2009, ISBN: 9781234132484

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 56 pages. Original publisher: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Govt. Accountability Office, 2009 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)549469962 Subject: Science and state -- United States. Excerpt: . . . increase awareness, such as having the centers include information on the review and approval process in their new employee orientation programs. NASA has also taken steps since 2007 in response to our report to help raise awareness of its media policy. Specifically, in May 2007 we recommended that NASA provide formal training to inform, reinforce, and update managers, researchers, and public affairs staff on dissemination policies. As a result of our recommendations, NASA undertook a number of formal training activities with regard to its media policy. Specifically, a senior public affairs official conducted presentations at each of the centers regarding the media policy. As part of these meetings, officials presented an overview of the policy, answered questions from employees, and distributed copies of the policy to each public affairs officer and to senior managers. In December 2007, NASA distributed materials on the policy to public affairs staff and discussed the policy in meetings that included headquarters and center public affairs officials. Finally, a discussion of the media policy was incorporated into the orientation for new public affairs officers. Results from both surveys, as well as agency officials we spoke with, indicated that most NASA researchers receive information about dissemination policies through means other than formal training, although fewer researchers said in 2009 that they learn about policies through e-mails from center and NASA managers and more said they had received formal training. Our 2009 survey results show that researchers get information through a variety of methods, most commonly through on-the-job training ( about 70 percent ) and e-mails or other correspondence from center managers to all center staff ( 68 percent ). Additionally, more than half of . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<