PowerPoint Presentation Welcome

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Vicki Novak
Tom Luedtke
Gwen Sykes
Pat Dunnington
Steve Isakowitz
OMB Status 09/30/04
OMB Progress 09/30/04
Best in Government!
Steps to Green
Steps to Yellow
Best in Government!
Best in Government!

• Primary Challenge
• Maintain green status by assuring that best
  practices are sustained and diffused throughout
  agency as well as shared externally.
• Last Week
• Participants from NASA Centers and Mission
  Directorates attended the NASA Workforce
  Conference, November 16-18, 2004, in Memphis, TN
• This Week
• Representatives from OMB and OPM will be at NASA
  HQ for the quarterly meeting to discuss progress
  and status of PMA deliverables.
• US News and World Report November 22 article on
  potential wave of retirements includes interview
  with Chief Human Capital Officer and GSFC
  employee.

• Primary Challenge
• By Q2 FY 2005, have approved plan for all
  operational systems to become certified and
  accredited, and confirm all desktop IT systems
  are installed maintained per security
  configurations.
• Anticipated Next Steps
• Challenges to Maintain Green 12/2004
• Submit alignment plan for Health IT using
  strategies consistent with HHS's Framework for
  Strategic Action.
• Submit Agency's plan for full implementation of
  all applicable e-Gov initiatives.
• Last week
• On 11-15, held Critical Design Review for
  technology, editorial processes, and operations
  plan for Inside NASA.
• GSA CIO benchmarked NASA for its EVM best
  practices.
• This week
• Completing report for scorecard action due 12-01
  to OMB regarding Health IT alignment plans for
  Agency.
• Completing scorecard action due 12-01 to OMB
  requiring Agencies to deliver plans for full
  implementation of all E-Gov initiatives meeting
  on 11-23 with functional owners of HR, Financial
  Mgmt., and Grants Mgmt. to address alignment
  issues with Agency E-Gov plans.
• Compiling Agency E-Gov Act Implementation report
  (due to OMB on 12/6) regarding status of
  initiatives.
• Completing schedule for Master and Subsystems IT
  Security System Plans.

• Develop a green plan acceptable
• to OMB.
• Primary Challenge
• Maintain the momentum for the NASA Shared Service
  Center (NSSC) and the LaRC competitive sourcing
  actions.
• Anticipated Next Steps
• At this time, NASA expects to achieve green
  status no later than the 4th Quarter of FY 2005.
• Last week
• On November 17, 2004, OMB posted NASAs approved
  FAIR Act Inventory in the Federal Register. The
  posting began the official 30-day challenge
  period.
• NASAs Agency Competitive Sourcing Review Team
  met with a representative from CalTech to discuss
  JPLs Zero Base Competitive Sourcing process.
  Competitive sourcing is a requirement of
  CalTechs contract with NASA.
• This week
• The Competitive Sourcing 1st Qtr 2005 PMA
  Scorecard will be completed by November 23, 2004
  for forwarding to OMB by the November 29, 2004
  due date. 
• The NSSC SEB is in the process of evaluating
  proposals. Offers were received on November 8,
  2004. 

• Primary Challenge
• Maintain green status by delivering
• on Proud to Be commitments and
• assuring that best practices are
• sustained and diffused throughout
• agency.
• Last week
• Submitted NASAs FY 2004
• Performance and Accountability
• Report (PAR) to the President,
• Congress, OMB, GAO, and
• Treasury, and posted the PAR to
• NASAs Website.
• This week
• Continue working NASAs 2005
• Interim Strategic Plan, draft 2.

• Improve NASAs overall financial management
  through implementation of the 10 step NASA
  Financial Management Improvement Plan (NFMIP).
• Primary Challenge
• Improve data quality in the new accounting
  system, establish internal controls, and regain
  an unqualified audit opinion.
• Anticipated Next Steps
• System produces accurate financial data on
  demand, demonstrate system is in compliance with
  FFMIA, and Auditor expresses an opinion on
  financial statements.
• Last week
• Conducted CFO summit to discuss NASAs Financial
  Management Improvement Plan to Get to Green.
• Published FY 2004 Performance and Accountability
  Report including annual audited financial
  statements and the Report of Audit.
• This Week
• Continue the fund distribution process from the
  first Continuing Resolution and preparing to
  receive the full appropriation or the second
  Continuing Resolution.
• Sub groups of OCFO and OIG employees will work on
  validating risk assessment identifying critical
  actions to be completed in the near term
  identifying milestones and resources to complete
  these tasks.

Monday, November 22, 2004
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Real Property
RD Investment Criteria
Jim Jennings
Rex Geveden
OMB Status 09/30/04
OMB Progress 09/30/04
Steps to Yellow
Steps to Green

• Comply with Federal Real Property Council real
  property asset management guidance.
• Primary Challenge
• Complete Real Property Asset Management Plan and
  establish Performance Measures in accordance with
  Federal Real Property Council (FRPC) guidance.
• Anticipated Next Steps
• Obtain Administrators signature on the Real
  Property Management Plan.
• Continue work on performance measures, including
  Mission Dependency Index and facility operating
  costs.
• Complete draft of Real Property Implementation
  Plan.
• Last Week
• Reviewed draft guidance from FRPC.
• Continued initial development of NASA-wide
  Mission Dependency Index.
• This Week
• Continuing RPIP development.
• Received contractor study of utilization metrics
  and recommendations reviewing to determine what
  indices will best support NASA.

• Primary Challenge
• Obtain green status by demonstrating that RD
  programs are of high quality - 75 of those
  assessed using the RD PART receive ratings of
  "Moderately Effective" or better.
• Anticipated Next Steps
• Develop an action plan with the Program
  Management Council for quarterly use of RD
  criteria and past performance information in
  planning, coordinating, and assessing RD
  activities.
• Last week
• Began review of PART and GPRA performance
  reporting in ERASMUS.
• This week
• Review and assess status of programs being
  reviewed using RD PART.

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