Enclosure_6_-_SESDA_III_Work_Activity_Plans_(WAPs)_Revision_A_October_2016.pdf

SESDA III Work Activity Plans (WAPS)

Note to Potential SESDA IV Offerors:

Based upon comments received in response to the DRFP, we have reformatted and updated the WAPS documentation to provide missing data that was missing in several larger cells that contained text beyond what Microsoft Excel is capable of displaying.

Specifically, updates to the following WAPS were made:

586.0-004-03, 606.1-002-03, 610.2-071-03, 610.2-134-01, 611.0-001-00, 612.0-008-03, 619.0-003-03, 660.2-001-03, and 672.0-001-03.

The WAPS included herein were current as of early 2016 and are representative of the type of work anticipated under SESDA IV.

Revision A – Updated 10/12/2016

WAP # Task Description Statement of Work Authorized Technical

Representative

ATR E-Mail Address

100.0-

005-03

Code 100 Editorial and Communications

Support

The Contractor will provide extensive experience in the area of public communications, demonstrating in particular a high level of written and management skills and the ability to work with

Goddard engineers and scientists, graphic artists, videographers, and animators to produce communications products that translate highly technical information into language easily understood by lay audiences. Primary support will be given to the

Goddard Dept. of Communications and to the Office of the Chief

Technologist.

Amato, Deborah A deborah.a.amato@nasa.gov

130.0-

003-02

Social Media Support for the Office of

Communications

This work activity provides support for social media at NASA's

Goddard Space Flight Center. This includes all science disciplines:

Earth, Heliophysics, Planetary and Astrophysics. The contractor will focus on content development, methodology and outreach in order to enhance usage of this new method of science communication.

Kekesi, Deanna L deanna.l.kekesi@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

417.0-

001-03

GOES-R

Communications

Support Services

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R Series

(GOES-R) is the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The program is a collaborative development and acquisition effort between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA). GOES-R communications efforts focus on conveying the value the mission brings to the nation and on preparing users for the new types of satellite imagery and data that will be available from the GOES-R satellite series. Audiences include key stakeholders, the science community, academia, international organizations, the general public, and federal, state, and local agencies. Contractors will supply experience in the area of public communications, demonstrating in particular a high level of written, management, and graphics skills and the ability to work with engineers and scientists, videographers, and animators to produce communications products that translate highly technical information into language easily understood by lay audiences. GOES-R coordinates education and outreach activities with NESDIS Headquarters, and the NOAA and NASA

Offices of Education and Communications. Task members provide direct support to the GOES-R Program Office (GPO) in the areas of creating scientific and programmatic materials and providing the coordination and logistics support to accomplish tasks.

Karlson, Daniel K daniel.karlson@nasa.gov

420.0-

003-03

NASA Missions

Science Writing and

Outreach Support

The contractor will develop Earth Sciences feature stories with concentration on Goddard Space Flight Center, including: the upcoming GEDI, PACE and Landsat 9 Missions; web content for

Goddard sites as well as press releases and articles based on

Goddard Earth Science Mission activities, field campaigns, research and development. The contractor will support the

Goddard Office of Communications in its outreach activities.

Gran, Rani D Rani.C.Gran@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

443.0-

001-03

JWST Information

Management

This Work Activity coordinates and supports the use and security of JWST Program IT resources. Functions under this Work Activity include: A. Serve as application software administrator for JWST project applications, such as Doors (requirement tracking), Citrix

(secure remote access), Matlab, Meeting Maker (calendaring).

Where appropriate, administer server computers, hardware and software. Provide user support. B. Maintain JWST project IT security, including: 1. Coordinating and verifying patch and/or upgrade efforts for program wide servers and in conjunction with the HSTNet group as needed. 2. Interacting with HSTNet, Code

400 and GSFC Center IT security groups as well as those security groups from other entities working with the program (e.g., STScI, Prime contractor, instrument teams). 3. Ensuring JWST program compliance with computer security procedures (NITR 2810) and computer accessibility rules (Section 508 and the relevant NITRs)

D. Administer Wolfworks Integrated Modeling Facility. Maintain workstations and AV equipment, install and upgrade system engineering software, maintain hardware, software, operating systems, network and IT security. Support the developers of the customized integrated modeling software tools as needed. E.

Administer Windows and Macintosh computers located in the

JWST Wavefront Control Testbed, responding to security or upgrade issues as they arise.

Johns, Alan T Alan.T.Johns@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

443.0-

002-03

JWST Outreach

Support

The contractor shall write and edit web features, press releases, brochures, fact sheets, video and multimedia scripts, podcasts and other outreach products for NASA's Office of

Communications; Assist in development and execution of NASA media events; and respond to media inquiries. This task will specifically support the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) In addition: * Research and interview Goddard and NASA scientists to find the latest NASA science stories * Write and revise, in concert with scientists and Office of Communications, features for NASA web sites and press releases * Work across new media platforms, i.e., iPad, blogs, social media * Help coordinate media events and media outreach for news releases or field campaigns

* Help represent NASA science at conferences and events The contractor shall also support JWST public website content management and maintain a mission presence on social media such as YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, etc.

Chandler, Lynn lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov

443.0-

004-00

JWST Mission

Integration Design

Support

Provide mechanical design and engineering support to the JWST

Mission integration team. The major task will be to provide support to the Observatory Integration and Test Manager to develop layouts for transporting the observatory from Northup

Grumman in Redondo Beach, to the Ariane launch site in French

Guiana. This will include layouts of the facilities at French Guiana and layouts of the payload in the transportation vessel (ship) to optimize space and preferred locations. A secondary task is providing design support to the CORE2 cryogenic test, which occurs at GSFC in the large Space Environmental Simulation (SES) vacuum chamber. This test is the primary core thermal validation test for JWST to ensure the mission thermal design will ensure the required science.

Marsh, James M james.m.marsh@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

448.0-

001-02

WFIRST Electrical

Systems Support

This work activity includes electrical systems support for the

Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission detector electronics development, and in particular the cold electronics architecture and implementation. WFIRST is a NASA observatory designed to perform wide-field imaging and slitless spectroscopic surveys of the Near Infra-Red (NIR) sky. The science data products produced by the WFIRST detector will help address essential questions in exoplanet and dark energy research and will advance topics ranging from galaxy evolution to the study of objects within the Galaxy and within the Solar System.

Content, David A david.a.content@nasa.gov

470.0-

001-03

Science Writing

Support for JPSS

The contractor will write and edit web features, press releases, brochures, fact sheets, video and multimedia scripts, podcasts and other outreach products for NASA's Joint Polar Satellite

System Mission (JPSS), Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

(Suomi NPP) and the Goddard Office of Communications. Staff will assist in development and execution of NASA media events;

respond to media inquiries.

White, Khrista N khrista.n.white@nasa.gov

544.0-

002-03

CLARREO Mechanical

Design

The Contractor will: 1. Design of transfer radiometer-to-sphere interface mechanics 2. Design interface mechanics for mounting

Headwall imaging spectrometer (B Cooks new instrument) to equatorial mount with ND filters 3. Design revision activities for

OPO Laser Alignment Framework (OLAF, the traveling laser table)

McCorkel, Joel T joel.mccorkel@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

551.0-

002-03

JWST ISIM Optics

Test Support

The Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) Optics Team supports the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the

Goddard Space Flight Center. The Optics Team supports optical verification of the ISIM Element (includes metering structure and science instruments) in the SES chamber. The contractor shall support the team in developing, documenting, and running the optical test plans, procedures, and data analysis tools required for ISIM Element level verification of optical requirements during the ISIM cryogenic vacuum tests. As requested, the team shall also identify key optical and/or data analyses that need to occur to prove feasibility of the recommended test or analysis approach.

Ohl, Raymond G raymond.g.ohl@nasa.gov

551.0-

003-01

JWST OTIS Science

Calibration Support

The contractor shall perform a variety of data reduction and analysis tasks in support of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Optical Telescope Element (OTE) and Integrated Science

Instrument Module (ISIM) science calibration and optical testing.

This shall include the development of data analysis algorithms and procedures to explore a range of calibration and characterization phenomena for JWST instruments and the telescope. This shall also include shift work to perform quick-look analysis and/or test planning during 24/7 cryogenic vacuum test campaigns. In addition, the contractor shall perform optical engineering and other image and spectral data analysis to support these astronomy instruments. Contractor personnel shall work independently to develop detailed analytical methods and procedures based on high level science and engineering requirements, and shall also develop enhancements to software tools used for test planning and analysis.

Ohl, Raymond G raymond.g.ohl@nasa.gov

552.0-

001-03

Cryogenics

Laboratory Support

This activity provides IT and property management support for the Cryogenics and Fluids Branch.

Delee, Charles H hudson.delee@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

553.0-

001-00

Detector

Characterization

Laboratory Scientific

Data Analysis

Support

The Detector Characterization Laboratory (DCL) provides support for the characterization of detectors such as WFIRST, NEO, and other research and development projects. The contractor shall develop processes and algorithms, necessary software, and documentation. The contractor shall also assist in building test setups and actively participate in detector testing.

Miko, Laddawan R laddawan.r.miko@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

586.0-

004-03

ESDIS Science

Operations Office

Support

The contractor will support several functions for the Earth

Science Data and Information Systems (ESDIS). This includes, ESDIS Metrics System, Education and Outreach, Systems

Administration, Instrument interface support, and Web content development. Work activities for this WAP include: 1) Support the operation/development of the ESDIS Metrics Systems (EMS), and analyze the ingest, archive, distribution and user metrics and perform special metrics analyses. 2) Provide support for the development of a combined metadata system 3) Perform Digital

Object Identifiers (DOI) support activities 4) Provide support to compile new missions requirements for missions that are/may be assigned to ESDIS. 5) Provide system administration support 6)

Provide administrative and technical support to the ESDIS Project and Instrument teams, particularly supporting interfaces between the instrument teams, the DAACs and ESDIS;

7) Provide documentation and web support. Specific task activities planned for each of the 6 major areas are listed below:

#1 Metrics Analyses

Analyze ingest, archive, distribution and user metrics of the EOS/non-EOS products gathered by the EMS (ESDIS

Metrics System), and create/disseminate status reports.

Also, perform special, customized metrics analyses/studies. Provide metrics to ESDIS Project, NASA HQ, instrument teams and data centers as needed. Generate routine (weekly, monthly and yearly) and special reports. Perform data validation and QC of

EMS data. The metrics support will include analyses of ingest, archive, distribution and user metrics of the non-standard products from LANCE (Land Atmosphere

Near real-time Capability for EOS), FIRMS (Fire

Information for Resources Management System) and

GIBS (Global Imagery Browse Service). This activity also includes the support for the EMS System developers in the data reconciliation and/or validation, data error

Behnke, Jeanne Jeanne.Behnke-1@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address rectification, and review of metadata. Staff will participate in meetings and/or teleconferences to address issues related to the quality of the EMS data.

#2 Systems Administration Support

Provide system administration and user support for the

ESDIS Projects (EMS)and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) Science Data Segment

(SDS) Data Depository and Distribution Element (SD3E) subsystem servers. Monitor, troubleshoot and tune system-level software and hardware. Procure and integrate additional equipment into configuration as directed and make these systems fully functional and accessible to the users. Monitor the equipment for stability and compliance with NASA security measures and configure them above requirements. Support and develop a cost effective VMware virtual environment to meet current ESDIS/EMS and SD3E needs. Manage

Storage Area Network (SAN) implementations from both Data Direct Networks and Dell for use within

VMware and other proprietary and open source software. Perform routine system backups (both incremental and full backups). Maintain documentation of existing infrastructure and routine processes for administering the systems. Research, evaluate, design and implement new technologies/systems as appropriate. Note: It is anticipated that SD3E systems will be de-commisioned by March, 2016.

#3 ESDIS Instrument Interface Support

Provide interface management support for science instruments as required (such as MISR, TES, MOPITT, and the rest of the ASDC-related instruments and the

NSIDC-archived instruments AMSR-E and AMSR 2) on behalf of the ESDIS Project. Conduct regularly

ATR E-Mail Address scheduled meetings/teleconferences, and ad hoc meetings with the other ASDC teams, and assist other

Interface Managers with theirs. Attend AMSR-E, MISR and other instrument technical interchange meetings, as approved. Provide support for other meetings, as may be requested by ESDIS Project management. Help develop Interface Control Documents (ICD) as required, for example specify requirements for AMSR 2 data flows needed for production and archiving of AMSR2 data products generated by the U.S science team's algorithms.

#4 Documentation and Web Support

Develop routine (weekly and monthly) ESDIS reports based on the information received from the DAAC managers and ESDIS project leaders. Create meeting summary documents of various EOSDIS User Working

Group (UWG), such as, all EOSDIS DAAC UWG , UWG telecons, and Land and Atmosphere Near-real time

Capability for EOS (LANCE) UWG. Develop listing of the citations in scholarly journal articles, books, and proceedings that used data from EOSDIS DAACs.

Update ESDIS User Manuals and internal documents and provide technical editing of various documents.

#5 ESDIS Common Metadata Server (CMR)

Support

Assist ESDIS Project in evaluating metadata components of the existing systems such as ECHO, GCMD and EMS, and mapping the EMS metadata to those of the existing systems. Perform requirements analysis for the development of the new ESDIS CMR

#6 Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) Support

ATR E-Mail Address

Assist ESDIS Project in developing procedures for the registration of the DOIs and periodically update an operational concept document for the DOI. Help assist data providers in reserving and registering the DOIs with the DOI authority, and review DOIs metadata provided by the data providers. Interface with data providers in developing the DOIs and provide technical assistance when needed. Update the ESDIS DOI wiki website with the current information.

#7 Entrust Certificate Management for Code 400

Server

Manage end-to-end process for Entrust Certificate management for Code 400 servers. This includes addressing all requests for account creation or renewal and generating signed certificate, then delivering to requestor.

8) Communicate information about NASA EOSDIS data holdings, data information, services and tools using variety of communication mediums (e.g, social media, web, webinars, tutorials and print [when required]). 9) Foster communication with end-user community by supporting variety of Earth science events including specialized technical end-user workshops, select

Earth science conferences, Earth science community meetings as well as virtually via NASA Earthdata social media accounts and webinars. 10) Plan, organize and deliver Earthdata monthly data discovery and data access webinars. 11) Participate in internal-agency social media and communications telecons and workshops, as required 12) Write news announcements, NASA

EOSDIS "Who Uses NASA Earth Science Data?" User Profiles and feature or short articles within the following categories:

Technology and Informatics, Data/Tools in Action, and

Standards/Interoperability. 13) Write content/articles for other topics as assigned by NASA ESDIS and related project personnel.

This content will be curated to use on the NASA Earthdata

ATR E-Mail Address website, NASA Earthdata Facebook and GooglePlus account. 14)

Select weekly NASA Earthdata image and write content for all

Point of Interest (POIs) that accompany image. 15) Coordinate

DAAC participation at approved conferences. For these, support conference planning, conference staffing and other logistic support. 16) Incorporate new communication techniques (e.g.

social media) and research new venues or activities and ways in which to communicate about NASA's data, data center services, data tools using new or existing outreach material. 17) Maintain the EOSDIS Communications section of the Earthdata wiki. This includes maintaining Article Database/Assignment Chart, User

Support/Communications Team Database, social media metrics and social media posting schedules, webinar schedule and statistics. 18) Develop and update Communications related content designated for the User Resources portion of the

Earthdata website as required 19) Launch and participate in cross-DAAC end-user data discovery and data access workshops.

Identify content/speakers, tools and develop schedule for these activities. 20) Create annual communications strategy for ESDIS

Sr. Management Review/Approval 21) Create engaging content for, manage and grow all NASA Earthdata Social Media accounts in line with the NASA Social Media guidelines. This includes

Twitter, Facebook, GooglePlus and YouTube.

ATR E-Mail Address

605.0-

003-03

Science Proposal

Support Office

Services

The Science Proposal Support Office (SPSO) assists Goddard scientists and technologists in responding in a timely and effective manner to proposal opportunities offered by NASA and other Government agencies. Various SPSO services are available to GSFC civil servants and contractors, including proposal strategic planning, red team support, budget preparation, and

NSPIRES data uploading.

Leisawitz, David T David.T.Leisawitz@nasa.gov

606.0-

006-03

SED Data Center

Support

The Sciences and Exploration Directorate has established a consolidated Data Center to house servers that support Code 600 requirements. The goal of the consolidated Data Center is to better manage the Directorate's IT, to meet Agency mandates and initiatives for consolidation, and to address the need for a

Data Center remote from Building 34 to support science users.

This Data Center should be efficient and meet end-user needs.

The servers should employ virtualization and redundancy where appropriate. The servers shall also support the Code 600 consolidated web site(s).

Kemper, Darnell E darnell.e.kemper@nasa.gov

606.0-

007-04

Directorate IT

Security Support

The contractor shall support the Code 600 DCSE in planning/coordination, security process improvement, policy development, and metric collection.

Laubenthal, Nancy A Nancy.A.Laubenthal@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

606.0-

011-03

SED Web

Development

Support

This work activity provides comprehensive support for the SED

Web Group, which is responsible for supporting the SED web presence. A large component of the support is for the SED dynamic website, based on a MySQL database, with Cold Fusion code running in FuseBox. This activity also supplies the Code 600 web Editor-in-Chief who will work with the Code 600 Web Council and with the SED Assistant Director for Science Communication to continue the development and implementation of the

Directorate's organizational website as well as to work with others across the Directorate to generally improve the SED's entire web presence. Support for web design is also included, wherein the contractor will support SED and CISTO web development efforts to design web site navigation, graphics, and layout.

Grofic, Barbara B barbara.grofic@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

606.1-

002-03

HECN Network

Support

The contractor shall provide a range of technical services from strategic network planning to operational network management to meet the HECN requirements of the CISTO. In particular, the contractor shall design and develop high speed network architectures, conduct networking technology assessment and product evaluation, perform network systems hardware and software installations and configurations, perform network system administration, and support network-related user help desk activities for the CISTO. The HECN task involves world class network engineering for advanced networking technologies, protocols, and applications, in such areas as optical networking, wave division multiplexing (WDM), fixed and adaptive wavelength transponders, single and link-aggregation of multiple

10-Gigabit Ethernets (as well as 40- & 100-Gigabit Ethernets), storage area networks (SANs), High Definition based video conferencing, wireless networks, multicasting, QOS/COS, dynamic circuit provisioning using MPLS/GMPLS, alternative TCP and UDP transport protocols, and application performance optimization for very high bandwidth*delay networks. This world class expertise is applied across LAN, MAN, and WAN environments, including across high performance international networks.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ==>> New Network Planning and Design

a. Requirements definition. Collect and analyze user/project requirements in terms of network capacity, capabilities, adherence to standards, science benefit, budgetary constraints, and timetables. Develop an understanding of network user goals and derived requirements. Define processing and throughput requirements to be satisfied. b. Research Alternatives. Research alternative possible solutions to achieve identified user/project network requirements, through searches and examination of network literature on relevant state of the art network technologies, discussions and meetings with network equipment and service providers on their new capabilities, and collaboration with other partner advanced network engineering staffs. Identify processing and throughput capabilities of vendor products such as handling of Jumbo Frames, round robin packet assignments, Fink, William E william.e.fink@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address port load balancing, or achieving certain throughput. c. Design options. Develop network design alternatives utilizing available leading edge network components, evaluate and select the optimum design solution based upon extensive in-depth knowledge of technology areas, and devise and prepare for appropriate network prototyping activities in support of the selected design. d. Develop conceptual designs for review by users and Center management to assess adequacy in meeting various requirements. e. After successful network prototyping activities, plan and design for the infusion of new advanced network technologies and services into the production high performance SEN. ==>> Network Prototyping a. Product

Selection. Based on design criteria and initial evaluations, select candidate vendors and vendor equipment for extensive in-house testing. For unproven technologies, obtain loaner equipment in advance of purchase to validate proof of performance capabilities and reduce overall project costs. b. Product Acquisition. Assist with acquiring the required components for the network prototyping, or subsequently for production deployment, whether via procurement, vendor loaner equipment or beta tests, or equipment provided by collaborating network organizations. c. Product Testing. Develop test scenarios, determine best product configurations, and conduct product testing to determine the accuracy of vendor claims, interoperability and suitability to our environment. Beta test emerging products and perform collaborative testing with other projects internal and external to Goddard. Design configurations to stress test various products and make most effective use of limited resources. Perform objective measurements of product capabilities. Provide feedback to the vendors about problems and desired enhancements/changes. d. Prototype System Test and

Evaluation. Initial prototyping focuses on individual component testing, to evaluate and select among competing vendor equipment. The later stages of network prototyping involve combining the selected network components into a network system that is intended to model a future new production

ATR E-Mail Address network capability, evaluating performance of the system as a whole and the proper interoperability of all its components, identifying any problem areas, and devising and testing solutions for any identified problem areas. System testing may involve network emulation of LAN, MAN, and WAN network environments to speed up network prototyping activities, reduce overall project costs, and provide a baseline for subsequent real world testing. Develop test plans for system verification.

Configure equipment to enable tests to be conducted. Run tests which may involve network simulation, configuration of physical and logical (virtual) Local Area Networks (VLANs). e. Based on product and prototype system assessments, provide expert reviews, suggestions, and recommendations for purchases to implement desired new network capabilities. ==>> Deployment of New Networking Capabilities a. Develop an integration plan for adding new networking capabilities with minimal disruption to existing users and services. b. Specify network cabling/wiring plan. c. Install and configure new network hardware and software and redeploy older equipment were appropriate. d. Test performance and proper functioning of new networking capabilities. e. Work with early adopter pilot users to obtain user feedback, prepare for production support, and evaluate the benefits of the new technology. ==>> User Support for SEN

Internal Network a. Network Setup Support for newly deployed systems b. System Configuration Support of machine interfaces, network access c. Implement configuration changes to the network switches and routers, including any necessary changes to

OSPF and BGP routing protocols, and layer 2 VLAN information. d.

Troubleshoot and resolve network problems, which may include working with CNE engineers, system administrators, users and vendors where appropriate to solve the problems or at least provide temporary or permanent work-arounds. e. User Host

System Performance Monitoring & Tuning. Tune configuration parameters and host system configurations to achieve maximum system performance. f. Troubleshoot and resolve network problems. g. Generate and maintain host databases. h. Monitor

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MRTG data to identify potential problems or need for additional network capacity. i. Maintain nameservers, registration databases, and monitoring tools. ==>> User Support for SEN

External Networks a. Provide the same type of user support as described above for the SEN Internal users, but for the external users/projects identified in 'b' below. b. Provide technical support and direct interface with interfacing projects such as eVLBI, National Lambda Rail (NLR), MAX and Abilene networks, GISS, SAN Pilot, NREN, DRAGON, etc. ==>> Video Conferencing Support

a. Provide user support for existing systems connected to the SEN or HECN testbed network b. Test new video conferencing technologies from various vendors such as various vendors such as Lifesize, Apple, and POLYCOM and R&D projects such as various vendors such as Lifesize, Apple, and POLYCOM and R&D projects such as iHDTV and OptIPuter. c. Based on product and prototype system assessments, provide expert reviews, suggestions, and recommendations for purchases to implement desired new capabilities. d. Install and configure new equipment and software

e. Conference set up resolve any firewall issues or connectivity issues f. Troubleshoot unsuccessful call connections for systems locally connected to the SEN or HECN testbed network as well as those at end user sites such as the Wallops Island system g.

Conduct tests with users h. Register, participate and conduct rehearsing sessions for Megaconference participation i. Support

GSFC videoconferencing for managers, support staff, and end users of the ARC-based Project Columbia and ORNL-based Cray

X1 supercomputer and data management facilities Wireless

Networking and Mobile Computing Support: a. Ensure

NASA/GSFC security compliance. b. Provide expertise for deployment of new security technologies. c. Evaluate new wireless technology such as 802.11g & n and Ultraband. d.

Evaluate wireless videoconferencing. e. Liaison with CNE wireless activities. f. Research, configure, setup, and maintain wireless network utilizing various wireless network standards.

ATR E-Mail Address

606.3-

003-03

Direct Readout Data

Systems Design and

Development

The contractor will work with the ATR to evaluate performance and quality of compact VIS/NIR hyperspectral instruments through operational tests. Support ATR on new instrument development proposals.

Coronado, Patrick L Patrick.L.Coronado@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

606.4-

001-03

SVS System

Administration

Support

The Contractor shall provide computer systems architecture and administration support for the computer systems of NASA/GSFC

Code 606.4, the Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS). These computer systems form a tightly coupled system consisting of desktop workstations, file servers, license servers, public and private web servers, render nodes, and compute nodes. The primary software for these systems (Autodesk MAYA, PIXAR

Renderman/Alfred/Tractor, Adobe Production Premium, Exelis

IDL, MySQL) enable these systems with the capability for designing, rendering, delivering, and documenting scientific visualization imagery and animations for the NASA scientific community and its associated outreach efforts. In addition, system administration support is also required for certain computer systems attached to advanced display systems, particularly stereoscopic and Hyperwall display systems. In performing the work, the Contractor shall: A. Manage, log, report, diagnose, and correct observed and reported software, hardware, and network problems; B. Implement, manage, and execute backups of supported computer systems; C. Manage and implement a secure computing environment by monitoring and reporting computer security problems, installing new and improved software, and proposing and implementing security practices; D. Perform operating system, compiler, and application software updates to maintain performance and security of the systems; E. Update and maintain information on the configuration of the systems being supported; F. Integrate new computers, peripherals and network switches/routers into the computing facilities listed above; G. Monitor and tune the SVS systems to improve performance and reliability in generating, archiving and scientific visualization products; H. Develop scripts, processes, and web pages as required to support system administration functions or other activities of the SVS; I. Develop and maintain on-line documentation of systems administration procedures; J. Travel to remote sites as necessary to support set-

Mitchell, Horace G Horace.G.Mitchell@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address up, configuration, operation, and breakdown of visualization systems as required by SVS stakeholders.

ATR E-Mail Address

606.4-

002-03

Goddard Multimedia and Animation IT

Support

The Contractor shall provide computer systems administration support for the computer systems of the Goddard Multimedia and Animation task. In particular the Contractor shall install, configure, maintain, and monitor computer systems to ensure the availability, security, and performance of important Goddard

TV and CI Lab's animation computing assets. The staff shall collaborate with animators and video producers in troubleshooting system problems and assisting users with hardware, software, or network problems. The Contractor shall perform general systems administration tasks to maintain

MAC/Windows/Linux operating systems, manage user accounts, licensing, monitor systems, manage backups, and maintain system configuration documentation. In addition, IT security monitoring, patch management, and system audits shall be performed in accordance with Security plans and controls. In performing the work, the Contractor shall: A. Manage, log, report, diagnose, and correct observed and reported software, hardware, and network problems; B. Implement, manage, and execute backups of supported computer systems; C. Manage and implement a secure computing environment by monitoring and reporting computer security problems, installing new and improved software, and proposing and implementing security practices; D. Perform operating system, compiler, and application software updates to maintain performance and security of the systems; E. Update and maintain information on the configuration of the systems being supported; F. Integrate new computers, peripherals and network switches/routers into the existing computing environment; G. Monitor and tune computer systems to improve performance and reliability; H. Develop and maintain on-line documentation of systems administration procedures.

Kekesi, Deanna L deanna.l.kekesi@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

606.4-

003-01

Earth Science

Information Manager

The contractor shall support the synthesis of a broad spectrum of information, from a wide array of internal and external sources.

The contractor shall also support the broader independent assessment, knowledge management activities, Division

Communications, and review the processes of the organization for continued improvement. The contractor will assist the Science

Mission Directorate at NASA HQ in the management of Division

Communications - coordinating policy, technical and scientific information regarding the Earth Science Division. Duties will include but are not limited to: working with the Deputy Division

Director to establish and implement strategy for communicating with the public, science community, and other stakeholders;

serve as co-lead with the HQ Office of Communications representative for Earth Science for the strategic communications effort, Earth Right Now; collaborate with programs and projects within the Division and across NASA Centers to provide consistent messaging at the agency level; represent the Division at the

Directorate communication group and SMD Web Council, and in interagency coordination as appropriate; oversee development and maintenance of products required to implement the strategies and communications. Position requires someone with a background in management, an understanding of space science missions, at both program and project level, and an understanding of NASA Headquarters processes and procedures used in managing Earth science missions. Requires minimal travel. May require one or two trips per year for conferences or meetings.

Wei, Ming-Ying mwei@nasa.gov

610.0-

002-03

MODIS Atmospheres

Product Support

The task provides support for the maintenance of MODIS Joint

Atmospheres product (MOD08) software and web sites related to

Code 610 activities. In addition, the contractor will lead the

MODIS Level algorithm Team and provide analysis and graphics for atmospheric research.

Platnick, Steven E steven.e.platnick@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

610.0-

003-03

Special NASA HQ

Requests Activities

The contractor will support activities associated with all aspects of special NASA HQ presentations and other requests. This includes support of the NASA Global Learning and Observation to

Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program and Earth Sciences

EPO Forum.

Wei, Ming-Ying mwei@nasa.gov

610.0-

014-03

Terra Project Science

Office Support

The contractor will support the Terra Project Science (PSO) office in the area of technical data acquisition, will aid in the preparation of reports, presentations, and published materials both directly related to Terra Project Science and related research efforts. Employee also provides editorial support to the

PSO in the preparation of the response to the 2015 Senior Review

Panel as needed. This review is bi-annual. The employee will assess the calibration quality of sensors related to the Terra project, including those systems that are used in combination with Terra instruments, such as the high-resolution imagery from

Earth Observing System (EOS) sensors. The work relies on processing approaches developed by the contractor using IDL or similar software to evaluate the at-sensor and surface leaving reflectance and radiance from the sensors to be studied. The contractor will also refine and improve upon radiometric calibration techniques and methodology by incorporating the use of hyperspectral imager, image processing techniques, and statistical approaches. Corrections for surface directional reflectance, atmospheric, and sun angle effects will be incorporated.

Thome, Kurtis J kurtis.thome@nasa.gov

610.0-

016-03

System

Adminstration

Support for

Hydrospheric and

Biospheric Sciences

Lab

This task will provide overall systems administration support for all subscribed computers, peripherals and networked devices used by the Hydrospheric Computering Facilities (HCF) and users in the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory. This task will also provide system administration support to the

Laboratory's education and outreach activities as needed.

Kao, Rosa C rosa.c.kao@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

610.0-

017-03

Support for the

Science on a Sphere

Exhibition

The contractor's primary responsibility is to support the installation and operation of the Goddard Science on a Sphere

(SOS) systems that are located in the Globe Theater at Goddard, the visitor center at Wallops, the Danville Science Center in

Virginia, and the traveling SOS systems procured for SCAN-HQ.

This includes designing and conducting visitor programs using newly created and existing data sets. The design effort frequently involves working with NASA Goddard's science community to bring new data sets to SOS. All of these data sets and programs are made available to the larger SOS User Community worldwide, to promote NASA's science mission. The data sets are used to enhance the use of SOS within the outreach community, to facilitate the worldwide growth of SOS. Work closely with NOAA and their designated vendor to achieve proper operation of the

SOS systems.

Johnson, Torry A torry.a.johnson@nasa.gov

610.0-

018-03

Hubble Space

Telescope Outreach

Support

The contractor will provide sustaining engineering, development, upgrades, installations and de-installations of the Hubble Space

Telescope (HST) Exhibit at GSFC Visitors Center and various other locations specified by the government.

Johnson, Torry A torry.a.johnson@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

610.0-

020-03

Earth Sciences

Division Systems

Administration

Support

The contractor shall provide independent technical expertise and leadership in computer technology services for the design, development and implementation of integrated computer processes and systems, followed by test and analysis, in support of the Earth Sciences Division and the Laboratory for

Atmospheres. The contractor shall provide engineering services to analyze and implement data acquisition systems; plan and direct the implementation of computer-related hardware/software or information processing systems archival and distribution. The contractor shall provide general in-house computer software maintenance, including updating the customer's computing engineering strategy to ensure current state-of-the-art technology and serving as the interface between the customer and computing support function. The contractor shall provide leadership and insure that computing engineering solutions are cost effective, technically sound, and are forward looking. The contractor shall plan and direct the implementation of computer related hardware/software for information processing systems, archival and distribution. The contractor shall provide stability, reliability and security in the development and maintaining of computer processes and systems.

Schwaller, Mathew R mathew.r.schwaller@nasa.gov

610.1-

002-03

GMAO Computer

Systems

Management

The contractor shall provide computer system/user administration support for all GMAO staff. Specific subtasks are described in requirements below.

Kim, Gi-Kong gi-kong.kim@nasa.gov

610.2-

071-03

Global Change

Master Directory

Support

The contractor will provide data set, climate diagnostic, and related Earth science services metadata and make all available through an online search and retrieval system to a variety of groups, including: scientists, students, educators, and policy makers. Details are as follows:

#1 Document Data Set, Services, Climate Diagnostics

Develop new directory entries in the Directory Interchange

Format (DIF), assist other organizations that contribute metadata descriptions to the directory, and review/update existing GCMD

Wharton, Stephen W stephen.w.wharton@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address entries, including metadata descriptions to support EOSDIS

DAACs, other NASA providers, intra-agency providers, and international partners, such as the Standing Committee on

Antarctic Data Management (SCADM). Develop new Earth science related services information in the Services Entry Resources

Format (SERF) and maintain accuracy and quality of existing descriptions. Develop new Earth science related climate diagnostic information in the Climate Diagnostics Format (CD) and maintain accuracy and quality of existing descriptions.

Expand to the Unified Metadata Model: UMM-C, UMM-S and

UMM-V support as necessary.

#2 SOFTWARE SYSTEM PLANNING/DESIGN

Assess new technologies to determine if applicable to the task needs. Continue to produce documented procedures, programmer and user documentation, and make documents available online. Implement the requirements for the modernized rewrite of the DocBuilder authoring tool and Bulk curation components, including metadata import/export/translation capabilities. Develop requirements for Web Operations (WebOps) interface. Develop additional components necessary for a fully integrated and functional WebOps environment. Complete ISO

19115 support planning and design for the database and software tools, and/or maintenance in the Common Metadata

Repository (CMR) environment.

#3 MAINTENANCE OF LINKS

Monitor the reports provided by the GCMD's Link Checker for broken and redirected links. Report broken links to metadata authors (if known) urging the authors to update links using docBUILDER. Fix links using the GCMD Link Editor in records where (1) GCMD personnel are the authors of the record, (2) the author is unknown, (3) the record is owned by a NASA data center, (4) the author is unresponsive in fixing the links. Upgrade

ATR E-Mail Address the link checker software as necessary. Expand to CMR content maintenance as necessary.

#4 EXPANSION OF GCMD DIF QUALITY FIELD

Expand the GCMD Directory Interchange Format (DIF) Quality field to provide the user with sufficient information to determine the quality and accuracy of the data set (at the collection level). A broad interpretation is intentionally offered at the early stage of the effort to cover all our future options. Interact with the GCMD user community in order to determine the user's needs when performing a query on this field.

#5 DOCBUILDER OUTREACH

The GCMD Science Team will hold informal workshops for scientists and data set managers, demonstrating the use of the

GCMD's docBUILDER tool for describing collection-level metadata. Workshops will focus on, but will not be limited to, NASA mission teams (Decadal Survey, Aquarius, etc), ESIP

Federation meeting participants, and other EOSDIS partners.

#6 MAINTENANCE

Identify and correct discrepancies and errors in software and data for dataset and services descriptions, and document all changes through internal configuration management systems. Make changes to software and data systems to improve functionality.

Continue to provide for portal navigation and similar capabilities.

Install COTS software, open source software and operating system applications in order to provide a functional, stable and secure system environment. Install COTS and other software to enhance development activities or upgrade systems.

#7 DATA COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS

Interact with the science community, including (but not limited

to) NASA EOSDIS (ECHO, ECS, EOSDIS Data Centers), ESIPs/REASoN CAN, MEaSUREs by participating in meetings, ATR E-Mail Address telecons, coordinating with DAACs, ESIPs and others in writing

DIF, SERF, and CD metadata. In addition, participate in education and outreach activities in order to promote the utilization of the

GCMD as a tool for discovery of scientific data, services, and climate diagnostics. Extend to UMM-C, UMM-V and UMM-S accordingly.

Collaborate with partners and coordinate metadata population efforts (as well as revisions and updates to metadata entries).

Continue collaborations with the science community to increase awareness of GCMD and investigate new methods to increase population of the system. Work with partners and others in analyzing new and modified controlled vocabularies for data set and services metadata search and retrieval.

#8 USER SUPPORT

Assist our users, inside and outside of NASA, with technical questions and provide information about the GCMD. Specifically support DAAC users, EOSDIS users and Committee for Earth

Observing Satellites (CEOS) users in collaborative efforts in the spirit of open data and information sharing among partners.

#9 GCMD PROMOTION

Participate in science and technical conferences and seminars, present papers, posters, and demonstrate the GCMD at conferences (where applicable), meetings, and workshops.

#10 TRAINING

Continue to seek additional training for staff through contractor programs or government-funded vendor programs. Ensuring that the GCMD staff is optimally trained in their respective disciplines will help guarantee that the project will remain on the cutting edge of user interface design, usability, systems integration and next generation web technologies.

ATR E-Mail Address

#11 REPORTING:

Provide appropriate reports of work carried out as part of this

Work Activity. These reports include, but are not limited to:

GCMD Staff report, Monthly Web Usage report, Data and Service

Portal Usage, Climate Diagnostics Usage, Health Data and Service

Usage, Land Surface Imaging usage, User Support Questions fielded, Portal Query and Creation, Keyword related Request reports, NetInsight Web statistics.

#12 SERVER MAINTENANCE

Provide systems administration tasks as required by staff or NASA

- Operating System installation, upgrades, maintenance, security, and backup activities. In addition, provide hardware installation and maintenance, network configuration and security, server security hardening, compliance with Government and Agency requirements. Monitor and maintain GCMD web site uptime and performance, tolerant, virtualized development systems in accordance with directorate recommendations. Continue efforts migrating the GCMD server implementation to a highly available, fault tolerant environment. This includes dual power integration and additional storage mirroring capabilities.

#13 Common Metadata Repository.

Participate in the ESDIS CMR development; including requirements development, prototyping, testing, adapter development and user interface development.

610.2-

072-03

International and

Interagency

Reporting Support

The contractor will support the Committee on Earth Observation

Satellites (CEOS) International Directory Network (IDN) and

Federal interagency metadata management and science activities. GCMD resources will be used in this effort.

Wharton, Stephen W stephen.w.wharton@nasa.gov

ATR E-Mail Address

610.2-

076-03

Support for the

Precipitation

Processing System

(PPS)

The contractor shall provide support for the Precipitation

Processing System (PPS) in code 610.2 in two broad areas: the processing of TRMM data and the development of the

Precipitation Processing System to support the GPM and potentially other precipitation missions. The requirements listed below reflect the needed support.

Stocker, Erich F…