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Answers to your Delphi questions

UCAR-Issued Government IDs
608
Monday, March 9, 2009

Does the UCAR-issued government identification card really work for airport security? Or would you just hear, "What's this? Show me a real ID," in the security line?

If it really works with TSA, it would seem to be a good thing to carry routinely as a backup during travel (both official and personal) in case of a lost wallet, stolen purse, etc.--if kept separately.

Mesa Lab Yogurt Machine Status
607
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

When will the Mesa Lab cafeteria yogurt machine return?

Government Identification Cards (Follow-Up to #603)
606
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

In response to Delphi Question #603, Bob Roesch wrote:

"In terms of legal issues surrounding disclosure, by law the federal government is required to disclose all federal employees' pay. Many states and local governments are also required to disclose employee pay. UCAR is a private corporation, and not covered by these laws."

Cafeteria Charges
604
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I recently learned that employee charges through the cafeteria had been duplicated. I was suspicious when I saw my payroll deductions from the cafeteria were much higher than they should have been, but I only learned about it through a co-worker because a message about the error had been circulated just to the admin_net email alias.

Open Access to Employee Salary Information (Third Follow-Up to #598)
603
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Note: This question is the third in a series that includes #598, #600, and #602.

In response to Delphi Question #600, Bob Roesch wrote: "If you believe you have evidence of discrimination or if you have concerns that you may be a victim of discrimination, you should not hesitate to bring this to the attention of your Human Resources representative or to me personally."

Now that the salary information is no longer available, how are we going to know if there are discriminatory practices in regards to pay?

Open Access to Employee Salary Information (Second Follow-Up to #598)
602
Thursday, December 4, 2008

The response to Delphi Question #600, a follow-up from Delphi Question #598 concerning termination of the open salary policy, did not address the issue of why this change was done with minimum visibility. The follow-up question documented thoroughly how the announcement was obscured. It is additionally noteworthy that not even division directors knew about this very significant change to policy. Furthermore, it was done on the very day that NCAR changed directors.

What person or committee made this decision?

Aging Vending Machines
599
Monday, November 24, 2008

The aging vending machines at FL2 and FL4 have become increasingly unreliable. At various times the machines will not accept coins, will not give change, or will accept money but not dispense products. Many of us have left multiple sticky notes indicating problems.

Open Access to Employee Salary Information (First Follow-Up to #598)
600
Friday, October 31, 2008

Thank you for sharing the response (Question 598) by Human Resources to my very similar question regarding the discontinuance UCAR's open salary policy.

When I tried to access the open salary book in October, I was informed of the policy change, of which I had not heard. The HR person I spoke with allowed that the policy change was "not very widely advertised." Although a notice about new policies was posted in Today@UCAR on June 30, it did not list the affected policies, referring readers to an "Updates Guide" that would give an overview of changes.

Cisco Phone Upgrade
601
Thursday, October 30, 2008

The following appeared in Today@UCAR's daily announcements on
Friday, October 24:

"NETS is beginning the process of replacing all of the UCAR
telephone desk sets to a newer version to take advantage of
several technology advances. The new phones will be rolled out in
phases over the next few months. A detailed announcement will be
sent to your group a week ahead of the actual change."

How much does this phone replacement cost? I haven't heard any
significant complaints about the current phones. Given the tight

Non-NCAR Tours at the Mesa Lab
597
Friday, October 24, 2008

I was recently looking at tours that the Mesa Lab organizes, because
I was giving information to friends visiting Boulder. Then I ran
into the following:
Biblically Correct Tours

I know that NCAR is not running this type of tour, but how can
the organization allow this? I found it to be extremely
uninformative and offensive. The end of the paragraph reads: "You
will be cured of all environmentalistic thinking......" I don't
think that NCAR should allow this to happen. NCAR's mission does

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