Date: December 19th 2006

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Tuesday, Dec 19, 2006

FOLLOW ON NASA TELEVISION AND THE WEB NASA is providing extensive television and Internet coverage of space shuttle Discovery's mission The NASA television schedule for STS-116 is available at: http://www nasa gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule html For Web coverage, visit: http://www nasa gov/shuttle

QUARTERLY FARE SUBSIDY DISTRIBUTION Date/Time/Location: Dec 27, 28 and Jan 3, 4, 10 , 11, 10 a m - noon and 1:30 - 3:30 p m , west lobby Contact: Jacquie Morgan 358-1214 Please bring your NASA ID badge If you will be on travel or leave, arrange to pick up subsidies after your return Subsidies picked up after Jan 16 will be prorated for the quarter New participants in the SmartBenefits program will also receive their SmarTrip cards Make up dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays in January after Jan 11 from 9-10 a m and 2-3 p m in Room 4M28

SKILLSOFT e-LEARNING ITE Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Dec 20, 11 a m , MIC 5-A Contact: Computer Training Center ctc@hq nasa gov or 358-1111 Learn more about NASA Headquarters new Web-based e-Learning program, SkillSoft at an IT Exchange See a demonstration and receive a Web-based training account during the session All you need is a computer and Internet access to use SkillSoft to start and stop courses at your own pace

NASA BLOOD DRIVE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec 21, 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

FLU SHOTS FOR ALL HEADQUARTERS STAFF Date/Time/Location: Tuesday - Thursday, 1 - 3 p m , Health Unit Contact: Beverly Vaughn 358-2600 Flu shots are available to all NASA Headquarters staff (civil service and contractors) on a first-come, first-serve basis, while supplies last For details, visit: http://www cdc gov/flu

OPM EXTENDS FEDVIP ENROLLMENT Date/Time: Friday, Dec 22, Phone deadline, 7 p m ; Web deadline, midnight Contact: Scott Howell, 358-1558 The Office of Personnel Management is allowing federal employees to make belated enrollments to the new Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) Enroll on the Web at: http://www BENEFEDS com at any time except 1-4 a m or by phone, Monday through Friday, 9 a m - 7 p m EST at 1-877-888-3337 or via TTY:1-877-889-5680 Please note: As of Dec 15, paper enrollments by mail or by facsimile are no longer routinely accepted Employees submitting paper enrollments after Dec 15 will experience delays in receiving confirmation of enrollment, and getting enrollment cards and/or kits All FEDVIP open season and belated enrollments are effective Dec 31, 2006

JANUARY-MARCH PARKING PERMITS ON SALE Date/Location: Dec 12 - Jan 4, Colonial Parking Office, P1 level Contact: Vera Edmunds 358-0106 Parking permits for NASA civil service employees are on sale Please bring your payment of $120 to the Colonial Parking office Make payments by check or money order payable to Colonial Parking

COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN GIVING Date: Friday, Dec 22 (deadline) Contact: Kim Butler 358-2341 kimberly l butler-1@nasa gov Please give generously to the 2006 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area (CFCNA) For information on eligible charities, see the CFCNA catalog or http://www cfcnca org Make your contributions to CFCNA charities via WebTADS For details, contact your office coordinator

2006 HEADQUARTERS SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING COURSE Date: Monday, April 30, 2007 (Deadline) Contact: Karen D Hatzimanolis 358-0198 or Richard Young 358-1107 The annual Headquarters Security Awareness training course is available online on SATERN All Headquarters civil servant and contract employees must complete this requirement Please note: This training class is separate from IT Security training

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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