Seminar in Space Policy and Society
Where Bucks Meet Buck Rogers: The OMB-NASA Relationship
Amy Kaminski
NASA Program Examiner
Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office of the President
March 19, 2008
5:00-7:00pm
Room 33-116
Abstract: Former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy
Director Paul O'Neill once said: "One of the interesting things
about OMB is that it is unexplainable to everyone who lives outside
of the Beltway and misunderstood by nearly everyone who lives inside
of the Beltway." OMB program examiner Amy Kaminski will seek to
dispel the mystery that shrouds the White House's budget
organization and eludicate its involvement in NASA budget and policy
issues. The talk will address the role of OMB within the federal
government and the process through which federal funding decisions
get made, with an emphasis on how NASA has ranked within the Bush
Administration's budget and policy priorities.
Biography: A NASA program examiner at the Office of Management and
Budget, Ms. Kaminski provides objective analysis of NASA programs
and makes budget and policy recommendations to policy officials
during the formulation of the annual budget request sent to
Congress. She is responsible for NASA's space and Earth science
programs, education programs, innovative partnership programs, and
strategic planning.
Before joining OMB, Ms. Kaminski served in the Federal Aviation
Administration's Office of the Associate Administrator for
Commercial Space Transportation as a space transportation
analyst. Prior to joining FAA, she was policy and outreach
administrator at the National Space Society. She is former editor
of the American Astronautical Society's Space Times magazine.
Ms. Kaminski earned her master's degree in Science, Technology, and
Public Policy from George Washington University. She graduated magna
cum laude with a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in Earth
and Planetary Sciences. She serves currently as Vice President for
Professional Development of Women in Aerospace. She has written
several articles on space policy and history topics and is co-editor
and chapter author of NASA's Exploring the Unknown: Selected
Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume V:
Exploring the Cosmos.
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