NASA Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Briefing Now a Teleconference

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Mar 03, 2014, 05:50 ET

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Because of inclement weather in the Washington area, NASA's Fiscal Year 2015 budget media briefing on Tuesday, March 4 now will be a teleconference. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will brief reporters starting at 2 p.m. EST.

Media can participate by dialing into a phone bridge instead of having to be in person at a NASA center.

Audio and visuals from the media teleconference will be carried live on NASA's Internet homepage and on Ustream.

Media who want to participate in the teleconference should contact Sonja Alexander in the NASA Headquarters newsroom at 202-358-1761 or [email protected] by 1 p.m. Tuesday.

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

To listen to the media briefing online or hear the teleconference with visuals on Ustream, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

NASA's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal and supporting material will be posted online at 1 p.m. Tuesday at:

http://www.nasa.gov/budget

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