Charles Redmond
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                March 30, 1993
(Phone:  202/358-1757)


RELEASE:  93-057

NEW TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECT SEMINAR SET FOR APRIL 1

     NASA officials and officials from other federal agencies,
participating in the Technology Reinvestment Project, will present a
seminar on the project beginning at 9 a.m. EST April 1, in the NASA
Headquarters Auditorium, 300 E. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

     The goal of the Technology Reinvestment Project is to use nearly
$500 million of appropriated Department of Defense funds to create new
products and process technologies in nearly a dozen specific
technological areas.  The project also aims to promote and foster the
transfer of existing federally-produced technology or processes into
the commercial sector from existing defense industry areas.

     NASA and the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) officials
will provide an overview and explanation of the various components of
the project during the 4-hour seminar.

     The seminar is intended primarily for NASA employees and members
of NASA's extended technology transfer community, including officials
of the Centers for the Commercial Development of Space, the Regional
Technology Transfer Centers and the National Technology Transfer
Center.  However, members of the public may attend if seating is
available.

     The following presentations and the presenters are scheduled:  

        o  Summary and overview by Lee Buchanan, ARPA Director of the
	   Technology Reinvestment Program; 
        o  Concepts of the program common to the various agencies by Rick Dunn,
	   ARPA General Counsel; 
        o  Technology development element of the program by Michael Long, Dept.
	   of Energy; 
        o  Technology deployment aspects of the program by Phil Nanzetta,
	   National Institutes of Standards and Technology; 
        o  Manufacturing Education and other university curricula elements of
  	   the program by a National Science Foundation representative; and 
        o  Proposal mechanisms which can be used with this program by John
	   Jennings, NASA.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:  The seminar will be carried live on NASA Select
television, Satcom F2R, transponder 13, 72 degrees west longitude.  The
seminar will be rebroadcast on NASA Select at 2 p.m. EST to accommodate
those organizations in the western time zones.  Media may attend the
briefing.  However, no questions will be taken during the seminar.
Interviews can be set up with project officials following the
presentations.