ODIN Newsletter

"The October issue of the ODIN Interchange Newsletter is available on the ODIN Website at http://www.odingsfc.com/newsletters/GSFCOct02.pdf. This issue features the new Delivery Order, Email Security Review Board, Desktop Services, Provance Update, and more."

Goddard Post Office

The Goddard Contract Post Office will be closed the week of November 18th. It will re-open on November 25th.

When the Post Office is closed, the GEWA Store usually sells books of 10 for $3.70. The Credit Union always sells books of 20 for $7.40.

The only mailbox on site is at the Visitors' Center with a pickup time of noon.

The Stamp Club has stamp covers (decorated envelopes specially dated) available for sale at the P.O. They include the very latest launches, past missions, and a limited number honoring the 1st anniversary of September 11th. These beautiful covers are only $1.25 each

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.

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

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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.