{"id":670873,"date":"2026-03-21T06:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/670873\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:22:14","slug":"announcing-nasa-front-door-nasa-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/670873\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing “NASA Front Door” – NASA Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n NASA Watch\n <\/p>\n

\n March 20, 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Announcing<\/p>\n

\n NASA Front Door \u2014 NASAWatch.com <\/p>\n

Keith\u2019s note:<\/strong> An interesting \u2018Notice of new information collection\u2018 from NASA appeared<\/strong><\/a> in the Federal Register this morning about the \u201cNASA Front Door\u201d<\/strong>. It is not totally clear as to when or how this will be implemented \u2013 i.e. atop NASA.gov, a new part thereof, or something else. A \u201cNASA Strategic Plan\u201d is mentioned \u2013 but which one are they talking about? NASA has not actually had a current \u2018strategic plan\u2019 for a while and they are usually not a \u2018plan\u2019 or \u2018strategic\u2019 when a document with that name is posted online. Also unclear is whether PAO\/OCOMM will do this or some other TBD organization. It certainly sounds interesting \u2013 but NASA has a really spotty track record when it comes to understanding the audiences it should be serving outside of its front door and how to serve them. Just sayin\u2019. Update:<\/strong> NASA Goddard<\/strong><\/a> and Johnson<\/strong><\/a> have links that to pages that include \u2018front door\u2019. That\u2019s fine, but where does the agency as a whole tell all of its audiences what it can do for them \u2013 without a geographical bias focusing on one center but not others? Goddard is being cut in half, yet makes no mention of that downsizing i.e. capability to do things. Federal Registry Summary below<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is committed to effectively performing the Agency\u2019s communication function in accordance with the Space Act Section 203 (a)(3) to \u201cprovide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof,\u201d and to enhance public understanding of, and participation in, the nation\u2019s aeronautical and space program in accordance with the NASA Strategic Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NASA Front Door (NFD) is an online\/web-based tool that will serve as a centralized digital hub to help facilitate engagement between individuals, organizations, and the workforce of NASA, providing personalized support, guidance, and efficient access to NASA\u2019s extensive programs, opportunities, resources, and expertise. The information collection will consist of general contact information, interest\/intake information and when appropriate, demographic information as part of registration profile. The information will be reviewed by NASA representatives to route individuals, organizations and the workforce of NASA to relevant NASA services, opportunities, resources, and\/or expertise\u201d.<\/p>\n

Full notice<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\/<\/p>\n

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA Watch March 20, 2026 NASA Front Door \u2014 NASAWatch.com Keith\u2019s note: An interesting \u2018Notice of new information…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":670874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[24],"tags":[283155,916,283156,11404,84173,11405,159,783,55997,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-670873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-https-nasawatch-com-education-announcing-nasa-front-door-education","tag-nasa","tag-nasa-front-door","tag-ocomm","tag-outreach","tag-pao","tag-science","tag-space","tag-strategic-plan","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116265730044154950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}