SSC wins award

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- For the first time, NASA's Stennis Space Center received the agency's Small Business Administrator's Cup Award in recognition of its small business program. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Small Business Programs Associate Administrator Glenn Delgado presented the fiscal year 2011 award to SSC Director Patrick Scheuermann during a visit today. The award annually recognizes the NASA center that has the best overall small business program. The award is sponsored by the NASA Office of Small Business Programs to honor successful and innovative practices that promote small business participation in NASA initiatives. Scheuermann credited the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, the Louisiana Technology Transfer Office and the Partners for Stennis for their coordination of outreach events to small businesses. (Source: NASA/SSC, 04/20/12)