[Cuga] Jefferson Lab Weekly Briefs - June 10, 2015

[Lorelei Chopard]

To access the full version of the Jefferson Lab Weekly Briefs, visit:https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest  

Announcement highlights for this week include:



JLab Announces New Chief Information Officer

Amber Boehnlein, the current division head of Scientific Computing Applications at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has been named Jefferson Lab’s new Chief Information Officer and head of the lab’s Information Technology Division. She comes to Jefferson Lab with a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience from her years at SLAC, a Department of Energy appointment, and at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. She is scheduled to arrive at JLab on June 22.



Hall B SAF111 Safety Awareness Walk Through Training

There will be SAF111 Hall B Safety Awareness Walk through Training on Thursday, June 11, starting at 2 p.m. in the Hall B Counting House control room. To take the training, go to the web-based training site or the Hall B webpage and click the SAF111 link . Read and acknowledge the reading material by clicking the "Click to Update" button at the end of the document. The training will be conducted by Doug Tilles. Please print out the pdf document and bring it with you for the walk through.



Python Training Planned for June 17

Jefferson Lab is going to hold Python Training in the CEBAF Center auditorium starting on June 17. It will be held from 12:30 - 2 p.m. every Wednesday from June 17 through July 22 (six classes). Python is a programing language; this course is meant to be an introduction into the Python programming language . Individuals interested in taking this training should register at:https://misportal.jlab.org/training/home.seam  .



LabVIEW User Group: Using Ladder Logic in LabVIEW
Do you ever wish CompactRIO could be programmed or maintained with Ladder Logic? Learn about a new NILabs offering on the NI Linux RT based CompactRIO allowing the LabVIEW system designer the option to deploy ladder logic (or other IEC 61131 languages) applications on the NI platform. This is an experimental option to allow technicians the ability to interact with CompactRIO using tools they already understand, and a great way for LabVIEW developers to extend the usefulness of the CompactRIO and eliminate redundant PLC hardware from their system. This session will be held on Wednesday, June 24, from 12-noon – 1 p.m. in CEBAF Center conference room F224/225.



Weight Loss Support Group Weekly Meeting Update
The Weight Loss Support Group is currently at week 9 of its 12 week program. The group’s total weight loss – as a group of 14 – is currently 119 pounds. The group will start another 12 week session starting July 2. If you are interested in joining, for support and advice on losing weight and getting in shape, call Barbara Rice at x 7238 for more information.



Discount Entertainment Tickets Available
Jefferson Lab offers a link to Tickets at Work , a website that offers employee discounts and corporate prices for entertainment. Locally, discounts include savings of more than 20 percent off at Busch Gardens and Water Country USA, as well as discounts on movie tickets. The site also offers discounts on tickets to other major theme parks, tickets to Broadway shows, hotels and rental cars.



CNI Maintenance Day Tuesday, June 16, from 5-10 p.m.

There will be numerous service outages during the CNI maintenance period planned for June 16, from 5-10 p.m. During this time, patches and configuration changes will be applied to Jefferson Lab's primary DNS server, ns1, as well as to the Zimbra file servers. These systems will be rebooted between 5:15 and 6 p.m. to finalize these updates. During this time, there will be a short outage to the Zimbra email system as well as a slowdown in internet connectivity while the DNS server is down. All connectivity to the DNS servers as well as to the Zimbra email system will be restored no later than 6 p.m. In addition, there will be an outage of the MIS applications starting around 5:30. They should be back up by 6 p.m. There may be intermittent outages of various central services throughout the maintenance period as updates to the central services network switches will be applied. Finally, Linux and Windows patches will be released to the site as well as updates to the core CUE software. Plan on rebooting your desktop system no later than Friday, June 19, to finalize the patch installations.


All Members of JLab Community Asked to Take Employee Concerns Program Survey

Jefferson Lab is requesting all members of the lab community: employees, users and subcontractors to complete a quick survey about the Employee Concerns Program (ECP). The lab's ECP is available to all employees, users, subcontractors, and others who interact with Jefferson Lab. The survey is anonymous and participants are asked to respond no later than Friday, June 12. Human Resources staff thanks you in advance for your time and participation.

Click on the following link to access the survey:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L5VL5ZM  and click on the DONE button when completed with the survey.


To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit:https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest