The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $424,677 - Thursday the 22nd of May 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  ENABLING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS A NATIONAL LAB

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• $420,622 - Thursday the 22nd of May 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  ENABLING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS A NATIONAL LAB

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• $30,000 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS - SCIENCE INNOVATION FUND PROJECT ENTITLED "QUANTIFYING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF CLIMATE SCIENCE INFORMATION"

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• $250,331 - Tuesday the 18th of February 2014
  Federal Acquisition Service
  GSA/FAS ASSISTED ACQUISITION SERVICE DIVISION (R4)
  RETURN ON INVESTMENT

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• $249,682 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  USING EARTH OBSERVATION DATA TO IMPROVE REDD+ POLICY IN MESOAMERICA AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MOTIVATION. FOREST CLEARING AND DEGRADATION IN LATIN AMERICA, WHICH ARE RAMPANT, CONTRIBUTE 7% OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS EACH YEAR. AS A RESULT, REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND CAPTURING THE LOCAL CO-BENEFITS (REDD+) NOW ATTRACT CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION. EVEN SO, REDD+ POLICYMAKERS IN THIS REGION HAVE LIMITED FINANCIAL, HUMAN, AND POLITICAL RESOURCES. THEREFORE, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEIR EFFORTS GENERATE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE 'BANG FOR THE BUCK.' THAT, IN TURN, REQUIRES PROVIDING THEM WITH UP-TO-DATE, FINE-SCALE SPATIAL DATA ON FOREST COVER CHANGE ALONG WITH USER-FRIENDLY DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO USE THIS INFORMATION FOR EX ANTE TARGETING OF REDD+ POLICIES AND EX POST EVALUATION OF THESE POLICIES. OBJECTIVE. THE BROAD OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF REDD+ POLICYMAKING IN THE EIGHT MESOAMERICAN COUNTRIES SERVED BY THE CATHALAC SERVIR CENTER. METHODS. TO MEET THIS OBJECTIVE THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING SEVEN TASKS, ALL FOCUSING ON THE EIGHT STUDY COUNTRIES: 1. DRAWING ON ITS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH LAND COVER CHANGE CHARACTERIZATION, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL USE LANDSAT AND MODIS TIME-SERIES DATA TO GENERATE 2010-2015 ANNUAL FOREST EXTENT AND LOSS PRODUCTS AT A SPATIAL RESOLUTION OF 30 METERS. 2. RELYING ON SECONDARY SOURCES, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL COMPILE FINE-SCALE SPATIAL DATA ON GEOPHYSICAL, INSTITUTIONAL, SOCIOECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL LAND CHARACTERISTICS. 3. USING THE LAND COVER AND GIS DATA, ALONG WITH SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ESTIMATE CONSISTENT AND COMPARABLE NATIONAL DEFORESTATION RISK MAPS. 4. USING THE DATA AND RISK MAPS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONSTRUCT A COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZING FRAMEWORK THAT SELECTS SITES FOR REDD+ INVESTMENTS TO MAXIMIZE EXPECTED NET BENEFITS. 5. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DEVELOP DECISION TOOL FOR EX POST EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REDD+ POLICIES, SPECIFICALLY, A FREELY AVAILABLE RELATIONAL DATABASE THAT INCLUDES THE ABOVE LAND COVER CHANGE DATA, A 'HOW-TO' MANUAL FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DATA, AND A SET OF PILOT STUDIES. 6. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DEVELOP A WEB-BASED, USER-FRIENDLY SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT ENABLES LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO USE THE DATA AND COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK DESCRIBED ABOVE TO TARGET REDD+ POLICIES. 7. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONDUCT TRAINING TO TRANSFER THE TARGETING AND EVALUATION DECISION TOOLS TO CATHALAC. IMPACTS. EACH OF THE PROJECT'S OUTPUTS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE. NEITHER HIGH-RESOLUTION, HIGH-FREQUENCY LAND COVER DATA NOR CONSISTENT COMPARABLE DEFORESTATION RISK MAPS EXIST FOR MESOAMERICA. OUR EX ANTE REDD+ PLANNING TOOL WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ON EXISTING TOOLS IN SEVERAL RESPECTS: IT WILL DRAW UPON A RICH ON-BOARD DATA SET, INCORPORATE DEFORESTATION RISK, ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES, LEVERAGE A RIGOROUS OPTIMIZING FRAMEWORK, AND BE WEB-ACCESSIBLE. FINALLY, OUR EX POST PLANNING DECISION TOOL WILL HELP FILL A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF REDD+ EFFECTIVENESS. RELEVANCE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT DIRECTLY RESPONDS TO SECTION 4.1.6 OF THE NRA ON TERRESTRIAL CARBON ASSESSMENTS. EXPERTISE. THE PROJECT TEAM COMPRISES: ALLEN BLACKMAN (PI), AN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE USING EO DATA TO ANALYZE LAND COVER CHANGE AND REDD+ POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICA; JUHA SIIKAM KI (CO-I), A FOREST ECONOMIST SPECIALIZING IN THE BENEFITS, COSTS, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATION POLICIES; MATHEW HANSEN (CO-I), A GEOSPATIAL ANALYST AND LEADER IN THE FIELD OF USING EO DATA TO CHARACTERIZE LAND COVER CHANGE AT NATIONAL AND CONTINENTAL SCALES; AND PETER POTAPOV (CO-I), ANOTHER GEOSPATIAL ANALYST WITH SIMILAR EXPERTISE. IN ADDITION, THE TEAM INCLUDES FIVE COLLABORATORS, ALL LEADING ECONOMISTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA WORKING ON NA

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• $227,746 - Friday the 6th of November 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THIS RESEARCH WILL USE EARTH OBSERVATIONS DATA TO IMPROVE THE TEMPORAL ACCURACY AND TOTAL COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF A WIDELY USED TOOL FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND POLICY. THE TOOL, SPATIALLY REFERENCED REGRESSIONS ON WATERSHED ATTRIBUTES (SPARROW), IS A WATERSHED MODEL THAT PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE US WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. A NATIONAL-SCALE MODEL AND TWO REGIONAL-SCALE SPARROW MODELS ARE OPERATING (NEW ENGLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHEDS) AND SIX REGIONAL MODELS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION (NORTHEAST ATLANTIC, SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN GULF, LOWER MISSISSIPPI, WESTERN GULF, UPPER MISSISSIPPI AND GREAT LAKES, MISSOURI, AND NORTHWEST COASTAL). FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS USE SPARROW RESULTS TO CHARACTERIZE WATER QUALITY IN WATERSHEDS, TRACK THE QUANTITIES OF CONTAMINANTS ENTERING ESTUARIES, AND ESTABLISH THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT POLLUTION SOURCES. THIS PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE DATA PRODUCTS FROM THE MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS) TO ENABLE SPARROW TO PRODUCE ASSESSMENTS EVERY SEASON AND ANNUALLY, INSTEAD OF EVERY FIVE YEARS. GIVEN THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH WATER QUALITY IS CHANGING -- FOR EXAMPLE, DUE TO ETHANOL-BASED BIOFUELS PRODUCTION AND OTHER CHANGES IN LAND USE -- IMPROVED TEMPORAL ACCURACY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO EVALUATE THE ENHANCED SPARROW IN SUPPORTING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COST-EFFECTIVE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TEAM INVOLVES RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, THE GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER, AND THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ORGANIZATIONS ENDORSING THE PROJECT INCLUDE THE NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION, THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM, THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION, AND MICHIGAN SEA GRANT. THIS RESEARCH DIRECTLY SUPPORTS NASA STRATEGIC PLAN SUBGOAL 3A AND THE NASA APPLIED SCIENCES PROGRAM OBJECTIVES TO ADDRESS IMPROVING WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY AT THE FEDERAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM AND TO APPLY EARTH OBSERVATIONS TO PROBLEMS OF BIOFUELS AND CLIMATE.

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