<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest<br><br>July 16 Briefs Excerpts:<br><br><b>Telephone Work Scheduled for Thursday, July 17 </b><br>This Thursday, July 17, 5:30-10:00 p.m., upgrade and maintenance work will be performed on the lab's local calling phone trunks. Although no interruption in service is expected, there is always the possibility of a dropped call or a short outage during the maintenance window. This work will not affect calls onsite or long distance calls, but only calls placed to or from the local calling area. To report emergencies during an outage, use a cell phone to call 911. After you are advised to hang up by the 911 Dispatch Operator, immediately call the Jefferson Lab Security cell phone at 757-342-9868. Advise Security of the 911 call, the nature of the emergency and the location of the emergency. If you have any questions or concerns about these maintenance activities, contact the IT Division Helpdesk, x7155.<br><br><b>Jefferson Lab Photo Requests</b><br>If you need photos for a specific Jefferson Lab work application or would like a photo of your conference or workshop group, you can request to sign out a point-and-shoot digital camera to take your application, group or event photos. After you take the photos, return the camera to Public Affairs staff, and the photos will be downloaded, processed and a link will be emailed to you for retrieving your photos. Please notify Public Affairs staff as soon as possible, and at least five business days in advance, before you want to sign out a camera. Your request should be emailed to photos@jlab.org. Reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. The point-and-shoot digital camera can be signed out for up to one full day, and the person signing it out is responsible for it until it is returned to Public Affairs.<br><br><b>TIAA-CREF Financial Education and Retirement Planning Resources</b><br>Jefferson Lab's investment service provider, TIAA-CREF, now offers multiple financial and retirement planning webinars covering a range of topics to assist you with planning and saving for retirement. Each webinar averages about 30-45 minutes in duration and is offered at no cost to the employee. In addition, TIAA-CREF continues to offer multiple resources for employee retirement planning to all regular and term employees. You can find detailed information about these services in the full all-staff memo: https://www.jlab.org/memo/tiaa-cref-financial-education-and-retirement-planning-resources<br><br><b>Learn About Measurement and Test Equipment at Jefferson Lab</b><br>Equipment used to record data during work activities, such as inspections, acceptance testing, data collection, process monitoring, etc., is considered Measurement and Test Equipment (M&TE). This type of equipment requires calibration at appropriate intervals to ensure accuracy. Jefferson Lab’s Quality Assurance/Continuous Improvement (QA/CI) department is authorized to pay for M&TE calibration services for the lab. Come learn how to take advantage of this benefit and other requirements unique to M&TE in a meeting held by the QA/CI department on Thursday, July 24 in CEBAF Center room F113 at 2:30 p.m. Anyone who is responsible for M&TE at Jefferson Lab can benefit from learning more about such topics as how to identify M&TE that requires calibration, appropriate calibration intervals, and the purchase and storage of M&TE. If you would like more information about this meeting, contact Mary Jo Bailey, x7277.<br><br><b>Last Chance to Submit Your Proposal to the JSA Initiatives Fund Program</b><br>JSA is soliciting proposals for Initiatives Fund support for the FY2015 program. An Initiatives Fund Evaluation Committee will review eligible proposals that meet the criteria. Members of the Jefferson Lab user community, Jefferson Lab researchers and staff, other individuals or groups who can make unique contributions to the lab's research, development, education and technology transfer missions may submit proposals. See current and past projects supported in the Initiatives Fund Program. Proposals are due by close of business on July 21. For more information, see the full announcement: http://www.jsallc.org/IF/CP15.html<br><br>To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest<br></div></body></html>