SATERN—the System for Administration, Training, and Educational Resources for NASA—is an Agencywide e-Training effort now being implemented in a three-phased approach by the Agency. As an e-Government initiative, SATERN supports the President's Management Agenda for improving the Government's responsiveness to citizens and efficiency of operations. As such, NASA, as well as all Federal agencies, are required by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to participate in this initiative.
 
SATERN is expected to improve Agency services and save taxpayer dollars by consolidating NASA's multiple learning systems: AdminSTAR—the training administration system and Site for On-line Learning and Resources (SOLAR)—the online custom content software; and will also provide complete on-line registration functionality.
 
SATERN will provide all NASA employees with easy-to-use, one-stop, online access to training information. The system will enable employees to view course offerings directly from their desktops, enroll in courses, schedule training, and view their individual training history. In later agency phased-in approaches, Individual Development Plans (IDP's) and competency management will be an integral part of SATERN to develop present and future employees of NASA.
 
When employees use SATERN to register for courses, SATERN will process all approvals on-line, eliminating the need for most paper documents to be forwarded from one office to the next. SATERN will also generate emails to employees and their supervisors as to their employee's status within the course registration process.
 
As well as course offerings at each NASA center, on-line registration will also be available for agencywide courses and programs.
 
For more information, please contact Sheila Jackson at 202.358.0956.