Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                                       
October 1, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-1898)

RELEASE:  92-162

GOLDIN RECEIVES SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS AWARD

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today was presented the 
Meritorious Award of the National Association of Small 
Disadvantaged Business.

     "He's now won this award twice for opening up his 
organizations to minority businesses -- once at TRW and now at 
his present role as Administrator of NASA", said Senator John C. 
Danforth (R-Mo.) who presented the award on behalf of the 
association.

     "I think it's a tremendous accomplishment to win this award 
once, to win it twice is absolutely fantasitic and it shows a 
real commitment by Dan Goldin to something that is admirable, 
that is making business opportunities available to all 
Americans," Danforth said.

     According to Henry T. Wilfong, Jr., President of the 
national association, Goldin is the first repeat recipient of the 
Meritorious Award.

     "We intend that this award be only for accomplishments that 
are of truly meritorious dimensions.  TRW Space & Technology 
Group accomplished such deeds the time you served as Chief 
Executive Officer," Wilfong said.

     "While we consider your performance at TRW to have been 
worthy of recognition, we feel your performance to date at NASA 
indicates that your performance as Administrator will be of even 
more note and benefit to minority firms throughout America,"  
Wilfong said.

     In accepting the award, Goldin said, "This recognition is 
not for me but , I believe, for NASA.  NASA is commited to 
bringing the cultural diversity of America into the workforce.  
I'm accepting this award on behalf of NASA."

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NASA Minority Goals

     Among the steps that Goldin has taken to make NASA's small 
and disadvantaged business program the "best in the country", 
include:

     o  Establish a NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory 
Committee to help identify more businesses that should be part of 
the NASA family;

     o  Establish firm percentages for small and disadvantaged 
business subcontracting as part of our prime contracts;

     o  Make use of small and disadvantaged business 
subcontracting as an important evaluation factor in every source 
selection and;

     o  Reward prime contractors with special award fees when 
they exceed their subcontracting goals by certain percentages.
                                     
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