NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes New Jersey Native

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May 06, 2011, 04:08 ET

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Space Flight Awareness Program recently recognized Andy O'Rourke a former resident of Roselle Park, N.J., a procurement analyst in the Office of Procurement at NASA Headquarters, for outstanding support of human space flight.

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O'Rourke was recognized for the implementation of the Contract Management Module (CMM) for NASA's contract writing system. O'Rourke spearheaded the work to improve the use of CMM, including drafting and implementing a revision to the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Because of his work, the agency experienced an increase in CMM usage from approximately five percent in 2007 to 92 percent at the end of the second quarter of FY 2010.

For his contributions, O'Rourke traveled last week to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to tour the center and participate in activities in conjunction with the planned launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station.

NASA's Space Flight Awareness Program recognizes outstanding job performances and contributions by civil service and contract employees throughout the year and focuses on excellence in quality and safety in support of human space flight.

The Honoree Award is one of the highest honors presented to employees for their dedication to quality work and flight safety. Recipients must have contributed beyond their normal work requirements toward achieving a particular human space flight program goal; contributed to a major cost savings; been instrumental in developing material that increases reliability, efficiency or performance; assisted in operational improvements; or been a key player in developing a beneficial process improvement.

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