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CENTER OPERATIONAL ASSURANCE
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The water on the right of the crawlerway is the Banana River. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB and then returns.
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Purpose of Center Operational Assurance
The Goal of Center Operational Assurance (COA) is to identify, analyze,
measure, communicate and mitigate the cumulative impact of pressures
placed on NASA's infrastructure, Centers, Facilities, and the
surrounding communities resulting from:
- Site specific development and urbanization
- Increasing regulatory requirements and community interests
- Competition for resources, such as air, land, water, energy, radio
spectrum
- Rising costs of energy and other resources across the Agency
These pressures are a key risk facing NASA's institutional base and can
constrain the Agency's ability to execute its mission effectively.
How Center Operational Assurance supports NASA's Mission
By identifying, analyzing and measuring potential pressures placed on
NASA's institutional base, Centers and the Agency can begin to
proactively identify risks and develop management and mitigation plans
for those risks. By implementing those risk management and mitigation
plans, Centers and the Agency can work in a positive manner to assure
that those resources and facilities necessary at each Center are
available and functionally capable of meeting program and project
demands to support the mission.
Center Operational Assurance Regulatory Drivers
The regulatory drivers are from Federal, state and local regulations for
each Center's jurisdictional area.
Recent Accomplishments & Ongoing Activities
- Contract for performing Center Encroachment Workshops and
identifying impediments to Center Operational Assurance awarded
September 2006.
- Encroachment Workshops are underway at each Center with completion
scheduled by November 2007.
- Headquarters I & A Risk Management Board established and initial I
&A risks identified which include some key risks for Center Operational
Assurance. Mitigation plans are currently being developed and risks
tracked in the Active Risk Management System (ARM).
Additional Program Information
EMD Center Operational Assurance Point of Contact(s)
+ Paul Robert, EMD
+ Sam Higuchi, EMD
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