Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, DC                      April 23, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1979)


NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-29

CHABROW REPORT TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE NASA HOME PAGE

          The cost assessment and validation task force, an 
independent committee chaired by Jay Chabrow, has completed its 
report on the International Space Station.  The complete report 
will be available electronically this afternoon.

          In September 1997, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin 
asked Jay Chabrow to establish a task force for the independent 
review and assessment of costs, budgets and partnership 
performance on the International Space Station program and to 
provide advice and recommendations to the NASA Advisory Council.  
The objective of this activity was to provide advice and 
recommendations for cost-effective modifications to the present 
business structure and cost management practices of the program, 
and to determine the total cost over the life of the program.

          Media can review a copy of the report after noon EDT in 
the NASA newsrooms at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC; Johnson 
Space Center, Houston, TX; Marshall Space Flight Center, 
Huntsville, AL; and Kennedy Space Center, FL.  At 2 pm EDT the 
report will be available on the NASA Home Page at URL:

        http://www.nasa.gov/cavtf/index.html

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