Date: September 21st 2006

Thursday, Sept 21, 2006

CMS DEADLINE FOR HQ EMPLOYEES Date/Time: Thursday, Sept 21, 5 p m 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: http://baso hq nasa gov

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 Toastmasters' competition The winners advance to Toastmasters' Area Contest

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, "Recent 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

LOOKING FOR SAP VERSION UPDATE INFORMATION? Contact: BASO Support Center 358-IEMP (4367) Visit the Headquarters SAP Version Update (SVU) Web page made available by the Business and Administrative Systems Office (BASO) The site includes important SVU milestones, overview information, articles and points of contact (also known as Headquarters organizational leads) To visit the Web page, go to: http://baso hq nasa gov/svu htm

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

BONE DENSITY SCREENINGS Date/Time/Location: Sept 27, Oct 5, Oct 18 and Oct 25, 9 a m - 4 p m , Health Unit Contact: Health Unit 358-2600 The Health Unit will offer free bone density screenings by the American Screening Association to NASA civil service employees To schedule an appointment, call (800) 686-3035 For information on bone health and osteoporosis, visit http://www nof org

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH OBSERVANCE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Sept 28, 11 a m , International Broadcasting Bureau, 330 Independence Ave , SW, Washington, D C Contact: Craig Cassidy 358-1538 The ceremony features inspirational and motivational speaker Dr Samuel Betances The program highlights Betances' insights on the commitment to diversity and workplace issue Government identification is required

EXCHANGE COUNCIL FALL GOLF OUTING Date/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 $80 through Sept 22 Sign up your foursome or register individually Submit reservations and payments to Marla Neustadt in Room 1C66

HEADQUARTERS TRAINING FOR SUPERVISORS NASA HQ New Supervisor Training: Meeting Learners Where They Are! Date/Time/Location: Oct 2 - 6, 8:30 a m - 4:30 p m , Room 3P44 Contact: Donna Williams (301) 286-5834 or 358-3624 This five-day pilot program provides new supervisors with supervisory and management training as required by NASA Policy Directive 3410 2E For details and registration, visit: https://satern 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
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
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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