Date: July 20th 2006

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 20, 9:30 a m , NASA HQ Channel 36 Contact: Kendra Perkins 358-2119 NASA TV will broadcast the July 20 hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform regarding global climate change, private sector efforts to ameliorate the impact and similar steps government can take Panel 1: James Connaughton, Council of Environmental Quality and Dr Thomas Karl, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Panel 2: Dr Judy Curry, Georgia Institute of Technology NASA witness: Dr James Hansen, Goddard Space Flight Center

30TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARS VIKING MISSION Thirty years after the first successful landing on Mars by NASA's Viking spacecraft July 20, 1976, the ambitious mission continues to evoke pride and enthusiasm for future space exploration For information on the historic Viking 1 and 2 missions, visit http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/viking for links to a Web story, mission information and Mars images

SATERN DEMONSTRATIONS: COURSE REGISTRATION Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 20, 10 a m - noon, MIC 7-A; Tuesday, July 25, 10 a m - noon, MIC 3-A Contact: Sheila Jackson (301) 286-2022 Attend a demonstration and learn more about SATERN, the single source for online training and on and off-site course registration

EXCHANGE COUNCIL ICE CREAM SOCIAL Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 20, 12:45 - 1:45 p m , west lobby Contact: Debbie Randall 358-1173 The Exchange Council invites all employees to a summer social with free ice cream

MANDATORY FY 2006 IT SECURITY TRAINING Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, July 25, 9:45 a m , MIC 5; Thursday, July 27, 1:45 p m , MIC 5 Contact: Greg Kerr 358-2218 All NASA Headquarters civil service and contractor employees must complete Information Technology Security training by July 31 in a classroom session or online at https://satern nasa gov For details, visit: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codec/codeci/security/Training/awarenes htm

TOASTMASTERS MEETING Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 20, noon - 1 p m , MIC 6-A Contact: Jamiel Commodore 358-0302 All employees are invited to attend and learn about the Toastmasters program

INTERNATIONAL CONTINUING HEALTH EDUCATION SERIES Date/Time/Location: Friday, July 28, 10 a m - noon, Room CD61 Contact: Dr Wing Chan 358-0592 Session 5 of "Avian Influenza -- A Potential Pandemic" includes two presentations: "Surveillance of Wild Birds and Embargo of Birds/Bird Products" by J Clifford, D V M, U S Department of Agriculture; and "Non-pharmaceutical Public Health Interventions: Strategy and Implementation in the Setting of Pandemic Influenza" by M Doney, M D , M P H , M S , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NASA FIRST PROGRAM NOMINATIONS Date: Monday, July 31 (deadline) Contact: Donna Williams 358-3624 NASA civil service employees at the GS-11-12 level are invited to apply for the NASA Foundations of Influence, Relationships, Success and Teamwork (FIRST) Pilot Program, a one-year development program For details and forms, visit: http://leadership nasa gov/nasa_first/home htm

NASA DAY AT SIX FLAGS Date/Location: Sunday, Aug 20, Six Flags America, Largo, Md NASA Day is open to Headquarters and Goddard Space Flight Center employees, their families and friends Admission includes lunch (fried chicken, baked ziti, tossed salad, coleslaw, ice cream and soda) Purchase tickets in the Employee Store Price: $30 Children under 4 are free Season passholders may purchase meal tickets for $12

EXCHANGE COUNCIL FALL GOLF TOURNAMENT Date/Time/Location: Friday, Sept 29, Courses at Andrews Air Force Base Contact: Marla Neustadt 358-3741 or Chris Jedrey 358-2100 Come out and have a great day of golf, food and prizes The price per player is $70 before Sept 6 and $80 through Sept 22 Sign up your foursome or register individually Submit reservations and payments to Marla Neustadt in Room 1C66

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 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)
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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