NASA GSFC Management Council Meeting 22 Jan 2001
100/Diaz
Attended the GEST Center dedication on Friday. The event went very well.
Mr. Goldin will be staying on for an indefinite period of time.
Distributed agenda/directions for Executive Council Retreat.
Will travel to IV&V Facility in West Virginia on Friday.
Board of Directors meeting was held on Tuesday to discuss the Facilities Master Plan.
Met with HQ/S Weiler on Thursday regarding Facilities Master Plan.
100/Townsend
Balloon program review was held last week. Review was not completed, and another meeting will be scheduled for February.
The Sounding Rocket Return to Flight review was held last week. The decision was made to return to flight.
Met with HQ/S SEC management on Thursday regarding steps to improve communication. Meeting went well.
Met with AFRL on Tuesday regarding detailee position. Will look at exchange.
100/Kicza
Integrated Business Plan presentations with Directorates are scheduled for this week.
Will attend HQ/S Monthly Review on Thursday.
100/Halem
Information Science and Technology Visiting Committee meeting is scheduled for this week. (Agenda was distributed.)
130/Hess
Congressman Mollihan’s staffer will visit IV&V Facility on 1/24/01.
Journalists at MIT will visit GSFC on 1/25/01.
Interview on Cray Computer is scheduled for 1/25/01.
All Hands meeting is scheduled for 2/01/01.
120/Slater
Pass
700/Hrastar
Received feedback from Visiting Committee. Will respond to feedback, and final report will follow.
500/Obenschain
MAP meeting went well.
Looking at problem with capacitors.
Working debris analysis with JSC.
400/Williams
John Campbell is on travel this week.
Incident on NOAA-16–lost CPU 1. Are still investigating.
Working contamination issue on MBLA.
600/Barrowman
Pass.
800/Torres
Pass
900/Einaudi
Attended American Meteorological Society meeting last week.
Al Chang was elected an IEEE Fellow.
Modeling report is out.
150/Abell
Will be hosting the Third Annual Financial and Resources Forum on Wednesday.
POP call schedule – HQ is asking for earlier input. Meeting is scheduled for this afternoon to discuss.
Final data is in on Workforce Process. Data to be prepared for Executive Council.
140/Watson
The Office of Government Ethics will conduct an audit the week of 2/12/01. Remind individuals who received notices from Code 140 to correct their Financial
Disclosure Reports promptly. Also, remind supervisors to fill out and return to Code 140 the New Employee Forms.
300/Vanek
Technical Review Process meetings are scheduled this week with HQ/AE, Q, S, and Y.
MAP Test Readiness Review was held last week. Many open paper issues to be worked.
HESSI filter issue being worked.
Met with IV&V Facility last week on TIMED.
200/McNally
Tom White, Chief of the Logistics Division, has retired after 30 years of Government service. His last day was 1/16/01. He has accepted a position with private
industry.
The Annual Property Accountability Custodian training is scheduled for today from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Building 8 Auditorium. Makeup sessions will be
scheduled.
The OIG has issued their final report on the Agencywide use of support service contractors at NASA. The OIG made six recommendations to HQ/F and H, and
management concurred with the recommendations.
The Cost per Copy Draft RFO was released on 1/18/01. Comments are due by 2/2/01. The presolicitation conference is scheduled for 2/12/01.
The Mechanical Systems Engineering Services contract for Code 500 was awarded to Swales and Associates on 1/16/01. It is a potential $350M IDIQ contract.
The HQ/H survey team will be at GSFC on 1/22/01 for a 2-week assessment of procurement at Greenbelt and WFF. The report will go to the Center Director on
2/2/01.
The GAO Lessons Learned Review Entrance Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, 1/23/01. Rich Day is the GSFC point of contact.
160/Fahey
The JOVE program ended this year. Will be combined with the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. Meetings will be held this week to discuss.
110/Simpson
Copies of the NAPA Report can be obtained from Code 110.
Distributed Washington Post article on Federal Workforce.
100/Wong
Diversity profiles are due today.
