NASA Officials to Discuss Fiscal Year 2013 Budget

Feb. 8, 2012

David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
david.steitz@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-022

NASA OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET

WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters
about the agency's fiscal year 2013 budget at
2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 13. The news conference will take place in
the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located
at 300 E St. SW, in Washington.

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will join Bolden. The
news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the
agency's website. Questions will be taken from news media
representatives at headquarters and NASA field centers.

For the first time, NASA is inviting 20 of its Twitter followers to
join reporters for the budget news conference. Tweeps interested in
being a part of this event and asking questions can sign-up online.
Registration will be open for 24 hours beginning at 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, Feb. 8. Selected participants will be notified on Friday,
Feb. 10.

During the news conference, NASA also will take as many questions as
possible submitted via Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA.

To register for the NASA Budget Tweetup and for more information about
NASA Tweetups, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup

To watch the budget news conference online, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

The NASA budget and supporting information will be available online at
1 p.m., Feb. 13, at:

http://www.nasa.gov/budget

After the overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, the
associate administrators of the mission directorates and NASA's chief
technologist will hold individual teleconferences to discuss the
budget's impact on their specific areas.

To join the teleconferences, reporters should call 800-369-6087 or
773-756-0843. The call leaders name is Dave Steitz. Organization call
times are (all times Eastern):

3:30 p.m. - Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate,
passcode: HEO
4:30 p.m. - Science Mission Directorate, passcode: SCIENCE
5:15 p.m. - Office of the Chief Technologist and the Space Technology
Program, passcode: TECHNOLOGY
6 p.m. - Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, passcode:
AERONAUTICS

Each teleconference is scheduled to last 30 minutes. Reporters may
join the teleconference of their choice by calling in and using the
passcodes listed above.

Live audio of the budget teleconferences will stream online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

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