Feb. 16, 2006

Fran Cook
NASA Shared Services Center, Miss.
(228) 813-6012

Doc Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1600

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-026

NASA ANNOUNCES SHARED SERVICES CENTER GROUND BREAKING

The NASA Shared Services Center is hosting a ground breaking ceremony 
at 10:30 a.m. CST, Friday, Feb. 24 on the grounds of the Stennis 
Space Center, Miss. 

News media must arrive by 9:30 a.m. CST for check in and escort to the 
ceremony. To arrange news media access, contact Catriona Ladner at: 
(228) 813-6040, NLT 1 p.m. CST, Feb. 23. 

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, Sen. Trent Lott, Miss. Gov. Haley 
Barbour, NASA's Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, Shared Services 
Center Executive Director Richard Arbuthnot and Computer Sciences 
Corp. president Michael Laphen will participate. 

The NASA Shared Services Center will provide agency centralized 
administrative processing, human resources, procurement and financial 
services. Computer Sciences Corporation was awarded the services 
provider contract. The center eventually will employ approximately 
500 contractors and civil servants. 

For information about the center on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nssc.nasa.gov



For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home

	
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