Behavioral Sciences Technology's (BST) five-year contract to assess and improve NASA's safety culture, worth up to $10 million, was terminated effective the end of June, according to NASA and BST.

BST began work with NASA in February 2004. After an initial assessment, a six-month pilot culture change phase was conducted. Based on positive results, according to BST, NASA asked the consultants in January 2005 to expand culture change efforts to parts of the agency not yet addressed. That work was underway and had not yet reached most NASA personnel, according to a posting on BST's Web site.