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Show - M ' k - , t.- .1 . - ,f etc. and assuring that all necessary transactions required for entering inventory into the computer are implemented at Dugway Proving Ground. The was developed by thesystem Electronics Research,Army and Development Command (ERADCOM) as a better way . , initiated. While the hand receipt holders or their designated representative will assist the Equipment Management Division personnel in locating the equipment on their hand receipt for tagging. Also preparing necesary for all overages andpaperwork shortages noted during the tagging of equipment, and they will perform subsequent inventories as required by regulations. Basically this is how the of managing property books. The BARCIS provides a system and procedures to improve the inventorying, reconciliation and accounting for all government-owne- nonexpendable d property. The system significantly reduces the present error rate in conducting inventories by several orders of magnitude, reduces time to conduct inventories 68 percent and reduces personnel costs to conduct inventories up to 86 per- BARCIS works: A bar label is affixed to all adopting it as a re- quired to do inventories do not have to deal with NSN, nomenclatures, and other cumbersome identifiers which experience indicates is a cause of many errors in existing . and other catalog identifiers would still be used by trained scanners and two acoustic couplers. When the labels ar- logisticians in the property records. The tag is self- - rive, tagging will begin hand receipt by hand receipt. Tagging procedures will be implemented to provide a uniform method for placement of tags on property book items. Uniform placem- read by the electronic portable wand scanner eliminat-- . ing the element of human error in reading, writing and MP's who gave their transcribing numbers or nomenclature. The system includes the The young people who participated gained some valua. ble instruction on what adoption of programmable, anual In addition, they took an neither registered nor had the owner attended either of the two bike rodeos conducted with the. help of the MFs. The intent of the rodeos is only one step initiated by the Military Police to help stop crime at Dugway. Many of us Dugwayites (yes, me too) have undoubtedly received an Unsecured Property Card on some personal property laying in the front yard or on the street or on our privately owned vehicle that was left unattended and unsecured while parked on a public street. These little reminders are provided by our newly off-du-ty work, saves money on inventories in personnel costs, in- creases accuracy, provides managers with a better sys- tem for accountability, standardization, and easy to use. ent-will facilitate finding the tag during subsequent inventories. The following dates have been established for the pro- curement and proliferation of coding implemented equipment: Patrols. BARCIS functional specifications, Aug. 30; finalized hard- ware and software requirement, Aug. 30; request for proposal, Jan. 15; contract, April 15; hardware and software delivery, June 15. In the implementation of the BARCIS, the Equipment Management Division will get the task and responsibility of purchasing the bar code labels and related software; assuring that the labels are uniformly placed on all property book items; training Hand Receipt Holders in the. use of the scanner, terminals. 4 The KEU.Y ANDERSON with Equipment Management Administration Branch and Rick Koenig, summer hire, affix bar code label on trophy case in H.Q. as begins at Dugway. interest market-base- d rate for Series EE Savings 1 Bonds issued between May and October 31, 1983, is 7.64 percent for their first annual interest period.. Older Series EE and E Bonds and U.S. Savings Notes will also semi- market-base- d interest-riod- s be-- 1 onth starting d rate is rate market 85 percent of the five-yesecurion Treasury ties during the previous six and October 31. ket-base- ar months. Series EE Bonds issued since November 1, 1982, must be held at least five years to qualify for the rate. Accrual-typ- e savings bonds and notes issued before that date are eligible for market-base- d rates if held and earning interest to the first interest-accruperiod beginNovember 1, or after on ning al "how to information about sales are up nearly 30 percent, while redemptions have dropped by a third. "With payroll savings activity 7 the major way bonds are sold also show- ing encouraging upward movement, we believe that the market-base- d interest system is returning the Bond Program to a solid, competi- tive position among savings instruments, she continued. The redemption value of a bond held five years or longer is determined by the Treasury Department by averaging the marketable five-yerates during each semiannual period, multiplying by 85 ar semiannual rates, and through percent, and the average yield for the two periods was bonds using the Tables of Redemption Values provided by 1, 1982, was 11.009 9.87 percent. The average is formarket-base- d part of the mula only for eligible bonds issued on or before April 30, 1983. The average yield will , chance as each new in rate is averaged with previous November six-mon- six-mon- th tn rates earned from 1 1982, or the issue date on the bond, whichever is less. "Public reception of interest system Trea-surhas been very positJve. Sales Buchana tne-market-base- d er have increased over comparfigures each able the system went month since into effect. Since January, year-earli- er when we are stopped for a moving violation.. We are a small, yet cohesive, community. The intent of your primary law enforcement agency, the Military Police, is to hep maintain good law and teams are walking patrols who, hopefully, will get to know you, and you will get to know them. There is no time limit for walking their patrol, order. The majority of us do not willfully break the law; how- nor is there an established pattern. I encourage all of us to talk to the men and women of the teams when you see them, and let them know you ever, sometimes, either by not keeping our thoughts on what we are going at the time we fail to make a complete stop at a stop sign or end up going over the speed limit. Yes, I know some of us do it intentionally, however, I still' have faith in the human race and therefore feel we must take some of teh bad for the sake of the good. With this in mind, I, with the support of the Post Commander, have instructed the MP force to start issuing the the warning ticket which costs ticket magistrate and, if nothyou Both assets ing else, are valuable commodities to all of us. Please pay attention. There will be a test after this appreciate their efforts to protect our property. Just "Hi, how are you? How's your dead dog? Anything to let them know you are aware of their presence in the community. If you see anything that is suspicious or know of any illegal activity, either call the MP Station immediately (who will notify the CP by radio) or let the CP know if they are in your immediate , in-lieu-- neighborhood. Well, let's change gears now. Let's talk about future planned actions to cut Vandal- of Y T-I-M- ism and crime down to a "zero-baseIn the not too distant future, we will implement a Neighborhood Crime Watch Program here at Dugway strictly voluntary. Those neighborhoods participating in the program will be ". -E. (joke). Dont misunderstand. If a' magistrate ticket is warrantexamed, it will be issued ple: reckless driving, driving while identified intoxicated, hit and by signs clearly I must and will supetc. within the run, neighborposted hood that is a Neighborhood port my people. They are the Watch Crime Community. officers on the scene and I Again, it is strictly voluntary must trust their judgment. The bottom line to this ison the part of the respective residents. Second Lieutenant sue is that we do not have to Washington, 65th Military make life in our community Police Platoon Leader, will miserable. We need to apply provide the information to some common sense in our the residents of specific dealing with each other. If "blocks to ascertain their you or I (sure) receive a sedesires to participate. Those cond warning ticket from an MP, we can expect a magis"blocks wanting to particiintrate ticket in the mail. I trust informal will be given pate see the intent of this we can volunon the what struction tary responsibilities of the- procedure as opposed to just residents are. More informaissuing magistrate citations, tion to come on this subject. My family and I want to have fun here at Dugway and Traffic Tickets During the past two the Post Commander wants months, .some of .us here at to make life for you and your DPG have hopefully seen a family enjoyable, not change in the attitude and stigmatic. . than five years range from 5.5 percent after one year to 7)4 percent after 4)4 years. Savings Bonds redeemed or reaching final maturity before, being held at least five mens Program Manager (FWPM). 1982, are not eligible for Information in the guide interest. These bonds earn interest on a fixed scale to redemption or final maturity, depending on ori ginal issue date. Series E bonds issued May 1, 1941 through May 1, 1943, and Series H Bonds issued June 1, 1952 through September 1, 1953 have reached final maturity and no longer earn interest. includes: market-base- d Examples of resumes you select the type that fits your education and experi-- ence. Building Personal and Professional Networks SF-17- 1 How to Critique your contacts were made with the University of Utah, Utah Technical College, Network Publications in Salt Lake, dures. Time Management, Job ment Letters In the Preface to the guide; the FWPM, Connie Rupp, stated. The idea for the book grew from my talks with employees and their expressed needs for Tiow to able free for the asking at the EEO office. Civilian Personnel, Community Services or from the Federal Wo- 1, the Performance Appraisal System and Position Classification Complaints and Appeals proce- Assessment, Success Skills, I J t ft i 1 and the Tooele offices, Chamber of Commerce. The book gives specific information for this locale as well as for guidelines general workers on resumes, interviews, etc. It can be a valuable reference tool and useful for anyone interested in career development. The book is available to all Dugway residents and employees while supplies last. So, even if you are not working for the Federal government, you can still get a information. Rather thant each classes on How to fill . : ! copy. arose. Interview Techniques Federal Employee Information - EEO and Personnel j . Dugway Personnel and EEO Support Organizations Job Search - Employ- out a 171 and other topics, I thought it might be better to develop a guidebook for employees to use as the need , In compiling the guide, - including ployee Resource Guide. Copies of the guide are avail- 1 - BACK-TQ-- iod. Bonds receive the semirate for annual market-base- d market'based period April 30, 1983 conduct of the Military Police pounding the result semiannually from the first per- November 1. As always, bond holders can find the current 7. . years after November team will get around during the evening hours to meet the kids, young people and parents of the community. These com- 1987. The rate for the previous -- career development, the answers may be readily available to you in The Em- percent, averaging the ten their respective semiannual interesnt periods beginning November If you've ever wondered where to locate specific ng for May through Oof 8.64 n 0 Job information and career development guide now available rate for bonds: Second market-base- d Courtesy The composition of the "CPs, which has consisted primarily of MP's, has been expanded to involve the Noncommissioned Oficers of HHC, and through a mutual cooperative effort, the. resident US Air Force NCO's. Teamed up with an MP, the . bar-codi- im- portant step in minimizing the theft of their property by having their respective bicycles registered with the Military Police and having a recorded vehicle identification tag issued. Two days after the rodeo, sure enough, there was another bicycle theft at Dugway, and sure enough, it was . bar re- sponsibility they have to meet in operating their bicycles on public streets and what they should do in securing their personal property. portable r, off-dut- y time to conduct the rodeo, thanks for your cooperation and for a job well done. posed system configuration, it can read the bar code symbology on the tags, store the data, transmit by electronic medium to a central processing computer and verify data transmittal. An overview of some of the advantages BARCIS will help alleviate here at Dugway are: reduces physical inventory manhours by 68 percent, reduces inventory paperwork, frees time for mission-relate- d supervisors and users to accounting procedures. The NSN, nomenclature (particularly PFC Howard and SP4 Scott) and to the -- alphanumeric characters. visually verify when property is under control. An advantage is gained in that untrained personnel it When assembled in the pro- for identifying government property, enabling managers- - Equipment Management System GEMS). The components of the system are bar code labels, a protable wand scanner terminal, a communications device and computer programs. At the present time 100,000 bar coding labels are on order. The associated software is also on order to include five terminals, five To the young men and gals that participated in the Bicycle Rodeo on Friday, July 22, equipment positive and obvious method the standard Installation Jr. the identifying five-dignumber in bar code symbology, the tag can then be d, Bog House by Maj. Gabino J. Caballero wandreadingrecording which can read all property book items. This tagging provides a quick, of sub-syste- m (the if removed. Tags would be placed on property at the time it enters into government control and removed when sent to property disposal. By printing battery-powere- ' SdrSmefitHDITag SeiTBOUIS fflTOimi ct micro-processo- code-3-9 cent. The system has proven so successful that DARCOM is . LM i Thursday, July 28, 1983 adhesive and is designed to self-destru- i k i , Mews BARCIS implemented at Dugway BARCIS (Bar Coding Inventory System) will soon be , . , . on or after each May 1 and yd redemption values of their e the Treasury Department to banks and other redemption agents. New bonds are guaranteed to earn a minimum rate of 7.5 percent per annum, compounded semiannually, if held five years or longer. The guaranteed yields on older bonds in effect before November 1, 1982, continue as a minimum to the end of original or extended maturity periods which began before that date. Minimum guaran- teed yields are effectively only when higher than the market-base- d yield. Interim yields for new issues held less k24 N. MAIN TOOELE COKE, SPRITE, TAB DSL PEPPED da ALL-ME- GROUND ' BEEF u.3. WEINERS : CHEDDAR CHEESE Any Q AT - .S9 , 2 PIUITEK llMplig. 1.2 2 ' '9 Flali partlom HADDOCK TOOELE CO. J SGUARES TMsWnnk... : Risravi C3AIO CHAfftP b.bax PsaK! 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