Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington          Aug. 20, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 02-159

NASA ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL TO AID HOMELAND SECURITY 
EFFORT

     NASA General Counsel Paul G. Pastorek today announced 
that Doris Wojnarowski, Associate General Counsel for General 
Law at Headquarters in Washington, will temporarily assist 
the Department of Transportation with the transition of 
several agencies to the new Homeland Security Department.

"Doris' skills are particularly valuable to Headquarters and 
the entire agency. However, as part of the Administration's 
team, I could not decline the request," said Pastorek. "She's 
a natural choice because of her previous experience at the 
Transportation Department and the U.S. Coast Guard, which is 
one of the agencies targeted to move to Homeland Security."

Wojnarowski was appointed Associate General Counsel in 
February 1998, where she was responsible for providing legal 
advice to NASA management in the areas of personnel, equal 
employment opportunity, civil rights, environmental law, 
fiscal law, ethics, safety, security, real and personal 
property, claims, information disclosure, and other general 
law matters. She was also responsible for drafting the annual 
NASA authorization bill. 

From 1996 to 1998, she served as the Chief of the Management 
Effectiveness Staff at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, with 
responsibility for an array of general management issues. 
From 1994 to 1996, she was the Chief of the Coast Guard's 
Office of General Law. 

From 1991 to 1994, Wojnarowski was a senior attorney in the 
Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Environmental, 
Civil Rights, and General Law at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation. Wojnarowski was a staff attorney in the Coast 
Guard's Office of General Law from 1986 to 1991. She has 
previous legal experience with the U.S. Department of 
Education and the Social Security Administration.

Wojnarowski is admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. She is a 
graduate of the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Penn. 
Wojnarowsk has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from 
the University of Pennsylvania and earned a master's degree 
from the university's Graduate School of Education.

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