Date: August 22nd 2006

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Aug 22, 2006

SPACE STATION MISSION BRIEFINGS ON NASA TV Date/Time: Tuesday, Aug 22, 2 p m and Thursday, Aug 24, 3 p m NASA will hold media briefings on the current and next mission to the International Space Station The Expedition 14 preflight briefing will be held at 2 p m The Expedition 13 recap briefing will occur at 3 p m The briefings will air live on NASA TV and focus on the station's ongoing Expedition 13 mission and the upcoming Expedition 14 mission, which will launch next month

STS-115 COUNTDOWN STATUS BRIEFINGS ON NASA TV Date/Time: Aug 24, 25 and 26, 10 a m The Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-115 mission is scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center on Aug 27 Countdown status briefings will be broadcast live on NASA TV For details, visit: http://www nasa gov/ntv

NASA BLOOD DRIVE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Aug 24, 7:30 a m - 1 p m , MIC 6 Contact: Beverly Vaughn 358-2600 NASA civil service and contractor employees are invited to participate To donate, schedule an appointment with your office coordinator Refreshments will be served For further information, see the tips for blood donors listed at: http://www givelife2 org/donor/tips asp

SILVER SNOOPY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR HQ Date: Wednesday, Aug 23 (deadline) Contact: Dawn Brooks 358-2095 NASA Headquarters civil service and contractor employees are invited to nominate Headquarters employees for the Silver Snoopy award, the astronauts' personal achievement award The award provides special recognition for government and industry employees that demonstrate outstanding performance in support of NASA's space flight program Recognition may apply to all job classifications and task assignments Submit nominations to Dawn Brooks, the Headquarters Space Flight Awareness Panel Member, in Room 7S58 (mail suite 7H39-A) Use NASA Form 1738 available at: https://pollux hq nasa gov/nef/user/form_search cfm For award criteria, visit: http://sfa jsc nasa gov/sfaawards cfm

EXCHANGE COUNCIL CRAB FEAST Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Aug 24, 4:30 - 6:30 p m , 2nd floor patio Contact: Karen White 358-1056 Tickets are on sale in the Exchange Store Adult tickets are $20 Children's tickets are $12

HEADQUARTERS TRAINING CLASSES CPR and AED Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, Aug 29, 9 a m - noon, Room 3P50 Contact: Sheila Jackson (301) 286-2002 Sheila M Jackson@nasa gov

Leaders Who Make a Positive Difference Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Sept 7, 8:30 a m - 4 p m , Room 3P44 Contact: Sharon Boykins (301) 286-7508 Sharon L Boykins@nasa gov

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) Certification Date/Time/Location: Sept 12 - 14, 8:30 a m - 4 p m , Room 3P50

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) Refresher Date/Time/Location: Sept 15, 8:30 a m - 4 p m , Room 3P44 Contact: Sharon Boykins (301) 286-7508 Sharon L Boykins@nasa gov

For details and registration, visit: https://satern nasa gov

NASA HISTORY CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER Date/Location: Sept 19 - 21, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Contact: NASA History Division 358-0384 The NASA History Division is hosting a free conference on the societal impact of spaceflight Early registration is recommended For details, see: http://history nasa gov/socimpactconf/index html

AT-WORK WEIGHT WATCHERS SESSION Contact: Michael Fritz 358-2386 Plans are underway to form a new Weight Watchers group in September Twenty people are needed to participate in a special offer for a 17-week session for $11 53 per week, paid in advance Those interested should contact Michael Fritz at Michael Fritz@nasa gov

FREQUENTLY REQUESTED LINKS

NASA Home Page: http://www nasa gov
Inside NASA: http://www insidenasa nasa gov
NASA FY 2007 Budget and Planning Documents: http://www nasa gov/budget
Return to Flight: http://www nasa gov/returntoflight/main/index html
NASA Missions:http://www nasa gov/missions/timeline/current/current_missions html
Executive Biographies:http://www nasa gov/about/highlights/biographies_index html
Educator Astronaut Program: http://edspace nasa gov
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO): http://www hq nasa gov/cfo/internal
Financial Management Requirements: http://www hq nasa gov/cfo/internal/fmr
Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codee
NASA Family Assistance Fund: http://www nasa gov/about/highlights/AN_FAF html
Full Cost Initiative: http://www hq nasa gov/fullcost
NASA History Home Page: http://history nasa gov
Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs): http://www nasa gov/offices/ogc/wag_collection/waglog05 html
NODIS Document Library: http://nodis3 gsfc nasa gov
NODIS Document Mgt System: http://nodis-dms gsfc nasa gov/dms/dms cfm (NASA Only)
HQ e-Directory: https://polaris hq nasa gov/HQeD (NASA HQ Only)
Directory of HQ Service Contacts: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codec/service-contacts doc
Job Opportunities: http://www nasajobs nasa gov
Training: http://ohr gsfc nasa gov/DevGuide/Hq/hqtrngopps htm
Safety: http://www hq nasa gov/hq/safety htm
NASA OIG: http://www hq nasa gov/office/oig/hq
VoTS: http://www nisn nasa gov/vots
ViTS (Video Teleconferencing Service) : https://intranet hq nasa gov/vits
ISEM Services: http://www isem hq nasa gov
Computer Training: http://ctc hq nasa gov
IT Security: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codec/codeci/security/security htm (NASA HQ ONLY)
IT Notices: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codec/codeci/whatsnew/itnote htm
Exchange Store: http://www hq nasa gov/exchange

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