[image-69]The Office of Evaluation is pleased to recognize the ONCE Development team and Dr. Tahani Amer for their recent achievements at the HQ Honors Award ceremony. The HQ Honors Award ceremony was held on October 30, 2014 and recognizes the achievements of outstanding individuals and teams that contribute to NASA’s mission. Both the ONCE Development team and Dr. Amer were recognized with a Civil Service/Contractor team award, and the Public service award respectively.

Dr. Tahani Amer received the Public Service award at the NASA HQ Award. Dr. Amer has devoted her personal time and distinguished herself at NASA and in the community for outstanding off-the-job contributions, which clearly characterize her commitment to educating the public about NASA and encouraging students/women/minorities towards careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

The One NASA Cost Engineering (ONCE) Development team received a HQ Civil Service/Contractor Team Honor Award at NASA Headquarters on October 30 “For significant improvements to the ONCE hardware, interface, and data and information availability.” Congratulations to Eric Plumer and James Johnson of the Cost Analysis Division (CAD), and Mike Blandford and Julie McAfee of SAIC!

Over the past year, the One NASA Cost Engineering (ONCE) development team has accomplished a metamorphosis in ONCE capability with regards to hardware, administrative, interface, and information and data access. The ONCE database is NASA's one stop shop for cost data, broadly used by all Centers and HQ for access to cost, schedule and technical data that is defined in the Cost Analysis Data Requirement (CADRe) documentation for all projects. These ONCE improvements are affecting every cost and schedule analyst's job across the Agency, and making those jobs more efficient through ease of access to tools, raw data, and normalized data sets.

If you are interested in gaining access to the ONCE database, visit the NASA ONCE Portal at https://oncedata.msfc.nasa.gov and click on Access Instructions.

From left to right: Robert Lightfoot, NASA Associate Administrator,

Eric Plumer (HQ-OoE) and Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator

Not pictured: Mike Blandford (SAIC), and Julie McAfee (SAIC)

Dr. Tahani Amer received the Public Service award at the NASA HQ Award. Dr. Amer has devoted her personal time and distinguished herself at NASA and in the community for outstanding off-the-job contributions, which clearly characterize her commitment to educating the public about NASA and encouraging students/women/minorities towards careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Dr. Amer’s presentations are a combination of motivational talks, with inspiring stories about her life, her love of engineering, and dedication to NASA - ultimately contributing positively to the mission of NASA Headquarters. Dr. Amer is very active in her Muslin faith and is an inspiring STEM role model.



From left to right: Mr. Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., NASA Associate Administrator,

Dr. Tahani Amer (OoE-LaRC) and Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator

Dr. Amer has become internationally known on what inspired her to become an engineer and how she balances work, home, and her Islamic faith.

The following highlight some of the activities in which Dr. Amer has participated: