# Presentation: 276432

## Steps to Green

- OMB Status 09/30/04

**Monday, October 25, 2004**

- OMB Progress 09/30/04

**Vicki Novak**

** ****Tom Luedtke**

** ****Gwen Brown**

**Pat Dunnington**

**Steve Isakowitz**

**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**_
- No significant items to report.
_**This Week**_
- No significant items to report.

- 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**_
- The Agency Competitive Sourcing Team (CST) received the OMB guidance and spreadsheets for the Consolidated Appropriations Act report to Congress on NASA's FY 2004 competitive sourcing efforts (due 11/12/04 and due to Congress by 12/31/04).
- CST received information from the Centers regarding the OMB Public Affairs function code in response to our data request.   Review has begun on the information submitted.
- The NSSC Executive Director and Transition leads visited JSC on 10/22 to raise the Center-level awareness of NSSC.
_**This week**_
- The NSSC SEB evaluation commences today on the Past Performance volumes submitted by offerors on 10/22.

_**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**_
- Completed final PAR Part 1 for
-  review by the Administrator’s
-  Office.
- Completed draft of PAR Part 2
-  for review by Mission Directorates.
- Circulated 2005 Strategic Plan for
-  comments.
_**This week**_
- Edit PAR Part 1, if necessary, and
-  send to production.
- Revise PAR Part 2 per
-  Comments and edits. Submit to
-  Administrator’s Office for review.
- Consolidate PAR Part 3.

_**Primary Challenge**_
- By Q2 of FY 2005, have approved plan for all operational systems to become certified and accredited – and review configuration of desktop IT systems to confirm all are installed and maintained per the security configurations.
_**Anticipated Next Steps**_
- Challenges to Maintain Green: 12/2004
- Submit report signed by CIO and SPE stating agency has no IT acquisitions duplicative of E-Gov initiatives.
- Provide agency instructions requiring review of all planned IT acquisitions to identify potential duplication with the 24 E-Gov Initiatives.
_**Last week**_
- Participated in Federal Enterprise Architecture Subcommittee meeting on 10/21.
- Met with NASA Portal Infrastructure contractor, E-Touch, on 10/19 to participate in technical evaluation.
- Officially got to Green in E-Gov.
_**This week**_
- Pat Dunnington and the Senior Staff are organizing and coordinating the CIO Face-To-Face conference in Tucson, AZ from 10/26 - 10/29.

- 	Improve NASA’s 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**_
- The CFO summit was held on October 18th and 19th.  Attendance  included Center CFOs, Office of the CFO leadership, and Mission/Mission Support resource management officers.
- The independent auditors continued  Center on-site visits.
- The rebaselining of NASA’s Financial Management Improvement  Plan was initiated.
-     _**This Week**_
- Fiscal year 2004 external reports for the US Treasury will be prepared.
- An action plan to conduct data analyses and reconciliations of fiscal year 2005 data will be initiated.