NASA hosts premier Washington business conference

Marta R. Metelko
Headquarters, Washington Nov. 24, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1642)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-190

NASA HOSTS PREMIER WASHINGTON BUSINESS CONFERENCE

NASA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization (OSDBU) is hosting the agency's Ninth Annual
Mentor-Protege Conference in the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Washington, December 1. The conference attracts small,
disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) as well as Fortune 500
companies from across the country.

The Mentor-Protege Program is NASA's premier technical and
business development initiative designed to provide SDBs with
high-tech subcontracting opportunities for agency contracts.

NASA's Assistant Administrator for OSDBU, Ralph Thomas III,
will meet with the media at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 1 in
the hotel's Sphinx Ballroom. To participate in the conference
and media availability, reporters should contact Marta
Metelko at: 202/358-1642, by noon EST, Tuesday.

For more information about OSDBU on the Internet, visit:

http://www.osdbu.nasa.gov

To learn more about NASA and agency programs on the Web,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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