The Freedom to Manage Town Hall meeting is Tuesday, January 14. Goddard employees are invited to hear from members of the Freedom to Manage team and provide additional input to create a more effective and efficient work environment.

The meeting will begin in the building 8 auditorium at 10 a.m. with opening remarks from Center Director Al Diaz. NASA's Chief of Staff and White House Liaison Courtney Stadd will give an overview presentation of NASA's Freedom to Manage program, accomplishments and pending actions.

Breakout sessions will be held at 1 p.m. addressing issues in:

Human Resources - bldg 8 Auditorium
Financial Management -bldg 8 room 235
Procurement - bldg 8, room 121
Other areas of concerns in Legislative Proposals, International Agreements and Intellectural Property will be held in bldg. 26, room 205

Wallops employees can participate at the WFF VITS room and IV&V employees can participate at Fairmont 1, VITS room 225B. A sign interpreter is available upon request.

Employees are encouraged to visit the Freedom to Manage website at http://f2m.nasa.gov/

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NASA 's Mission:
*To understand and protect our home planet
*To explore the Universe and search for life
*To inspire the next generation of explorers
…as only NASA can

For a further details of the NASA mission, go to: http://www.nasa.gov/bios/vision.html

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In observance and in celebrationmarking a century of flight in 2003, Goddard News will feature historical NASA flight tidbits throughout the year. This Week in History: The Lunar Prospector was launched on January 6, 1998 (EST). The Lunar Prospector collected lunar mapping data and high-resolution studies for a little more than a year and a half. When the mission ended on 31 July 1999 at 9:52:02 UT (5:52:02 EDT) it was hoped that the Lunar Prospector's deliberately targeted impact would liberate water vapor from the suspected ice deposits in the crater and that the plume would be detectable from Earth, however, no plume was observed.

For more information on the Centennial of Flight celebration events, go to: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/