Tuesday, Sept 19, 2006

EXPEDITION 14/ISS DOCKING COVERAGE ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Sept 20, 1:24 a m EDT (docking scheduled) NASA TV will air live coverage of the Expedition 14 Soyuz docking with the International Space Station (ISS) beginning at 12 a m EDT Expedition 14 crew members Mike Lopez-Alegria, commander and NASA station science officer, and Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer and Soyuz commander, launched to the station Sept 18 on a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Joining them for the flight was Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari, a U S businesswoman, who will visit the station for nine days under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency For details, visit: http://www nasa gov/station

STS-115 LANDING COVERAGE ON NASA TV Date/Time: Wednesday, Sept 20, 5:59 a m EDT (scheduled landing time) The Space Shuttle Atlantis carrying the STS-115 crew is scheduled to touch down Wednesday at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Fla For updated mission information, visit: http://www nasa gov/shuttle

FY 2006 YEAR-END CLOSE DATES FOR TRAVEL MANAGER Contact: BASO Support Center 358-IEMP (4367) In order for travel to be paid before the end of the fiscal year, vouchers must be approved by managers and routed to the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) no later than Sept 20, 2006 If you don¹t have your travel authorization in by Sept 20, any FY 2006 funding that is expiring for travel may be lost Your travel authorization must be approved by managers and received in the Regional Finance Office (RFO) For further information, visit the BASO Web site at: http://baso hq nasa gov

END-OF-YEAR SUPPLY REQUESTS FOR HQ Date/Time: Thursday, Sept 21, noon (deadline) Contact: Terry Lewis 358-0196 or Beth Booker (301) 286-9594 Due to end of fiscal year closeout, the Advanced Materials Management System (AMMS) will be shut down Thursday, Sept 21 through Monday, Oct 2 All orders for stores stock materials/office supplies must be received by noon Sept 21 Please submit office supply orders that require AMMS processing to Terry Lewis in Room 1O41 by the deadline

TOASTMASTERS HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Sept 21, noon, MIC 6-A Contact: Jamiel Commodore 358-0302 The Headquarters Toastmasters Club invites you to attend this local Toastmasters¹ competition The winners advance to Toastmasters' Area Contest

CMS DEADLINE FOR HQ EMPLOYEES EXTENDED Date/Time: Thursday, Sept 21, 5 p m (new deadline) Contact: Jody Williams 358-3706 or Luke Weaver 358-1218 Headquarters employees are required to update their competencies and select corresponding proficiency levels in the Competency Management System (CMS) by Sept 21 at 5 p m To learn more, contact the BASO Support Center at 358-IEMP (4367), ext 0, or visit the BASO Web site at: http://baso hq nasa gov

AERONAUTICS SPONSORS TECHNICAL SEMINAR Date/Time/Location: Friday, Sept 22, 11 a m , auditorium Contact: J D Harrington 358-5241 The Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate invites all employees to attend a technical seminar entitled, ³Recent Data Mining Advances of Aviation Safety Data " Dr Irv Statler and Dr Ashok N Srivastava, both from the NASA Ames Research Center, will describe advances made in extracting information from multiple aviation safety databases The seminar will also be broadcast internally on NASA HQ Channels 32 and 36

QUARTERLY FARE SUBSIDY DISTRIBUTION Date/Time/Location: Sept 26, 27, 28 and Oct 3, 4 and 5, 10 a m - noon and 1:30 - 3:30 p m , west lobby Contact: Denise Hurey 358-2105 Please bring your NASA ID badge If you will be on travel or leave, contact Denise Hurey at 358-2105 to arrange to pick up subsidies after your return Subsidies picked up after Oct 5 will be prorated for the quarter New participants in the SmartBenefits program will also receive their SmarTrip cards

MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING SCHEDULED Date/Time/Location: Sept 27, 2 p m ; Oct 5, 2:30 p m ; and Oct 11, 10 a m , auditorium Contact: Ethics Team 358-2465 Employees who file a Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF 278) and Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 450) and Interagency Personnel Act (IPA) and Schedule C employees are required to take ethics training every year NEX employees who file a form are also required to attend These employees have been notified via e-mail regarding this requirement For details, visit: http://www nasa gov/offices/ogc/general_law/ethicstraining html

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)

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