When will NISN provide voice over IP (VoIP) services?
NISN is exploring the VoIP technology and will be ready to support the technology once the Agency decides to implement it across the NASA Centers. 4. Describe the process and expected timeline for intra-NASA transfers of funding from the Centers to gain NISN services. Differentiate between project and institutional funding. Answer: The budget analyst completes a NASA form 506 in order to send intra-NASA transfers. This process can take up to 30 days since it has to travel through NASA Headquarters. Once the 506 is received at MSFC, Denise Smithers is notified that funds are available for use. Project funding is direct funding earmarked for specific projects such as Shuttle, Station, NACC, EOS etc Institutional funds are funds that support the infrastructure of NASA such as Service pools, Center G&A and Corporate G&A. This funds transfer process only applies to Project funding.
