New Center-wide Pager Contract

The Information Services and Advanced Technology Division (Code 290) has established a Center-wide contract for government provided pager services with Skytel. This contract offers several options for local and national service, as well as numeric and alpha receivers, at competitive prices. By utilizing this contract, users will benefit from more reliable customer service, billing verification, and waived activation fees.

A Skytel representative will be available on Thursday, August 22, 2002 in Building 12, room C100 to demonstrate the equipment and answer questions. If you will be using a Skytel pager, or just interested in the Center-wide contract, stop by between 12 noon and 2 pm.

Goddard Professionals Needed for High School Campaign - Goddard Education Programs has received a request for professional representatives to make presentations to high School freshman in their classrooms about were they want to go in life and how to get there emphasizing the importance of performing well in school, building an impressive transcript, and preparing for the future. The program will be expanded to 12 high schools and are in need of more potential speakers from our surrounding area. The Achievement Counts campaign is looking for articulate, energetic people of various cultural, ethnic and educational backgrounds, to help deliver the Achievement Counts message. There will be a training session available in September prior to any visitations. Presentations will be scheduled during the month of October. For more information, please call Ron Erwin at 6-7504 or email rerwin@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov. If you are interested in participating, click on the response form for pdf of speakers form, which should be completed and faxed to Ron Erwin at 6-1655. Thank you for your consideration.

CISCO Networking Academy - Crossland High School - Goddard Education Programs has received a request for volunteers to serve as coaches for the Cisco Networking Academy at Crossland High School in Temple Hills Maryland. Volunteers need not have specialized networking knowledge. The focus of this program will be the sharing of interpersonal and workplace communication skills young people will need to be successful in their future work. A half-day training session for volunteer coaches is planned on August 21 at Crossland High School. The program will begin in September 2002, with lessons provided online to assist the four coaches needed in their work with the students. Each team will work with a morning class made up of juniors and seniors taking networking classes. Team members will work with the students once or twice a month in sessions that last for an hour and a quarter. If you are interested or have additional questions, please call or email John DiTomasso, Director of TECH CORPS Maryland at 410-730-3071 or email: johndit@us.net.

Viewing a Launch from the Causeway - In light of the events, which occurred on September 11, 2001, NASA Headquarters has established new security procedures for nominating and inviting NASA guests to view a Space Shuttle launch. Enhanced security measures at Kennedy for screening visitors and vehicles during Space Shuttle operations are now into effect.

As part of ensuring a safe environment for viewing shuttle launches, access to the causeway is prohibited. Causeway passes are not available to each Center for employee viewing as they were in the past. Launch transportation tickets to view a launch can be purchased from the Kennedy Visitor Center. For more information, go to: http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/html/see_launch.html