Waivers: who gives them and why

[micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.g ov!freedom.msfc.nasa.gov!robichau@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Paul Robichaux)]

Here at Marshall, we are developing a workstation-based payload
monitoring and control system for which draft requirements have
already been written.

Despite the NASA mandate which requires all new systems to be written
in Ada (cf. all the Space Station code), we are planning this one in
C. NASA tells us that a waiver has been applied for- in 1987- but is
still pending.

Despite a great deal of (uninformed) debate here, we haven't been able
to find out if there's a central authority which rules on waivers, or,
if not, who does so for NASA projects. 

Can anyone from SEI, the AJPO, or other NASA sites give up the good
scoop?

Wishing for Ada,
-Paul
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