
Astronaut for the Shuttle Avionics Laboratory; serving in key roles in
the Challenger accident investigation; and assisting in the development
of the Shuttle docking system and the Landing Rollout Systems. I am
further satisfied that, as the Program Manager for Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) on the Safety, Reliability and Quality
Assurance (SR&QA) contract between SAIC and NASA, Mr. Culbertson will
be required to utilize those qualifications in the performance of his
duties and that it will be in the national interest to permit him to
communicate scientific or technological information to NASA officials
on this contract.

I have, therefore, after consultation with the Office of Government
Ethics, waived the post-employment prohibition of section 207(c) of
Title 18 of the United States Code in order to permit direct
communications for the purpose of furnishing scientific or
technological information by Mr. Culbertson to employees of NASA
concerning the SR&QA contract.

Dated: September 12, 2002.

Sean O’Keefe,

NASA Administrator.

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