Update (1/9/2020): OIT was able to get the network back up and running. Please be aware that CIRES IT was ready to make changes to infrastructure this morning if the outage continued, in order to bring back InsideCIRES and the CIRES data feeds. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience that… Read More
When CU Boulder or NOAA campuses are closed for inclement weather, administrative leave is granted to regular employees for their scheduled work hours during the period of closure. When paid administrative leave is granted as a result of a campus closure, the paid administrative leave needs to be entered in the timesheet only for overtime-eligible… Read More
Dear CIRES Colleagues, So! After today’s announcement by the President and positive signals from Congressional leaders, the federal government is poised to reopen fully under spending bills that would be effective for three weeks, until February 15. Those of you who have been working outside your normal offices and laboratories, with limited or no access… Read More
The partial federal government shutdown has created a wide variety of challenges for most of us at CIRES. To our NOAA-based people: I sincerely appreciate all you’ve done to remain productive; keep in touch with your colleagues and supervisors as you work from home, the library, or elsewhere; deal with childcare challenges; and struggle to… Read More
CIRES people who work on the CU Boulder schedule: Please code December 31’s holiday (the Governor’s or Chancellor’s additional holiday) as “administrative leave.”… Read More
Federal offices were ordered closed on December 5 and December 24 for the federal Day of Mourning and an additional federal holiday, respectively. CIRES Leadership decided to apply the Governor’s additional day of leave and administrative leave to these situations for all CIRES employees working at a federal location. In addition, CIRES Leadership worked with… Read More
Struggling to figure out how to print your poster for AMS, given the federal shutdown and unavailability of NOAA printers? CIRES IT maintains a terrific plotter/printer and has information about other options as well; please request help printing by submitting a note to ciresithelp@colorado.edu.… Read More
Some of you, working in various NOAA groups, have gotten divergent guidance from federal leaders about whether you can use your NOAA.gov gmail and other Google Suite services during the partial government shutdown. I am grateful for all of you who are sending in notes that help us understand this diversity of federal guidance. We… Read More
The U.S. government has partially shut down. You are not a federal employee and you have the support of CIRES and University of Colorado Boulder administrative staff. You should continue to work, and you can expect your paycheck to arrive on time, as usual. However, there are things you cannot do during a shutdown. Most… Read More
As many of you already know, President Trump has declared December 24, 2018, a federal holiday and has ordered Federal offices closed. CIRES Leadership recognizes the impact of this announcement on our employees and had decided to make December 24 an additional day of leave for all CIRES employees working at a federal location. To… Read More
