[Cuga] JLab Weekly Briefs - a message from Kandice Carter

[Kandice Carter]

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

February 17 Briefs Excerpts: 

Jefferson Lab Open House Set for April 30 
Jefferson Lab's next Open House has been set for April 30, 2016. To make it easier to share information about the event with interested relatives, friends, neighbors and colleagues, Public Affairs has posters, flyers and save-the-date business cards available for pick up at the brochure table in the CEBAF Center lobby. If you would like large quantities of any of these items or more information sent to professional organizations, civic clubs or other groups, contact Deb Magaldi at x5102 or magaldi at jlab.org. 

Tunnel Visions - Colloquium and Public Lecture 
In October 1993, the U.S. Congress terminated the Superconducting Super Collider, which, at over $10 billion, was the largest and costliest basic-science project ever attempted. According to Michael Riordan, UC Santa Cruz (retired), it was a disastrous loss for the nation's once-dominant high-energy physics community. Riordan is the author of The Hunting of the Quark and lead author of Tunnel Visions: The Rise and Fall of the Superconducting Super Collider . He’ll discuss how, in hindsight, a combination of fiscal austerity, continuing SSC cost overruns, intense Congressional scrutiny, lack of major foreign contributions, waning Presidential support, and the widespread public perception of mismanagement led to the project's demise nearly five years after it had begun, while there were alternative projects the U.S. high-energy physics community could have pursued. This colloquium will be held in the CEBAF Center auditorium at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18. 

Publications Refresher Course Offered Feb. 23 
The next Publications Training and Refresher course will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 9 a.m. in CEBAF Center room F224-225. A brief introduction to the Department of Energy's Public Access Plan and how it affects Jefferson Lab will be presented. In this session, authors will learn how to submit manuscripts to the Publications Review and Approval System, how to make recommended revisions to papers during the signature process, and how to add the relevant information once the paper is published. If you would like to attend, R.S.V.P. to Kim Edwards at kindrew at jlab.org by Friday, Feb. 19. 

Free Health Screenings Offered on March 23 
Optima Health is offering free and confidential health screenings to employees, users and subcontractors at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, March 23. The 10-minute screenings will take place in CEBAF Center, room F113. The tests that will be done include: blood pressure checks, cholesterol finger stick, and body mass index studies. The nurses providing the services will discuss the results, and no prep is needed for the screenings. An appointment is required for this screening, and a limited number of appointment times are available, 1-4 p.m. To schedule an appointment for this free service, call Occupational Medicine at x7539 or x5585. See the full memo: https://www.jlab.org/memo/sentara-optima-providing-screenings-jlab 

Group Directory Survey Planned 
As part of an overall initiative to improve cybersecurity across the enterprise, the Department of Energy is currently rolling out a plan to deploy multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect data and systems. In order to comply with the current DOE initiatives and align with best-business practices, the lab will be enhancing its MFA implementation using an approach that will minimize the impact on lab mission while reducing the risk. As part of this process, IT personnel are doing some analysis to better understand our environment. Learn more about this initiative by clicking the link for the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs. 

Watchguard Spam Quarantine Report Guidance Offered 
The IT Division Helpdesk has received some reports of non-spam email being caught by Jefferson Lab's spam filter. Remember that spam quarantine reports are emailed to each user every morning with a list of the current, possible spam listed. If you find an email in that list that is not spam, then you should click the "Not Spam" button to the right of the message. This will release the message to your email inbox and add an entry for that exact email address to the list of allowed messages. If you find that you are continuing to get certain types of messages blocked even after clicking the "Not Spam" button, you can go to the Jefferson Lab User Spam Quarantine Administration webpage and add the email address to your "Always Allow" filter. Once this is added and saved, you should stop seeing these messages quarantined. If this continues to be a problem, or if you find you are having other issues with the Spam Quarantine Report, submit a Computer Center Problem Report (CCPR) by sending an email to the IT Division Helpdesk, helpdesk at jlab.org. Jefferson Lab User Spam Quarantine Administration webpage: https://wg.jlab.org/ 

Ending Soon: Benefits Open Enrollment for All Regular and Term Employees 
The 2016 Benefits Online Open Enrollment Period for Jefferson Lab will be offered through Tuesday, Feb. 23. This is your opportunity to review and, if necessary, modify your benefits options. See detailed information and optional enrollment system training in the full, all-staff memo linked here: https://www.jlab.org/memo/2016-benefits-online-open-enrollment-period-starts-today-february-10-2016 

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

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