Tuesday, June 24, 2003<br /><br /><br />GARAGE SECURITY UPDATE<br />In a continuing effort to maintain a secure and safe work<br />environment, NASA Headquarters is working to help prevent<br />individuals from identifying where you work and park. During the<br />next week, upon entering the garage, NASA HQ civil service<br />employees with parking permits will be issued a random number<br />decal to place over the NASA logo on their hanging parking tag.<br />During the September-October recertification and parking permit<br />renewal period, new hanging tags will be issued. Contact<br />HQ Security/Richard Young, 358-1107, or Parking Manager/<br />Vera Edmunds, 358-0106.<br /><br /><br />FAREWELL EVENT FOR COURTNEY STADD, DR. JEREMIAH CREEDON<br />Wednesday, June 25, 3 p.m., auditorium. A ceremony will be held<br />to bid farewell to Courtney Stadd, Chief of Staff and White House<br />Liaison, and Dr. Jeremiah Creedon, Associate Administrator for<br />Aerospace Technology and former Director of Langley Research<br />Center. A reception will follow in the west lobby. Joanna Adamus,<br />358-1716.<br /><br /><br />NASA HQ MAIL AWARENESS WEEK JUNE 23-27<br />- June 23-27, west lobby. Visit the Mail Awareness display.<br />- Thursday, June 26, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mail Center Open House. Come<br />view the HQ Mail Center facilities and get a first hand look at<br />operations. Learn safe mail handling tips, mail procedures, and<br />meet the staff. Visit the HQ Mail Management Web site at<br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/codeci/mailcor/mailmgt.html<br />Keith Scott, 358-1380.<br /><br /><br />CONTRACTOR OPEN FORUM<br />Thursday, June 26, 9-11:30 a.m., auditorium. Senior level<br />corporate and operations officials at companies currently doing<br />business or that are considering doing business with NASA are<br />invited to an open forum hosted by Deputy Administrator Fred<br />Gregory, Courtney Stadd, and others discussing NASA's Agency<br />Transformation Activities/Initiatives. A question-and-answer<br />period will follow. Space is limited. Please send no more than<br />two representatives from each company. Seating is first-come,<br />first-served with doors opening a half hour early. Registration<br />is requested; forms are on the Web site at:<br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/hqforum.html<br />Yolande Harden, 358-1279.<br /><br /><br />QUARTERLY FARE SUBSIDY PICKUP RM. 4M28<br />- June 26, 27, and 30, 10 a.m.-12 noon; 1-3 p.m.<br />- July 1, 2, and 3, 10 a.m.-12 noon; 1-3 p.m. only.<br />Subsidies picked up after July 3, will be prorated for the<br />quarter. Angela Thompson, 358-1214, or Denise Hurey, 358-2105.<br /><br /><br />NASA BLOOD DRIVE<br />Thursday, June 26, 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Rm. 3P44. Schedule an<br />appointment with your code coordinator. Bring a co-worker. HUD<br />employees are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Shirley<br />Mitchell, R.N., 358-2600.<br /><br /><br />HQ TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES<br />- June 26. IDP for Supervisors.<br />- July 8. Effective Communications with Customers.<br />- July 16. Planning for a Successful Retirement.<br />
http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/Hq/Junefy03.htm<br /><br /><br />INTERNATIONAL CONTINUING HEALTH EDUCATION<br />Friday, June 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Rm CD61. Session 6: Series 12:<br />"Bioterrorism":<br />- (1) "Directions of Research & Development in Biodefense" by<br />Brad Smith, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins U.;<br />- (2) "Rapid Syndrome Validation System" by Alan Zelicoff, M.D.,<br />Sandia National Laboratories.<br />Dr. Wing Chan, 358-0592.<br /><br /><br />TSP RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM<br />The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board announced<br />that its new daily valued Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) record<br />keeping system went into production June 16. For details, see<br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/hq/recordkeep.htm Scott Howell, 358-1558.<br /><br /><br />ANNUAL BOSTON PROPERTIES RELAMPING PROGRAM<br />Boston Properties is currently relamping the HQ Building,<br />starting on the C-level and continuing up to the 9th floor.<br />According to the Statement of Work in the NASA HQ Lease<br />agreement, the engineers must install lighting tubes in all<br />lighting fixtures. Employees who would like to have one or two<br />light tubes removed from their overhead fixtures may request<br />lighting adjustments once this work is completed in their area.<br />To make your request, contact the Facilities Help Desk and the<br />LESCO electrician can make adjustments. Eric Rountree, Facilities<br />Manager, 358-0209.<br /><br /><br />PAYROLL UPDATE: NEW FEDERAL TAX RATES, SES DUES<br />- The new Federal tax rate tables will be reflected in the<br />paycheck that is received on July 8, 2003 for pay period 14. This<br />will not be retroactive. The retroactive portion will be refunded<br />to employees by IRS through the normal process of filing income<br />tax returns.<br />- The Senior Executive Association dues will increase from $10 to<br />$11 per pay period beginning with pay period 15, which is the<br />July 22, 2003 pay check. Payroll, 358-1051.<br /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><br />FREQUENTLY REQUESTED LINKS<br />- NASA Home Page:
http://www.nasa.gov<br />- Space Shuttle Columbia:
http://www.nasa.gov/columbia<br />- NASA Budget (FY 2004): <br />
http://www.nasa.gov/about/budget/AN_Budget_04_detail.html<br />- Freedom to Manage (F2M):
http://www.f2m.nasa.gov<br />- Educator Astronaut Program:
http://edspace.nasa.gov<br />- NASA Family Assistance Fund:
http://www.nasa.gov/about/overview/AN_FAF.html<br />- Full Cost Initiative:
https://fullcost.hq.nasa.gov<br />- NODIS Document Library:
http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/main_lib.html<br />- NODIS Document Mgt. System: <br />
http://nodis-dms.gsfc.nasa.gov/dms/dms.cfm (NASA Only)<br />- Directory of HQ Service Contacts: <br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/service-contacts.doc<br />- Job Opportunities:
http://www.nasajobs.nasa.gov<br />- Approved Widely-Attended Gatherings (WAG's): <br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/ogc/general_law/ethics/waglog03.html<br />- Training:
http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/Hq/hqtrngopps.htm<br />- Safety:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/hq/safety.htm<br />- NASA OIG:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq<br />- HQ ISO 9000:
http://hqiso9000.hq.nasa.gov (NASA HQ ONLY)<br />- VoTS:
http://www.nisn.nasa.gov/vots<br />- ISEM Services:
http://www.isem.hq.nasa.gov<br />- Computer Training: <br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/codeci/ITservices/ctc/ctc.htm<br />- IT Security: <br />
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/codeci/security/security.htm <br />(NASA HQ ONLY)<br />- IT Notices:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codec/codeci/whatsnew/itnote.htm<br />- Columbia Cafe:
http://columbiacafe.hq.nasa.gov<br />- Exchange Store:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/exchange<br />- NASA Vision Online:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/hq/infocom/bulletin_online.htm<br />- National Air & Space Museum: <br />
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