GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STETTEN FELLOWS

II. On Your First Day:
Security, ID Card, and e-mail

Once you arrive on campus, you need to enroll in all the formal systems of NIH campus.

Some things you should handle with your AO right away:

• Emergency Contact Form
• Setting up your telephone voicemail
• Obtain keys to personal office and main office
• Go to Self Service Store for necessary office supplies

1. Security

The NIH campus has greatly increased security in the last few years. It is not possible to enter campus without going through a checkpoint. Allow extra travel time to deal with security. If you have anything you are unsure of, do not bring it. For example, do not bring pressurized cans, gasoline, flammables, knives, or other dangerous items. If you have any questions, ask NIH Security & Emergency Response Resources .

When you first come to campus and do not have an official NIH ID to show, you will have to go through the NIH Gateway Center to obtain a visitor pass . The Gateway Center is located at the Medical Center Metro Stop at the South Drive campus entrance on Wisconsin Avenue.

Vehicles entering campus will be inspected, which includes letting a guard look in the trunk and use a "sniffer" wand. If everyone in the car has a valid NIH ID and the car has an NIH employee parking hang tag, inspection can be avoided. Even visitors who come in the car of an NIH employee must have a pass from the Gateway Center. The passenger's vistor pass can be acquired by driving through the vehicle inspection lane.

Cars that enter the parking garages are subject to another inspection.

The campus is surrounded by a fence known as the Perimeter Security System (PSS). There are several pedestrian portals in the fence. Once you have your validated NIH ID, you can pass through the pedestrian portals.

• NIH Security & Emergency Response Resources
• Map of campus access points

2. ID Card: Until you have your offiical NIH ID Card, you will have to obtain a visitor pass every time you enter campus. On your first day, get an ID application form [NIH Form 1308-4 or 1308-5, Request for NIH Identification Card] If your AO has already registered you in the NED, you may be able to get your ID without paperwork. Otherwise, you need an application form. Get one from your AO or by going to the Support Services Branch (SSB) of the NIH Police at Building 31, Room B3B04 . Complete the form and have it signed by your AO. Bring a valid picture ID, and the form if any, to the SSB office. You will get an ID card. The card then has to be validated by a card reader at one of the campus entrances. For information on activation, see the NIH ID Card page .

Fellow Tip : "You can get new forms for parking permits, metro passes, etc., at the same office where you get your ID."

3. E-mail

For all use of NIH computer systems, your unique NIH e-mail address serves as your user identity. Get your e-mail address from the Office of NIH History's AO (currently Nadine Fonrose ). Also ask this person to give you a login for the Office of NIH History Local Area Network (LAN). Be aware that certain uses of e-mail and the Internet are not allowed.

• Central Email Service page .
• Policy governing use of e-mail and the Internet at NIH

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