Science series presents "A Physics Circus"

Mark your calendar and plan to attend "A Physics Circus" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12 in the CEBAF Center auditorium!

The Jefferson Lab Education department is kicking off the Fall 1999 Science Series with this unique, entertaining presentation by University of Texas at El Paso professors and students. "This is a great program to kick off a new school year," says Jan Tyler, Education manager.

The event is free and open to students and adults interested in science.

"Remote Hours" gives staff access to HR

Human Resources is trying something new to make its services more available to shift workers on the Accelerator site. HR is implementing "Remote Hours" - visiting the Machine Control Center and adjacent buildings during all three shifts - once every quarter.

HR recently finished visiting accelerator site workers during day, swing and owl shifts. Its next round of Remote Hours visits will take place in December. Watch for flyers announcing the dates and times of the next round of quarterly visits.

"Our goal is to get out there and help answer questions and address any concerns that staff sometimes don't get a chance to ask, either because they are too busy or HR has gone home for the day," say Ruben Pedroza, HR special projects administrator. Remote Hours also gives accelerator workers a chance to meet HR staff and get the latest information on a variety of human resources programs.

For more information about this activity, call Pedroza at ext. 7984.

Gillman, Neil secure FEL research grant

Congratulations to Ed Gillman, Norfolk State University, and George Neil, Free Electron Laser Group, on securing $154,000 in funding from the Office of Naval Research. The funding will be used to conduct advanced materials processing experiments using the FEL.

Since the FEL can produce short wavelengths using what is called "harmonic" lasing, effects on materials can be seen that are not possible with other laser systems. Using the FEL to deposit material on silicon and other technologically important materials, the dissipation of heat in the laser/material interaction will be studied. This experiment could be a useful first step in the investigation of using high-power FELs for advanced manufacturing techniques. The study will last two years.

Administrative Manual is now available on-line

The Lab's Administrative Manual is now available on-line at www.jlab.org/adminmanual/.

The electronic manual is accessible to all staff members at their convenience. No one will ever have to run around looking for a paper copy of the manual again, points out Merle Rivas, director of Human Resources and Services. She also said this version of the manual is more user friendly, easier to update, and costs less to maintain than the old paper manual.

On-line access also assures everyone is using current information - no chance of referring to outdated hard copy versions. During the next few months a team from plant engineering, business services, human resources, and EH&S will continue refining the format to make the manual even more user friendly. Some of these refinements include more links to related policies and manuals, cross referencing between policies, and interactive on-line forms.

A link on the Administrative Manual's main page lets an individual quickly access and review Lab-wide administrative policy updates.

The manual is broken down by major categories - with detailed chapter headings under each category. The breakdown is as follows: 100-series, General topics; 200-series, Human Resources and Services; 300-series, Plant Engineering; 400-series, Finance; 500-series, Procurement; 600-series, Outreach Programs; 700-series, Intellectual Property; and the 800-series, Internal Audit.

Human Resources will no longer distribute paper copies of the Administrative Manual. Current manual holders should recycle or return to Human Resources their paper version of the manual to avoid the possibility of referring to out-of-date policies. The on-line policies may be printed out when needed for reference.

Paper copies of the manual will continue to be available in Human Resources, each division's administrative support office, and at the Human Resources Information Centers located in CEBAF Center, the Applied Research Center Library and the Machine Control Center conference room.

Call Pat Morton, ext. 7232, or Ruben Pedroza, ext. 7984, with any questions about the on-line Administrative Manual.

Kudos

Kudos to Tom Briggs and his staff for the "all-nighter" they pulled during Hurricane Floyd. Their efforts minimized Lab down time and safeguarded Lab staff, equipment and resources.

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