Ordering Forms and Stationery

The NOAA Warehouse is now located at 7900 Cedarville Road, Brandywine, MD 20613. Until further notice, you can order ITA forms and stationery by e-mailing your form CD-540 "Warehouse Issue/Pick-up Request" to Debbie A. Pikerign at mailto:debbie.a.pikerign@noaa.gov,. She will forward your request to Larry Linkoff at the warehouse. If you have questions about this temporary procedure, contact Glenitta Chase at (202)482-3757.

Citibank Travel Card

ITA Citibank travel cardholders are reminded that the card is to be used for expenses associated with official government travel only. The card is not intended for personal use. If you have questions concerning how to use the travel card, please call Sharon Russell, ITA Travel Card Coordinator, at (202)482-3267.

Overtime Pay vs. Holiday Pay

By law, overtime is all hours of work in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week which are officially ordered or authorized in advance of the time they are worked. For, employees who work a compressed schedule (no flexibility in arrival/departure), overtime hours are all hours of work which are officially ordered in advance and which are in excess of the specified hours that constitute the compressed work schedule. Holiday Pay is payable for all non-overtime hours worked on a holiday. If an employee works in excess of 8 hours (in the case of AWS, hours beyond their regularly scheduled hours) on a holiday, they will be paid, at most, the mandated rate for a GS-10, otherwise they will be paid at a lower rate if their basic rate of pay falls below a GS-10. NOTE: an employee is only to be paid overtime on a holiday if they work beyond their regularly scheduled hours on that holiday. The following websites are being provided for additional information on: Holiday Pay - http://www.ita.doc.gov/hrm/prempay/sec19.html;
Overtime - http://www.ita.doc.gov/hrm/overtime.html;
AWS, as it pertains to overtime, - http://ohrm.doc.gov/handbooks/leave/Alt_Work_Sch.htm#7; and Timekeepers - http://www.ita.doc.gov/hrm/ta.html. If you have questions contact Brenda Bradley at (202)482-0652.

FY 2004 Budget

ITA remains under a Continuing Resolution (CR) in lieu of an annual appropriation through January 31, 2004. Congress issued a report on the Omnibus Appropriations Bill on December 2 that included program language and funding levels for ITA. The House approved the Omnibus Appropriation Bill that would fund Commerce on December 8, however Senate action on the Bill is uncertain. If there is no final action in December before the Congressional recess, the next opportunity for passage will be in the new year. If there are any questions, please contact Beryle Randall at (202)482-4873.

FY 2005 Budget

OMB has provided ITA and the Department with its “passback” decisions on our FY05 budget request, which included a 3% increase over our FY04 President’s Budget. The Department wrote an appeal on behalf of ITA on December 3. OMB’s final decision is expected later in December. If there are any questions, please contact Beryle Randall at (202)482-4873.

Where Do I Find.... Information on how to reconfigure or set up a phone?

For general information, including step-by-step instructions on how to set voicemail and other telephone features, visit the Department’s HCHB phones website, http://home.osec.doc.gov/wiring/hchb1.html. To reconfigure a phone, please submit the form available at http://home.osec.doc.gov/wiring/macformblank.xls to TelephoneServices@ita.doc.gov. If you have questions, please contact Jeff Scherr at (202)482-3266.

Traveler’s Corner

Question: Are expenses for laundry, cleaning and pressing of clothing reimbursable?

Answer: Yes, the expenses incurred for laundry, cleaning and pressing of clothing are reimbursable after 4 consecutive nights on travel as a miscellaneous expense within the limits of the conterminous U.S. (the 48 states plus the District of Columbia). If you have questions, please call your travel contact or Sharon Russell at (202)482-3267.

ITA Comings and Goings 10/19/2003 - 12/01/2003

Arrivals - WELCOME!

US - Tiffany Breaux, Katherine McHenry; CFO/ADMIN - Arthur Ames, Amy Duncan, Leslie Hyland; MAC - Donald Calvert; US&FCS - Fay Finver, Anthony Fisher, Rhonda Keenum, Wade Murphy, Anita Santiago, Cynthia Torres.

Departures

MAC - Matt London, Kenneth Nichols, Finn Holm Olsen, Pierce Scranton III; TD - Donald Foote, Kevin Murphy, Maria Mussler.

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