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  Allow NASA to create publicly supported Foundation

  NASA, uniquely in the federal government, has a requirement to inspire citizens. The agency is also strapped for cash. Allow NASA to create a non-profit foundation that will assist in supporting the Agency's overall goals and objectives while allowing direct public participation and engagement in the excitement of space exploration. Like the National Park Service and National Park Foundation, the public can work along ...more »

  NASA, uniquely in the federal government, has a requirement to inspire citizens. The agency is also strapped for cash. Allow NASA to create a non-profit foundation that will assist in supporting the Agency's overall goals and objectives while allowing direct public participation and engagement in the excitement of space exploration. Like the National Park Service and National Park Foundation, the public can work along side NASA to explore space.

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  Streamline Federal Hiring Process

  It can take 6-9 months to get approval to publish notice of a job opening, and 3-6 months to get through the certification, interview, and acceptance/intake process. We lose a lot of good people this way! The faster we can post/hire/intake, the better crop of applicants we will get.

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  Loosen Export Control Restrictions

  US capability to export many technologies is limited by Export Control. While controlling access to some technologies assists in protecting national security; in other cases it limits our ability to market technologies and even components. A careful review of Export Control and ITAR restrictions would expose areas in which the US could safely, and profitably, trade with other nations.

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