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New
Night Added for NASA Family Science Night at the National Air and
Space Museum
Challenger Center
for Space Science Education and the National Air and Space Museum
invite you to attend a special Family Science Night event at the
Museum. Due to high volume, a new night has been added on Wednesday,
August 20. August 18 is now filled. This special evening for
NASA HQ and NASA GSFC employees, contractors, and their families,
and the staff and families from the Smithsonian Institution and
Challenger Center, will celebrate humanity's quest to know its place
in the cosmos. This year we'll explore whether Earth is the only
world with intelligent life or one among many, and in the process
reconnect with our overwhelming need to push back the frontiers
of knowledge as a species of explorers.
For more information
and to register for this free evening, visit http://www.challenger.org/fsn
Upcoming
Training
Basic
Continuous Risk Management Course
This course
familiarizes the student with the fundamentals of Continuous Risk
Management (CRM) using hypothetical space flight project case study
with an interactive teaching approach that combines lecture with
exercises and group discussion. This training is consistent with
CRM requirements identified in NPG 7120.5, NASA Program & Project
NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements,
and NPG 8000.4, Risk Management.
You will learn:
How to: (1)
Identify risks in a specific format; (2) Analyze risk probability,
impact, and timeframe; (3) Plan approaches; (4) Track risks through
data compilation and analysis; (5) Control and monitor risks;
(6) Communicate and document the process and decisions
How to implement
CRM within an organization using a variety methods and tools;
How to tailor
the CRM process for your organization.
Who Should
Attend
All GSFC personnel
interested in learning basic risk management skills. Personnel with
flight program/project management, resource management engineering,
mission operations, and assurance responsibility; Professionals
involved in managing, identifying, or reviewing of risks, risk management
plans, or risk assessments.
Registration
& Information:
Fax your completed Goddard Training Request (17-92) to Mark Goldman
on 301-286-1679. Then
mail the original form to Code 114.
For registration
information, contact Mark Goldman on 301-286-8852.
For more information
please visit the Systems Management Office Continuous Risk Management
(CRM) web site at http://crm.nasa.gov
or contact Steve Botzum at (301) 286-8521.
In the IDP Workshop
for Supervisors and the IDP Workshop for Employees, many questions
have come up around the IDP process. Under OHR's career development
page, there is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that
have come from both supervisors and employees. These questions have
been answered by OHR staff and legal counsel. Please take time to
review these FAQs at http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/idp.htm.
Questions? Please contact Tracey White.
The
view all of the upcoming training courses, visit: http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/Calendar/home.htm
EOY
Island Party
A great DJ and
a catered dinner will highlight a fun End of the Year (EOY) party
at the Rec Center on September 25 at 4:30 p.m. The menu includes:
1 lb. steamed shrimp per person plus all-you-care-to-eat jerk chicken,
fresh grilled burgers/hot dogs, side dishes, and beer/wine/sodas.
PLUS cash door prizes! Tickets are on sale at the GEWA Store and
cost $20/person til September 19. Only 200 tickets will be sold,
and no tickets will be sold after September 19 (no exceptions).
(Sponsored by GEWA)
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