Agency history, 1956-

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Subject

  • Dick, George B
  • Harris, John G
  • Sozanski, Peter W
  • Lendall, Joseph F
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Contracts and Procurement Office
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Contracts and Grants Department
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management
  • Chandra X-ray Center (U.S.)
  • United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996
  • Annals of the Smithsonian Institution, 1986-1996
  • Organization chart for SAO, fax from Nora Rathle to James Steed, March 22, 2000
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, About, Divisions and Departments, Administrative and Technical Service Groups, SAO Sponsored Programs and Procurement, https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/about/divisions-and-departments, accessed September 13, 2021.
  • The Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department was originally known as the Department of Contracts, Grants, and Property Management. Subsequently the office was known as the Contracts and Procurement Office and then the Contracts and Grants Department. The Department provides information on the many policies and procedures governing proposal preparation, review, and submission; contact and grant administration; property management; special agreements and legal counsel; services in connection with the programs and operations of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; providing assistance with export control compliance regulations; procuring all goods and services required by the scientific divisions and administrative departments within SAO; issuing and administering all Chandra X-ray Observatory Center (CXC) awards for and on behalf of NASA; and assisting members of the SAO community with all of their travel and special events needs. Its early staff were obscure, but in 1986 George D. Dick became Manager, to be succeeded about 1997 by John G. Harris. In 2005, Peter W. Sozanski became Acting Department Manager and then Department Manager in 2008. In 2016 Joseph F. Lendall became Department Manager.
  • For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of " above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1956
  • 1956-

Topic

  • Astrophysics
  • Real estate management
  • Accounting
  • Research grants
  • Budget
  • Government travel

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00187

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