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Get This Week's Gazette LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 14, No. 27 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff July 25, 2003 AT&T Gift Boosts National Book Festival Shelter-in-Place Plan Tested in Adams Building By DEBORAH DURHAM-VICHR he Library tested its emergency pre- paredness on July 10 in “Exercise T Adams Shield,” the largest shelter- in-place exercise attempted on Capitol Hill to date and the fi rst time an entire building was locked down for a drill. As the Adams Building shut its doors at 10 a.m.—no one was allowed in or out of the building during the exercise—police and security staff, Evacuation Team mem- bers, and personnel from the House Offi ce Michaela McNichol of Emergency Preparedness, Planning and Jim Cicconi, left, AT&T general counsel, presented a $250,000 check to the Operations, observed and evaluated how Librarian on July 10 to support the 2003 National Book Festival on Oct. 4. With its gift, AT&T became the fi rst charter sponsor of this year’s book festival, the third to well Library staff respond to a call to shel- be organized and sponsored by the Library, hosted by fi rst lady Laura Bush, and ter in place. supported by AT&T. ‘The National Book Festival highlights literacy as a power- The event was a learning experience ful national resource,’ Cicconi said. This year’s festival will bring more than 80 of for all, from the fi rst Library-wide e-mail America’s best-known authors, illustrators and storytellers to the National Mall for a day-long celebration of books and reading. announcement on July 9 urging staff members to familiarize themselves with shelter-in-place procedures to the fi nal notice that the exercise was over at 10:44 Retirement Savings May Be Increased a.m. on July 10. In between, at 8:15 a.m. on July 10, was a broadcast Audix mes- By GAIL FINEBERG IRS cap of $12,000 in 2003 —or 8 ppercentercent of basic salary for employees in the Civil sage announcing the exercise, which tied Library employees who qualify may Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the up all 64 ports of the Library’s telephone contribute as much as $14,000 to their CSRS-Offset plan, or 13 percent of basic system for an hour. tax-deferred Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) pay for those in the Federal Employees’ “We tested many of the notifi cation accounts. Retirement System (FERS). systems that we would use during a real A new law (Public Law 107-304), For further information, employees event and identifi ed some strengths and which was approved on Nov. 27, 2002, should refer to the TSP Fact Sheet on weaknesses in the entire process. I feel allows federal employees to contribute up Catch-up Contributions, which is avail- that because of this exercise, we are to $2,000 extra to their TSP accounts this able at www.tsp.gov. much better prepared,” said Jeff Goldberg, year, providing they meet two criteria: According to William Callanan, emergency management program offi cer (1) They must be 50 years or older a retirement counselor with Human with the Offi ce of Security and Emergency this year. They qualify if they reach 50 Resources Services, “There are no open Preparedness. Overall, he said, “I believe years of age any time during calendar season time limits for making catch-up the exercise went very well.” year 2003. contributions.” Evaluators with Nextel radios were sta- (2) They are contributing the maximum Employees wishing to make TSP tioned on each fl oor of the Adams build- allowable amount to their TSP accounts: an TSP, ContinuesContinues onon pagepage 8 SHELTER, Continues on page 4 2 THE GAZETTE JULY 25, 2003 NOTICES The Gazette A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff GAIL FINEBERG COLA Pay-out Explained Editor MICHAELA McNICHOL Staff wondering how their annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2003 was Visual Information Specialist distributed now have an explanation. Contributing Editors: Deborah Durham-Vichr, Calendar; and Stephanie F. Smith, technical services specialist, Human Resources Services, said Carla V. 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