Key Personnel Appointments

Mark Walther was appointed as Project Manager for the Integrated Financial Management (IFM) effective June 2, 2002.

Continuing Resolution for FY03

The Agency does not yet have an appropriation bill for FY03; but we are able to continue operations under a second Continuing Resolution (CR) that allows us to operate for 7 more days through October 11, 2002. In all likelihood, we will continue to receive CRs for varying lengths of time until our appropriations bill is signed.

For more information, contact the CFO Office, Nancy Abell at x6-7947 or Julie Baker at x6-7948.

2003 FEHB Plan Rates Published

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has published the 2003 FEHB Plan Rates. Most of the rates increased, some more than others. To view the rates, visit the OPM website at: http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/03rates/index.asp

Implementation of New Security Processes

Based on the results of the GSFC Threat Vulnerability and Threat Assessment (TVAT), an evaluation of potential local and national terrorism threats, and authorization from the Office of Security Management and Safeguards (Code X) at NASA Headquarters, Center management has decided to reduce our FPC level from Modified Charlie to Bravo Plus, effective at 7:00 a.m. on October 7, 2002. Details regarding requirements for all FPC levels can be found in Chapter 6 of NASA's Security Procedures and Guidelines (NPG 1620.1B), which you can review on the NASA Online Directives Information System web site: http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/main_lib.html.

New Procedures for Requesting and Vouching for the Unescorted Entry of Visitors

Forms and information can be found under "Safety and Security Quick Links" on the GSFC Internal Home Page at http://internal.gsfc.nasa.gov.

NASA Honor Awards Ceremony Rescheduled

Due to the TDRS launch (scheduled November 20th), the NASA Annual Honor Awards ceremony has been rescheduled from Tuesday, November 19th to Wednesday, December 4th. Further information will be forthcoming. If you have any questions, contact Danielle Tolbert on 6-7283.

New ODIN Delivery Order

ACS has been awarded the GSFC ODIN follow-on delivery order. The period of performance is October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003. This new delivery order greatly improves services available to our Goddard customers. For more details, please click here for pdf document.

Subscribing to Receive Press Releases

NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail message to domo@hq.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type the words "subscribe press-release" (no quotes). The system will reply with a confirmation via E-mail of each subscription. A second automatic message will include additional information on the service. NASA releases also are available via CompuServe usng the command GO NASA. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, address an E-mail message to domo@hq.nasa.gov, leave the subject blank, and type only "unsubscribe press-release" (no quotes) in the body of the message.

FAIR Act Inventory

All Federal agencies are required by the provisions of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998 to establish an annual inventory of commercial activities performed in the Agency. NASA Headquarters has now posted its 2002 FAIR Act Inventory list to the following website: http://competitivesourcing.nasa.gov Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are also posted on the same website. Center Management encourages employees to check that source since it contains some background information which may be of interest to all.