Date: August 31st 2006

Thursday, Aug 31, 2006

NASA UPDATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Aug 31, 1 p m , auditorium NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will hold a NASA Update to discuss NASAÃ‚Â¹s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services initiative, the upcoming Crew Exploration Vehicle (Orion) contract award, as well as our progress toward "return to assembly" for the International Space Station The program is scheduled to run for one hour Questions from NASA employees at Headquarters and from participating centers are invited Employees can also e-mail questions to nasaupdate@hq nasa gov You are invited to attend the program in the auditorium You may also watch the update on NASA TV and on the Web at: http://aquarius hq nasa gov:8080/ramgen/encoder/hq rm

EXPLORATION SYSTEMS PRESS CONFERENCE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Aug 31, 4 p m , NASA Headquarters NASA Exploration Systems managers will host a press conference to announce the prime contractor to develop, and build Orion, America's next human spacecraft Scott Horowitz, Doug Cooke, Jeff Hanley and Caris A (Skip) Hatfield will announce the selection and discuss the program The media briefing will air live on NASA TV and online For information on NASA's Constellation Program and the Orion spacecraft, visit: http://www nasa gov/orion

ATLANTIS RETURNS TO THE LAUNCH PAD The Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center to weather Tropical Storm Ernesto in place The decision to return Atlantis to the launch pad came Tuesday as Ernesto was predicted to skirt further west than first expected, allowing a sufficient decrease in winds to permit the shuttle to ride out the storm at the pad For updated information on Atlantis and the STS-115 mission, visit the Space Shuttle Main page at: http://www nasa gov/shuttle

WEBTADS CLOSING EARLY DUE TO HOLIDAY Date: Thursday, Aug 31 (deadline) Contact: BASO Support Center (202) 358-IEMP (4367) All WebTADS timesheets must be approved before 4:30 p m on Thursday, Aug 31, due to the Labor Day holiday Monday, Sept 4

AGENCY TRAINING COURSE Public Sector Leadership: Vision, Values and Vital Strategies Date/Location: Sept 17 - 22, San Diego, Calif Contact: Donna Williams 358-3624 Donna A Williams@nasa gov For details, visit: http://www leadership opm gov

IT SECURITY: SECURING YOUR HOME COMPUTER Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Sept 6, 11:30 a m - 1 p m , MIC 3-A Contact: Steven Adair (202) 552-2731 This IT Exchange will explain how to keep your computer safe; use and secure wireless Internet; protect against spam, viruses, worms and phishing attacks The presentation is also available via WebEx and teleconference

COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER CLASSES VoIP Telephone and Voicemail Training Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Sept 6, 1 - 3 p m , Room 3R53

Data Back-up Training for PC Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Sept 7, 9 - 11 a m , Room 3R55

MS Project Basics I Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, Sept 12, 9 a m - noon, Room 3R55

Contact: CTC Training Coordinator, 358-1111, ctc@hq nasa gov To register, visit: https://satern nasa gov

FAST FACTS FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT Contact: Baruti Jahi 358-0621 or Rhonda Benning 358-0148 For questions regarding records management, go to the "Records Management" link on the NASA Headquarters Web site's Inside NASA page The site includes fast facts about forms, directives and points of contact and answers to frequently asked questions You may also access the page directly at: http://www hq nasa gov/hq/records html

FORMS MANAGEMENT TIP Contact: Ellwood Annaheim 358-0830 To avoid using the wrong edition of a form, visit the NASA Headquarters government forms Web site The page will always include the most current version of every form To access the site, go to: https://pollux hq nasa gov/nef/user/form_search cfm

EXTERNAL TRAINING REGISTRATION AND PURCHASE GO TO NSSC Contact: Mary Alice Diedrich 358-1159 Registration and purchase of offsite/external training transferred to the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Employees should submit requests for training through SATERN, NASA's new learning management system For details, visit the NSSC Web site at: http://www nssc 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
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
Computer Training: http://ctc hq nasa gov
IT Security: http://www hq nasa gov/office/codec/codeci/security/security htm (NASA HQ ONLY)
Exchange Store: http://www hq nasa gov/exchange

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