[vsnet-grb 146496] GCN continues normal operations

[Bacodine]

TO: GCN Customers
RE: GCN Continues Normal Operations (No US government shutdown)
DT: 09 Apr 11

There was no US Government Shutdown.  Congress passed a 
Continuing Resolution to extend funding and operations until Thursday.
So the Goddard internet did not get shutdown, so GCN continues
normal operations.  This covers the full operations: Notices and Circulars. 
You will receive Notices as you always have, and you still
submit your Circulars to gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov .

Sorry -- I should have sent this earlier.
--scott





/////////////////////////// Initial Announcment ////////////////////

TO: GCN Customers
RE: GCN Operations during a US Government Shutdown
DT: 08 Apr 11

(Apologies to those that get this announcement twice;
once from the Notices list and once from the Circulars list.)


INTRODUCTION:
There is a significant probability that the US Congress
will not pass a Budget or Continuing Resolution by midnight
tonight (04:00 UT 09 Apr 11).  This means that the government
is not allowed to incur costs for non-critical activities,
and this means things like the internet at GSFC are turned off,
and this means GCN is cut off from the world.


WHAT and WHEN:
There is uncertainty about what functions within NASA-Goddard
will stop and when they will stop.  They could stop
somewhat before the 04:00UT time (because some things 
have to be done while people can still be paid);
or they might not stop until Monday morning.


GCN NOTICES:
The Notices portion of GCN will _stop_.
My current understanding of the implementation of the shutdown
is that the firewall at the Goddard "fence" will be configured
to block all incoming and all outgoing traffic.  As such,
nothing can get in, and nothing can get out.  This applies
to both the socket-based connections to GCN and the email-based
distributions (full format, cellphone, etc).


GCN CIRCULARS:
The Circulars portion of GCN will _continue_ to function -- it will NOT stop.
This is because it is being transferred to a machine at
the U. of Chicago (thanks to the generous offer by Carlo Graziani).
This transfer does mean that you will have to send your
Circular submissions to:  gcncirc at kazoo.uchicago.edu
(Note that the "gcncirc" part stays the same; only the domain
changes from the "capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov" to "kazoo.uchicago.edu".)
The vetting-and-distribution list has been transferred
as well as the distribution program itself.  Everything will appear
and function the same as before (with the single exception
of the domain you send your submissions).


GCN WEBSITE:
With the blocking of in/out traffic at the Goddard firewall,
the GCN website will not be accessible.
 

/////////////////// Your Site Configuration //////////////////////


Site_name: VSNET
Lon,Lat=  135.75   35.00
Distribution_method: EMAIL  Attachment_format: NONE
Address: vsnet-grb at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp   
Filter:  ALL
Error_limit=   360.100 [deg, diameter]
Delta_T_limit= 999.900 [hr]
Swift_Trigger_ID_filter:   Disabled
Sources & Notice Types/Subtypes:
    IPN_RAW:                  Disabled
    IPN_POS:                  Enabled
    HETE_TEST:                Disabled
    TYPE2_TEST:               Disabled
    INTEGRAL_Test_notices:    Disabled
    SWIFT_BAT_GRB_TEST:       Disabled
    AGILE_GRB_TEST:           Disabled
    FERMI_GBM_TEST:           Disabled
    FERMI_LAT_TEST:           Disabled
    INTEGRAL_POINTDIR:        Disabled
    INTEGRAL_SPIACS:          Enabled
    INTEGRAL_WAKEUP:          Enabled
    INTEGRAL_REFINED:         Enabled
    INTEGRAL_OFFLINE:         Enabled
    INTEGRAL_WEAK:            Disabled
    GRB_CNTRPART:             Disabled
    SWIFT_BAT_GRB_ALERT:      enabled
    SWIFT_BAT_GRB_POS:        enabled
    SWIFT_BAT_GRB_POS_NACK:   enabled
    SWIFT_BAT_SUBTHRESH_POS:  Disabled
    SWIFT_BAT_GRB_LIGHTCURVE: enabled
    SWIFT_FOM_2OBS:           enabled
    SWIFT_SC_2SLEW:           enabled
    SWIFT_XRT_POS:            enabled
    SWIFT_XRT_POS_NACK:       enabled
    SWIFT_XRT_IMAGE:          enabled
    SWIFT_UVOT_IMAGE:         enabled
    SWIFT_UVOT_SRCLIST:       enabled
    SWIFT_UVOT_POS:           enabled
    SWIFT_UVOT_POS_NACK:      Disabled
    SWIFT_XRT_IMAGE_PROC:     enabled
    SWIFT_UVOT_IMAGE_PROC:    enabled
    SWIFT_UVOT_SRCLIST_PROC:  enabled
    SWIFT_POINTDIR:           enabled
    SWIFT_BAT_TRANS:          Disabled
    SWIFT_BAT_QL_POS:         Disabled
    SWIFT_BAT_SLEW_POS:       Disabled
    SWIFT_BAT_MONITOR:        Disabled
    SWIFT_TOO_FOM:            enabled
    SWIFT_TOO_SLEW:           enabled
    AGILE_GRB_WAKEUP_POS:     Disabled
    AGILE_GRB_GROUND_POS:     Disabled
    AGILE_GRB_REFINED_POS:    Disabled
    AGILE_POINTDIR:           Disabled
    FERMI_GBM_ALERT:          Disabled
    FERMI_GBM_FLT_POS:        Disabled
    FERMI_GBM_GND_POS:        Disabled
    FERMI_GBM_FIN_POS:        Disabled
    FERMI_LAT_POS_UPD:        Disabled
    FERMI_SC_SLEW:            Disabled
    FERMI_POINTDIR:           Disabled
    SIMBAD-NED:               Disabled


General Adminastrivia Comments/Suggestions:

1) When requesting changes to your configuration,
   it helps if you refer to your site_name.
2) If your site has more than one recipient (ie a list),
   please review the list to see if anybody should be deleted;
   (the volume of bounce-back-to-gcn emails gets large after a while).
3) If a new contact_person has taken over for the project, please inform me.
4) If your site is no longer active, please inform me.