 Scott Pace is the
Associate Administrator for Program Analysis and Evaluation at
NASA. In this capacity, he is responsible for providing
objective studies and analyses in support of policy, program,
and budget decisions by the NASA Administrator. He previously
served as Chief Technologist for Space Communications in
NASA's Office of Space Operations where he was responsible for
advising senior NASA management on issues related to
space-based information systems. He participated in the
negotiations that resulted in the 2004 GPS-Galileo Agreement
between the United States and the European Commission. Dr.
Pace also previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. His primary areas of
responsibility included oversight of the President's
Management Agenda in Human Capital, Competitive Sourcing,
Expanding e-Government, Financial Management, and Integrating
Budget and Performance.
Prior to NASA, Dr. Pace was the Assistant Director for
Space and Aeronautics in the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP). There he was responsible for space
and aviation-related issues and coordination of civil and
commercial space issues through the Space Policy Coordinating
Committee of the National Security Council. Dr. Pace served on
the Bush-Cheney Transition Team for NASA and the National
Science Foundation.
Prior to his White House appointment, Dr Pace worked for
the RAND Corporation's Science and Technology Policy Institute
(STPI) – a federally funded research and development center
for the Office of Science and Technology Policy. In addition
to his extensive research into space policy, technology
policy, and international competitiveness at RAND, Dr. Pace
also was a key member of a successful international effort to
preserve radio navigation satellite spectrum at the 1997 World
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-97) and the addition of new
spectrum for satellite navigation at WRC-2000. He also was a
member of the Department of Defense Senior Review Group on
Commercial Remote Sensing and the National Research Council's
Committee on Earth Sciences.
From 1990 to 1993, Dr. Pace served as the Deputy Director
and Acting Director of the Office of Space Commerce (OSC), in
the Office of the Deputy Secretary of the Department of
Commerce. Among his many responsibilities at OSC, Dr. Pace
coordinated space policy issues across the Department and
participated in efforts affecting export controls for space
technologies; space trade negotiations with Japan, Russia,
China, and Europe; the licensing process for private remote
sensing systems; missile proliferation; and the U.S. space
industrial base. Dr. Pace received a Bachelor of Science
degree in Physics from Harvey Mudd College in 1980; Master of
Science degrees in Aeronautics & Astronautics and
Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1982; and a Doctorate in Policy Analysis from
the RAND Graduate School in 1989. His dissertation was
entitled "U.S. Access to Space: Launch Vehicle Choices for
1990-2010."
April 2005
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