Chronology 



October 



■ Architect! engineering contract The Office of Contracting 

 awarded a contract to Einhorn Yaffee Prescott for a Master 

 Plan Study for the National Zoological Park. 



October 



■ Aivard The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Web- 

 based Reference Desk (now called Joan of Art) was named 

 one of the top on-line digital reference sites known as AskA 

 sites) by the Virtual Reference Desk Project, a project of the 

 ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology and the 

 U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Educa- 

 tion. Additional support for this project is given by the 

 White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. 



October 



■ Exhibition A Motorola satellite built for the Iridium sys- 

 tem was added to the National Air and Space Museum's 

 "Beyond the Limits" gallery. "Beyond the Limits" is devoted 

 to the role of electronics and computing in aviation and 

 space technology. The Iridium system, the first satellite 

 communications system in low Earth orbit, also is the first 

 to provide worldwide coverage. In addition to the satellite, 

 the display includes an Iridium phone, pager, and spacecraft 

 components. 



October 



■ Project The "CFCH Cuba Cultural Community Project" 

 began with a visit by Center for Folklife and Cultutal 

 Heritage staff to Havana, Cuba. The project involves long- 

 term research and public programs with colleagues at several 

 research, educational, and applied community cultural 

 policy centers, the Juan Marinello Center and the Cuban 

 Institute of Music among them. Documentation will be 



conducted of tradition-bearers and cultural expressions 

 throughout Cuba and applied uses of local culture in social 

 and educational development. 



October 



■ Program The Records Management Team completed a 

 study of the records of the Cooper-Hewitt. National Design 

 Museum and published a records schedule for its use. 



October 



■ Construction Construction of NMAI Mall museum began. 



October 



■ Program debut The Science Education Department 

 premieres a new program on the Corporation for Public 

 Broadcasting/Annenberg Channel, called "The Private 

 Universe Project in Mathematics." 



October 



■ Research milestone The Submillimeter Array successfully 

 completes its first observations with two telescopes operat- 

 ing in interferomerer mode. 



October-September 



■ Training and information briefings The Procurement and 

 Training Branch, Office of Contracting, continued to 

 conduct procurement-related training courses and small- 

 purchases informational briefings to Smithsonian staff. These 

 presentations were made throughout the course of the year 

 and included three new courses covering purchase cards, 

 advanced simplified acquisition, and training for managers 

 who supervise designated Contracting Officer's Technical 

 Representatives. 



