ORS - Division of Safety has a list of people who will provide training. Mr. Dennis said that his institute bought CD ROMs with a training program that will provide legitimate certification that is blessed by the Division of Safety. Dr. Gordon is the woman in the Division of Safety in charge of this program. The group recommended that NIH should keep control of this program like the Radiation Safety program, instead of leaving it up to all the individual ICs. Buildings 49 and 31 are the first to undergo the new procedures.
Individual occupants are responsible for any further security within their areas of the building.
During the transition, the new procedures may require a second ID to get into specific buildings. The NIH Ombudsman, David Robinson spoke about the pilot Peer Panel Review that several ICs are participating in Concerns were expressed that panel compositions are not spelled out clearly, employees can appeal the decisions but programs cannot, and there were questions about the incentive for management to participate. The new Human Resources Software system has not been selected yet - the choices have been narrowed down to People Soft vs. Oracle, and there is an issue as to whether payroll processing should be included in the system or not. Mr. Dennis recognized Ms. Merchant's efforts as chair for the past two years with presents and an award. Ms. Merchant recognized her co-chair, Marsha Hennings and the person who prepared the minutes, Sandy Logan.