Date: December 21st 2006

Thursday, Dec 21, 2006

STS-116 LANDING COVERAGE ON NASA TV Date/Time: Friday, Dec 22, 3:56 p m EST NASA TV will broadcast the return of the STS-116 crew on the space shuttle Discovery Coverage begins with the scheduled deorbit burn at 2:53 p m EST Landing at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 3:56 p m EST For details, visit: http://www nasa gov/shuttle View coverage on NASA TV or online at: http://aquarius hq nasa gov:8080/ramgen/encoder/hq rm

WEBTADS CLOSING EARLY DUE TO HOLIDAY Date/Time: Friday, Dec 22, 5 p m (closing time) Contact: BASO Support Center 358-IEMP (4367) WebTADS will close for payroll processing because of the Christmas holiday on Dec 25 Have your timecards prepared and approved before 5 p m on Friday, Dec 22

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 information on blood donation, visit: http://www givelife2 org/donor/tips asp

TOASTMASTERS MEETING Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec 21, noon, MIC 5-A Contact: Jamiel Commodore 358-0302 The NASA Headquarters Toastmasters Club meets on the first and third Thursday each month at noon All employees are invited to attend a meeting to learn about the Toastmasters program

COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN ENDS DEC 22 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

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

OPM EXTENDS FEDVIP ENROLLMENT Date/Time: Friday, Dec 22, phone enrollment deadline, 7 p m ; Web enrollment 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 any time except 1 - 4 a m at: http://www BENEFEDS com, or by phone, 9 a m - 7 p m EST at 1-877-888-3337 or via TTY: 1-877-889-5680 Please note: Paper enrollments by mail or facsimile are no longer routinely accepted Employees who submit paper enrollments will experience delays in receiving confirmation of enrollment and enrollment cards and/or kits All FEDVIP open season and belated enrollments are effective Dec 31, 2006

QUARTERLY FARE SUBSIDY DISTRIBUTION Date/Time/Location: Dec 27 and 28 and Jan 3, 4, 10 and 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, contact Jacquie Morgan to 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 in January: Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting Jan 16, 9 - 10 a m and 2 - 3 p m , in Room 4M28

SENSITIVE INFORMATION AWARENESS PROTECTION TRAINING Date/Time/Location: Dec 21, 9 - 10 a m , MIC 7-A; Dec 27, 10:30 - 11:30 a m , MIC 5-A; and Dec 28 and 29, 10 - 11 a m , MIC 5-A Contact: Bryan McCall 358-1767 bryan d mccall@nasa gov Headquarters employees are encouraged to attend Sensitive Information Protection Awareness training in order to understand their responsibilities to protect personally identifiable information (PII) by applying appropriate safeguards Also, training addresses NASA and federal policies and the consequences for willful mishandling or wrongful disclosure of PII NHQ Forms 261 and 298 will be distributed at the training sessions For details, visit: http://ctc hq nasa gov or call the Computer Training Center at 358-1111

SKILLSOFT E-LEARNING IT EXCHANGE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec 28, 1 p m , MIC 5-A Contact: Computer Training Center 358-1111 ctc@hq nasa gov Learn more about NASA Headquarters' e-Learning program, SkillSoft Sign up to receive an account during the session

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
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
(IEMP) i-View Home Page, https://iview ifmp nasa gov
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
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
Computer Training: http://ctc hq nasa gov
IT Security: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codec/codeci/security/security htm (NASA HQ ONLY)

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