Goddard's Freedom to Manage Town Hall Meeting

Goddard's Freedom to Manage Town Hall meeting was held earlier this week. The Town Hall meeting was an opportunity for employees to contribute to the effort of removing barriers that prevent NASA from becoming an effective and efficient work environment as "One NASA."

	Courtney Stadd, NASA's Chief of Staff and White House Liaison

NASA's Chief of Staff and White House Liaison Courtney Stadd began the day by supplying employees with an overview presentation of NASA's Freedom to Manage (F2M) program, which included the development of NASA's new mission statement. Stadd then revealed some accomplishments from F2M such as the single NASA badge for all NASA employees and the possibility of research and development funds being used for travel. He then discussed the pending actions.

Rt: Rich Beck, Director of the Resource Analysis Division, HQ CFO Office facilitates employee session for financial management concerns.

Coordinators from four of the five categories of human resources, financial management, procurement and the "other" catch all category, gave an overview of their progress and held afternoon sessions for employees to attend to give input or to be informed.

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

Employees at morning Freedom to Manange presentation