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OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES

MULTI-LEVEL PARKING UPDATE:

MLP-10 OPENING THIS FALL

PARKLAWN HEALTH LIBRARY

BEGINS LIFE ON CAMPUS

NIH LIBRARY INTRODUCES WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

SAVING TREES WHILE CONSTRUCTION BOOMS

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK

AWARD WINNING K-9 PARTNERSHIP:

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM

NEW NIH CREDIT UNION ATM 

AT BALTIMORE’S GERONTOLOGY CENTER

NIH PARENTING LIST SERV

UNDERSTANDING THE PROPER

USE OF FIRE DOORS

FOUR GRADUATES HIGHLIGHT 25TH YEAR

OF NIH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICES HOLDS

SECOND ANNUAL IMMIGRATION CONFERENCE

ARTURO GIRON WINS 2004 HHS SECRETARY’S

AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

NIH DIRECTOR’S AWARD GOES TO THE

DIVISION OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

COMMUNITY POLICING COMING BACK

LOST AND FOUND REPORT

MULTI-LEVEL PARKING UPDATE:

MLP-10 OPENING THIS FALL

The much anticipated MLP-10 parking facility,

with a capacity of 1,250 spaces, will be available for

employees to use in the Fall of 2004.

MLP-10 will be an employee-only garage.

Although there will be no visitor parking in the

garage, it will contain general employee, handicap,

carpool, red permit and reserved parking spaces.

During the initial opening phase of the

garage, vehicles will enter from two locations:

❶ North Drive and Rockville Pike (on the east side)

❷ North Drive and Center Drive (on the west side)

During this phase, employees must exit the

garage using North Drive to connect to Center

Drive. From there, employees will be able to leave the

campus through any exit. However, vehicles will not

be permitted to use North Drive to exit the campus

on to Rockville Pike.

Eventually, East Drive will reopen, allowing

vehicles to access the garage via Wilson Drive and

Rockville Pike. ORS and ORF staff are currently

working on a complete traffic review, including 

pedestrian access for MLP-10.

During the initial phase of the garage 

opening, Lot 31B will be modified to allow for a

temporary roadway from the garage. Some parking will

remain in 31B until the final phase of construction, at

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which time the lot will return to

open space.

In the future, ORS and ORF

will be sending further updates

including details about traffic patterns, graphics depicting the specific

locations on each garage level for the

various types of parking permits, and

a breakdown on the exact number of

parking spaces available by permit type.

INFORMATION:

ORS Information Line

301-594-6677

PARKLAWN HEALTH

LIBRARY BEGINS LIFE

ON CAMPUS

It was an offer that was too good to

refuse.About a year ago, Ed Sontag,

the Assistant Secretary for

Administration and Management of

HHS, shared with Dr. Zerhouni the

findings of an external review of the

Parklawn Health Library (PHL).The

report stated that the best way to

“catapult PHL to NIH capabilities

within a short span of time, eliminate

duplication between the two sites,

and require minimum investment 

of resources to the NIH level of

operation” would be to merge PHL

into the NIH Division of Library

Services.

The Assistant Secretary noted

that the NIH Library is run well,

follows best business practices, and

employs the latest technology.The

merger, which became effective May

16, supports HHS Secretary

Thompson's desire for administrative

consolidation.Although administratively the merger is complete, PHL

will not relocate to the NIH

Library’s space in Building 10 until

more space becomes available in

2006 or 2007.

The new HHS Information

and Education Services Branch

(HHS IESB) of the ORS’ Division

of Library Services provides

resources that meet the behavioral

and social sciences information 

needs of researchers and administrators

in the following HHS offices and

agencies:

• Administration on Aging

• Administration for Children and

Families

• Agency for Healthcare Research

and Quality 

• Health Resources and Services

Administration

• Indian Health Service

• Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration

• Program Support Center

• Office of the Secretary

Most of these agencies are no

longer located in the Parklawn

Building.Those that remain will be

moving out soon. During the next

two years, the Division of Library

Services will be developing HHS

IESB’s capabilities as a virtual 

electronic library.The ORS will be

assigning informationists to work

directly with agency researchers and

administrators at their work sites.

NIH behavioral and social science

researchers also will benefit from this

merger through expanded access to

the health services research collections

and electronic resources of the new

HHS IESB.

INFORMATION:

Suzanne Grefsheim 

301-496-2448 

NIH LIBRARY INTRODUCES

WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

ONE CONVENIENT ACCESS POINT

The NIH Library now offers NIH

researchers a single platform called

the Web of Knowledge to access a

trio of popular resources:The Web

of Science®, Journal Citation

Reports® and PORPOISE.

The Web of Science combines

access to Science Citation Index

ExpandedTM and Social Sciences

Citation Index®.Together, these

databases provide NIH staff with the

ability to search the literature in

nearly 8,500 authoritative journals in

the sciences and social sciences,

including an additional five years of

data, back to 1975.

The Journal Citation Reports

database complements the citation

indexes by providing journal impact

factors and other data to help

researchers evaluate and compare

journals in their fields of interest. It

includes access to the Science and

Social Sciences editions back to

1997.

PORPOISE, an e-mail alert

system developed at NIH, offers

NIH’ers the option to create search

strategies, run them automatically,

and receive e-mailed results on a

recurring basis.

Within the Web of Knowledge

platform, staff searching Web of

Science and Journal Citation

Reports can:

Conduct cited reference searches

to discover who is citing their

work

Link to publishers’ electronic 

full-text or easily order a document

using the NIH Library Full-Text

Plus! button

Link from a record in Web of

Science to Journal Citation Reports

to view a journal’s impact factor

Save and combine search strategies

Export records to EndNote® and

Reference Manager®

Create subject, author, and table 

of contents alerts using the 

PORPOISE e-mail alert system

Develop complex search strategies

using the new Advanced Search

feature

Access to Web of Science 

and Journal Citation Reports via the

Web of Knowledge can be found on

the NIH Library website at

http://nihlibrary.nih.gov under Quick

Links, or under Research

Tools/Databases. For a list of classes,

or to request a tutorial on how to

use this resource, visit the Resource

Training section of our website.

INFORMATION:

NIH Library

301-496-1080

nihlibrary@nih.gov

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SAVING TREES WHILE

CONSTRUCTION BOOMS

The NIH has seen an unprecedented

amount of building construction in

recent years.To some people on

campus and in the community, it

may appear that mature trees are

bulldozed out of the way without

regard to their value to make way

for buildings, parking garages and

utility tunnels. Nothing could be

further from the truth.All our campus trees are located, identified by

number and have been given a 

general health analysis.Trees are not

removed without due consideration

and examination. From the beginning

of planning and as construction 

proceeds, our engineers, architects,

and contractors consider the impact

of each project on our trees.

The Office of Research

Facilities (ORF) Hazard and

Preservation Tree Policy states that

any tree lost on the campus, either by

natural processes or by construction,

will be replaced, at a minimum, on a

one to one basis.The Grounds

Maintenance and Landscaping Team

(GMLT) has long been protecting

and adding to our tree population.

Between 1991 and 2003, GMLT

planted 2,759 more trees than were

lost.This number does not include

the 2004 spring plantings, the CRC

landscape plantings in progress, nor

the 1,170 native seedlings planted

along the restored creek bed between

Building 21 and Rockville Pike.

The Office of Research

Facilities (ORF) engineers, architects

and landscape architects respect our

trees and go to great lengths to

ensure that construction plans take

into account the trees that are within

the proposed construction limits.

General building sites have been

pre-selected in the NIH Master

Plan. However, options including

building footprint, orientation and

placement are determined to best

meet the building design criteria and

retention of mature trees.

For example, the perimeter

security fence was laid out in a

curvilinear fashion to avoid mature

trees.The temporary gravel parking

lots across the campus were designed

and constructed without losing one

healthy mature tree, and new underground utilities were laid out for the

most minimal impact to trees as

well, going around individual and

clusters of bigger trees. Many trees

have been transplanted during 

construction, both past and present.

Along the edge of construction sites,

trees that can be saved are protected

by fencing and given additional

monitoring and treatment by

arborists to ensure their continued

survival.

Mature healthy trees are 

valued; however, some are in decline

with core or root rot and crown

hazards even though they appear to

be fine specimens.Trees are living

entities and have life expectancies

just like human beings. Few grow to

be giants and exceed their general

species life spans.

If you have specific questions

about a certain project or part of

campus, feel free to e-mail Lynn

Mueller, who is a registered landscape architect and the chief of the

campus grounds maintenance. He

has been at the NIH for over 25

years and knows every tree on the

campus.

Mueller is in the difficult 

position of protecting the trees and

yet working with the Master Plan 

to allow for future growth and

expansion. He has guided decisions

to place buildings on parking lots

instead of green space and encouraged

NIH management to lobby Congress

for new multi-level parking garage

funding, which has protected the

overall landscape.

INFORMATION:

Lynn Mueller

301-496-4817

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: Mike Hart (l) and Harry Hill, ORF Grounds Maintenance &

Landscaping employees, plant a Kentucky Coffee Tree off the 31B patio lawn to celebrate Earth Day on

Wednesday,April 21.This native tree has interesting bark and structure.There is a plaque at the tree

base commemorating the planting.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

WEEK

National Telecommunications Week

shines a light on the seemingly

nameless and faceless individuals

who help save countless lives by

responding to emergency calls, dispatching emergency professionals

and equipment, and providing moral

support to citizens in distress.

The official honor started in

October 1991 when Congress passed

a Congressional Proclamation designating the second week in April,

National Telecommunications Week.

At the NIH, we enthusiastically

put a special focus on our telecommunications professionals during that

week to recognize the “first” first

responders-our esteemed public safety

telecommunicators -for their contributions towards the safety and security

of our community. Every day, people

depend on the skill, expertise and

commitment of these professionals.

This year, National

Telecommunications Week was 

celebrated by the NIH Emergency

Communications Center with several

activities. On a bulletin board in the

Police Department, the center displayed a picture of all the dispatchers

and their equipment.The highlight

of the week was when Chief Alvin

Hinton and Major Billy Alford presented each dispatcher with a

Certificate of Appreciation for their

hard work and dedication.

INFORMATION:

Louise Martinez

301-496-5685

AWARD WINNING K-9

PARTNERSHIP:THIRD

TIME’S A CHARM

As Lt. Rick Johnston tells the 

story, Corporal Paul Corridean was

getting discouraged. His first canine

partner died of cancer soon after

training was completed.A second

dog seemed promising but just 

didn’t catch on to instruction and

was released for ‘civilian’ adoption

and a life of leisure.Then a black lab

named Kacy came along and

changed everything.

Now three years old, Kacy 

had been trained by another handler,

which could have a positive or a

negative effect on a new relationship.

Corridean and Kacy retrained

together in normal detection (as

opposed to drugs or bombs), for

commercial vehicle inspections, and

Kacy did well.

Before formal training begins,

a potential canine partner’s first

responsibility is to bond with their

human partner.The dog goes home

with the officer to get used to that

individual and, if there is one, the

whole family.

Training takes 12 weeks, and

after graduation the dogs attend a

minimum of two days of refresher

training per month while they are

working.Their work schedule is one

hour on and two hours off, to guard

against burn out.

The NIH police department has

12 dogs now, and will continue to

accept and train dogs until they have

a K-9 force of 16 partnerships.

Corridean and Kacy are a 

fully bonded team now.They work

together so well that in a competition sponsored by the United States

Police Canine Association (USPCA)

in March, they came in first place

out of 33 teams. Both handler and

dog are judged in many areas

including control, willingness to

work, working independently, and

most importantly, whether they can

alert on an actual ‘hide’ (hidden

object) that has been concealed.The

K-9 teams are judged in building

searches.They are taken to a remote

area and a search continues in a

series of vehicles.The team must

find all hides to certify, due to the

serious consequences if one were to

be missed in a real-world event.

Corridean and Kacy will be honored

at an awards ceremony in December.

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NIH Emergency Communications Center dispatchers (l to r) Ericka Hodge, Patrick

McBee, Marlene Johnson,Andre McCann, Kim Gruber, Diane Moulton-Peddie,

Lead Dispatcher Louise Martinez and Major Billy Alford of the NIH Police.

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The officer who heads the 

K-9 division at NIH, Lt. Johnston,

is one of the most sought-after law

enforcement canine trainers in the

United States.According to Deputy

Chief Fuller,“we are lucky to have

him here.” NIH police, under the

direction of Lt. Johnston, train dogs

for service with the Federal Protective

Service of Homeland Security, the

U.S. Marshals, U.S. Park Police, the

Smithsonian, and other government

agencies.

INFORMATION:

Lt. Rick Johnston

301-594-9636

NEW NIH CREDIT UNION

ATM AT BALTIMORE’S

GERONTOLOGY CENTER

The Gerontology Research Center,

at the Johns Hopkins Bayview

Medical Center in Baltimore, is getting

its own NIH Federal Credit Union

ATM.The machine is being installed

in July in the foyer outside the main

entrance to the building.

Credit union members can use

the ATM free to withdraw cash and

obtain account balance information

on their credit union accounts.

Non-members may also use the

ATM to withdraw money from their

banks, for a small fee.

To join the credit union, visit

www.nihfcu.org.You do not have to

be an NIH employee to join: contractors, fellows and students are also

eligible.

The new ATM is located at:

Gerontology Research Center

5600 Nathan Shock Drive

Baltimore, MD 21224-6825

INFORMATION:

Allyson Cole

301-402-8180

NIH PARENTING

LIST SERV

Where can I find a pediatric dentist?

What are great parks to visit with a

preschool child? Would my child

benefit from a Montessori classroom? 

How do Santa’s reindeer fly? 

These and hundreds of other

questions have been asked and

answered on the NIH Parents List.

If you are a parent, grandparent, or

expectant parent, the List provides

advice, new ideas, and simple solutions

to a multitude of issues relevant to

the lives of young children.

This interactive e-mail list,

sponsored by the NIH Work/Life

Center and the ORS Division of

Employee Services, gives the NIH

community another place to ask

information and share opinions on

any parenting or child care issue.

Join the list and benefit from the

combined knowledge and experience

of all the NIH subscribers.To subscribe to the NIH Parents list, send

an e-mail addressed to: listserv@

list.nih.gov with the following text 

in the message body: subscribe

parenting_list your name (enter your

first and last name for your name).

You will receive a confirmation

when you are enrolled, with additional information about the list and its

rules. Please read the information

carefully as it contains useful guidance

that will help you maximize the list’s

benefits.

INFORMATION:

NIHParents@od.nih.gov

UNDERSTANDING THE

PROPER USE OF FIRE

DOORS

If you are located in one of the

many research laboratories on campus, it is likely the door you use to

enter and leave your laboratory is a

fire-rated door. Fire doors are typically made of steel or solid wood

and have specially tested components including closers, latching

hardware, and wired, fire-rated, glass

view windows.These doors protect

the opening created in the fire wall

that separates the laboratory environment from the corridor; however, they can only perform their job

when used and maintained properly.

To properly maintain and use a

fire door:

1 Keep the door closed at all

times. The simple action of closing a fire door will help contain

the products of a fire (e.g., heat

and smoke) within the laboratory

while protecting adjacent areas

and the exit route.

2 Don’t prop open the door

with wedges or by bending

the closer mechanism. Aside

from possibly rendering the fire

door inoperable due to physical

damage, propping open fire doors

will allow products of combustion

to migrate into other areas and

contribute to the spread and

severity of the fire.

3 Don’t install metal ‘kick

plates’ higher than 16 inches

from the bottom of the door.

Larger kick plates act as a heat

sink, which could reduce the

door’s fire resistance.

4 Don’t store equipment or

combustibles against the fire

door. As part of their listing/certification requirements, fire doors

are tested in a furnace as a part of

a fire rated wall assembly.Their

ratings are slightly less than that

assigned to the wall in which they

are installed; they are considered

the weakest link in the fire wall.

Piling items in front of a fire door

may result in these materials igniting

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if a fire were to occur on the other

side of the door.This could create a

hazardous condition in the corridor,

resulting in danger for those exiting

the building and for emergency

personnel entering the building.

5 Avoid blanking off hardware.

If the Division of the Fire Marshal

determines that one of the fire

doors installed in your laboratory

is not required by the National

Fire Codes, you may wish to render

it inactive, instead of just removing

(‘blanking off’) the door knob and

replacing it with a blank metal

cover.This would be helpful if you

need more room for storage in the

laboratory. Submit a work request

to the Office of Research Facilities

through your Administrative

Officer.The fire door will be

removed and the wall cavity filled

to maintain the fire barrier.

6 Don’t nail or screw signs or

other items to the fire door.

Creating holes or cracks in a fire

door may void the fire protection

rating and require the replacement

of the fire door. Signs may be

attached to fire doors provided

they are small (less than 5% of the

area of the fire door) and attached

with adhesive to areas other than

the wired glass view panel.

INFORMATION:

Division of the Fire Marshal 

301-496-0487

FOUR GRADUATES

HIGHLIGHT 25TH YEAR OF

NIH APPRENTICESHIP

PROGRAM

At a recent ceremony, four NIH

employees received recognition for

their successful completion of four

years of academics and on-the-job

training. Graduates James Kowal,

Michael Morris, Bernard Robinson,

and Larry Wongus accepted certificates from the U.S. Department of

Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship

Training, the State of Maryland, and

the National Institutes of Health.

Leonard Taylor,Acting

Director, Office of Research

Facilities (ORF), presented the

keynote address, commending the

graduates for their significant effort

and commitment to this rigorous

program. Robert Laudeman,

Director, U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Apprenticeship Training,

added his congratulations and spoke

optimistically on the future of the

construction industry. Juanita

Mildenberg, Director, Division of

Property Management, ORF, spoke

of the contributions of the apprentices

during and since their graduation,

giving a little background on each.

James Kowal was a Federal

police officer here, with the Canine

Section. In the apprenticeship program

he quickly learned the refrigeration

trade, doing well in school and on the

job, and now is part of a two-man

team doing all types of emergency

repair work on cold rooms, freezers,

chillers, and kitchen and other

equipment.

Michael Morris was a biological

laboratory technician; after his participation in the program he became

quite an asset to the Sheet Metal Shop.

Beginning as a Stay-In-School

employee in the North Maintenance

Section of NIH, Bernard Robinson

entered the program in 1999. Because

he worked so well on teams, building

engineers frequently requested him

to work with them on special

assignments. He accepted each

assignment as a challenge and learning experience and always performed

his duties as a true professional.The

NIH Apprenticeship Program helped

Mr. Robinson achieve his goal of

expanding his knowledge to become

a more skilled and fulfilled employee.

Larry Wongus spent 21 years at

the Johns Hopkins University before

enrolling in the NIH Apprenticeship

Program where he worked mostly

with refrigeration systems for the

National Institute on Aging.A short

time after joining the ORF Clinical

Center’s Maintenance Team, his outstanding customer service skills,

tenacity, and hard work made him

one of the better operators of the

Building Automation System (BAS)

that is used to monitor and operate

the physical plant equipment and

systems.

The NIH Apprenticeship

Program has graduated over 100

apprentices since its establishment in

1978. It is the only training program

at the NIH that is geared to the trades

and, throughout its history, has been

unmatched at the NIH for its minority

recruitment.This diversity supports

the NIH mission by providing equal

opportunities to employees and

gaining skilled and qualified craftspeople for operation and maintenance

of the NIH’s research facilities.

INFORMATION:

Ron Poole

301-402-1082

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DIVISION OF

INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

HOLDS SECOND ANNUAL

IMMIGRATION CONFERENCE

On April 28, the Division of

International Services (DIS) held

their second annual Immigration

Conference at the Natcher

Conference Center.The conference

was an opportunity for NIH support

and administrative staff to learn

about immigration policy, visa types,

preparing documents for DIS, and

how to answer immigration questions for foreign scientists.This year’s

conference reinforced the policies

and procedures presented last year by

expanding on the responsibilities of

both the NIH and foreign scientists.

This year two new sessions were

added to the conference.The first was

a session on Evaluating Foreign

Credentials presented by guest speaker

Nancy Katz,Associate Director of

Evaluation Service, Inc. Her informative presentation provided examples

and mechanisms for detecting fraudulent doctoral certification and degrees.

With audience participation, Katz

reviewed both creditable and fraudulent degrees and showed the importance of administrative staff having an

educated eye when looking at foreign

credentials. For example, Katz taught

the audience how to look for the

Chinese characters for “MD” and

“PhD” when preparing requests.

The second new session was on

visa delays, which examined the

causes and consequences of these

delays.The DIS outlined the process

that the Department of State and our

consulates go through to provide

visas to foreign scientists.The DIS

gave suggestions to NIH staff on

how to expedite the issuing process.

The DIS was happy to welcome new participants, including lab

administrators, to the conference.

These informative annual conferences will continue each year.

INFORMATION:

Jenny Stanley 

301-496-6166

ARTURO GIRON WINS

2004 HHS SECRETARY’S

AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED

SERVICE

In the aftermath of the tragic events

of September 11, 2001, all federal

facilities were challenged with significantly enhancing their security

programs to protect the nation’s 

critical assets and restore public 

confidence in these national programs.This was certainly true at the

biomedical research facilities of the

National Institutes of Health.

Arturo Giron, Deputy Chief

Security Officer, ORS, worked tirelessly to develop and implement a

more effective security program and

emergency procedures to ensure the

safety, security, and continuity of

operations of the Bethesda campus

and all NIH’s leased and satellite

facilities. He aggressively led the

charge, coordinating and collaborating

with management at all levels at the

NIH, the Department, and other

federal agencies to respond to the

ever-changing security landscape,

and developing site-specific security

program.

The programs and procedures

developed under Giron’s leadership

were crucial to enabling the NIH to

respond rapidly and effectively to

the Officer of the Inspector General

(OIG) Report on NIH Security that

initially stated that “the NIH needs

to take immediate steps to ensure

that its main campus laboratories

and other facilities are adequately

secured.”All 54 recommendations

have been implemented or are in

process.

Based on Giron’s accomplishments, Steve Ficca, then ORS

Director, nominated Arturo Giron

for the 2004 HHS Secretary’s Award

for Distinguished Service. Ficca cited

Giron’s leadership in developing and 

implementing the DHHS/NIH

Security and Emergency Response

Program that was put in place to

safeguard the mission, people,

research, and reputation of the NIH.

Giron was selected for the Secretary’s

award and the Department will 

present the honor on July 14.

INFORMATION:

ORS Information Line

301-594-6677

NIH DIRECTOR’S AWARD

GOES TO THE DIVISION OF

FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

Because of their exemplary service

and superior performance in

responding to emergency situations

and to the unique threats that face

our biomedical research community,

the entire Division of Fire and

Rescue Services (DFRS) was selected

for the NIH Director’s Award.

The DFRS is one of the most

highly trained and skilled fire and

emergency response services in the

country.They have regularly performed

in excess of their mission by acting

as an information resource and

actively training other first responders

in dealing with the particular 

challenges facing biomedical research

communities.

In 2003, they collaborated with

their peers at the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, and in

Hamilton, Montana in support of

the Rocky Mountain Laboratories.

This mutual support was a key part

of the NIH’s growing role in supporting national bio-defense initiatives.

DFRS was an active participant in

emergency response planning efforts

at the Department of Health and

Human Services as well.

DFRS displayed their exceptional competence in response to a

number of incidents at the NIH

Bethesda campus including fires,

HAZMAT incidents, suspicious

packages, and rescues.Their training

and specialized expertise is tailored

to NIH’s research mission. For

example, when a major gas line

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broke, their response was designed to ensure minimal

disruption to the NIH facilities and laboratories.

The following staff and firefighters will be 

honored for their work at the NIH Director’s Award

Ceremony on Thursday, July 22, in the Natcher

Auditorium: Fire Chief Gary Hess, Sam Barnett, John

Bede, Richard Blair, Jr., John Borden, Francis Brennan,

Israel Burch, Kenneth Chaplin, Joseph D’ambrosio,

Paul Donaldson, Lori Eckstine,Trevior Forrester,

Thomas Gibson, Michael Gilroy, Edward Gotthardt, Jr.,

Thomas Hipkins, Jr.,Wayne James,Thomas Kellum,

Timothy Knepp, Jr.,Thomas Lakin, Michael Laven,

Darryl Lowery, Robert Lenox, Christopher Mattingly,

Jonathan Mattingly, Roy Myers, Christopher Pyles,

James Rice, Frank Smith, Jr., Matthew Stevens and

Charles Weaver, Sr.

INFORMATION:

ORS Information Line

301-594-6677

COMMUNITY POLICING COMING BACK

Before 9-11 changed all of our lives, the NIH police

were focusing more and more on community policing,

which meant having certain officers assigned to certain

buildings and areas of the campus, so employees and

other people who are present day after day would see

the same faces on a regular basis.The officers would

get to know the office workers, and vice versa.

The events of September 11 created all kinds

of attractive security and public safety jobs, justifiably

luring a lot of the NIH force away from campus and

into positions with the Transportation Security

Administration (TSA) and other organizations.With a

current force of 75 that can be expanded to 90, our police

staffing is up to normal levels and the department can

re-commit its resources to community policing.

Beyond specific location assignments, what

does community policing mean? It is a philosophy of 

collaboration and empowerment that must be shared

with the community; it is not just a new set of rules

transmitted through police officer training.

Each officer is encouraged to use his or her

own discretion more, and be proactive in problem

solving instead of reacting when things go wrong.

They can tailor their responsibilities to the needs of

their designated ‘community,’ in part by holding

meetings and working with the individuals in that

community. Officers, with the approval of those individuals, may also become involved in matters that are

different from typical police issues.

INFORMATION:

Corporal William Dougherty

301-496-6893

LOST AND FOUND REPORT

Did you forget your favorite umbrella on a Shuttle

bus? Lose an earring in your building? As News2Use

went to press, the NIH Police had the following items

in their Lost and Found:

Purses, Sunglasses, Cell phones, Sweatshirt, Computer case,

Camera, Umbrellas, Passport, Earrings, Prescription glasses, Keys,

Identification cards, Credit cards, Prescription drugs, Carrying

case,Wristwatches, Rings, Journal, Scarf, Cap, Bracelet, Lunch

bag, Earphone set, Checkbook....and other items

Believe it or not, only about 10-15% of the

items are ever claimed.The NIH Police hold onto

items for 30 days in the main office, and then they are

stored and held elsewhere for an additional three years.

INFORMATION

NIH Police, Building 31C

301-496-2387

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