Nov. 24, 2004

Marta R. Metelko
Headquarters, Washington
(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-Protégé 
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-Protégé 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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