Export Control Training

A series of export control training sessions have been scheduled to enhance the training and awareness of GSFC personnel involved in activities having export control implications. Activities involving foreign nationals have export control processes that need to be followed. Each session contains an overview, as well as two specialized topics. Attend the session most convenient and of the most interest to you. No training request is required. A session will be scheduled for Wallops in the near future.

Who Should Attend?

Program/Project Managers, Export Control POC's, and other persons with significant export control responsibilities (e.g., transportation specialists, reviewers of NASA Form 1676 (NASA Scientific and Technical Availability Authorization) or NASA Form 1679 (Disclosure of Invention or New Technology)).

Personnel should attend export control training if they have not previously attended some type of training on NASA's Export Control Program (e.g., attended NASA's APPL International Project Management Course or received a briefing from GSFC's Export Control Office). If you have any questions, please contact Tom Weisz, GSFC Center Export Administrator, at extension 6-4541. Click here to view a listing of the times for the training sessions in pdf.

Key Personnel Appointments

Effective October 6, 2002, Mr. Rene (Ray) Boucarut was appointed Associate Branch Head of the Optics Branch (Code 551, 286-4251).

Effective October 20, 2002, Mr. Wesley A. Powell was appointed Associate Branch Head of the Microelectronics and Signal Processing Branch (Code 564, 286-2823).

Volunteers

Goddard's Education Programs Office has received a request from:

Timonium Elementary School Science Career Fair, volunteers needed to serve as speakers for a career fair which will provide interactive learning experiences for students, grades K-5 at Timonium Elementary School, May 21, 2003, Timonium, MD. Each class has an hour to explore careers within a setting of learning stations so that students may move freely from one to another. This all day event will include lunch. If you are interested in participating, please contact Aggie DiBacco-Miller at amiller@radicus.net.

E. Roosevelt High School Career Day, volunteers needed to serve as speakers for a career day which will provide learning experiences for students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Md on November 20, 2002. Students will have an opportunity to explore careers within a setting of learning stations. This event will include lunch. If you are interested in participating, please contact Loretta Statham at 301-490-4569 or email: LStatham8@aol.com.

Wings of Warmth

The NASA Goddard Flying Club will be accepting donations of new and used clothing, canned goods, non-perishable foods, and usable toys for the benefit of the needy people in the mid-Atlantic region. The donation drive will be from Oct. 28 to Nov 1, 2002.

Bring your donations to the self-service collection station at Goddard in the big parking lot across from bldg 8 daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon thru Fri. Look for signs. Tax deduction receipts will be available.

The Flying Clubs plans to fly (or drive) all donations to the Washington County Salvation Army in Hagerstown, Md., on the morning of Saturday, November 2. Participants should gather at the Ft. Meade Tipton Airfield for loading and departure at approximately 10 a.m. All pilots and other members are encouraged to participate.

For more information or to volunteer call Tom Paradis at 301-286-0870, or Jim Metzger at 301-286-4683, or Doug Ilg at 301-794-5457; or visit their websites: http://garc.gsfc.nasa.gov/~ngfc or http://www.avialantc.com

NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program

NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) is now accepting applications for the 2003 program. The NASA USRP is seeking undergraduate students form diverse communities who are interested in a challenging research experience at a NASA center. In coordination with NASA's research and development mission, USRP provides students with a technical mentor and excellent hands-on experience. The two sessions are offered are a 10-week summer session or a 15-week fall session.

For more information and eligibility requirements visit: http://www.vsgc.odu.edu/html/usrp.html or http://education.nasa.gov/usrp/

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.