Bailey's BLUF

4 Jan 2022

What’s hot in the PHERST Response
World Today..

Public Health Emergency Declarations Operations Center Status

Public Health Emergency (PHE) • HHS SOC: Level III (On-Call)
Declarations: • CCHQ Support Operations Team -

• Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Level III Virtual/ Info Mgt Team
Nationwide: 11Jan23

• Mpox, Nationwide: 31Jan23
• Opioid Crisis, Nationwide: 01Apr23

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Administrative Operations

New Uniform Announcement
The Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General has selected
the Coast Guard Work Uniform (CGWU) Type IV as the next
Commissioned Corps working uniform. The mandatory wear date for
the new uniform is October 1, 2026, except for officers assigned to
the USCG who have a mandatory wear date of October 1, 2025. All officers may begin
to transition to the new uniform starting in September 2023.

During the transition period leading up to October 1, 2026, officers may purchase USCG-
embroidered Operational Dress Uniform (ODU) blouses along with a newly created USPHS
ODU patch. The patch, (which will be available in September 2023 through the Navy
Exchange website and local Southeast and Bethesda locations) will need to be sewn
over the USCG-embroidered emblem.
Ensure you are familiar with uniform policies and procedures. Important reading
includes:

• (CCI) 421.01, “Uniforms for Male Officers,”
• CCI 421.02, “Uniforms for Female Officers,”
• Commissioned Corps Instruction (CCI) 412.01, “Uniforms and Appearance,”

** CDR Stoll and LT Jones-Shaw will be providing an ALL Hands “In-service” on Uniforms during the second
quarter. Please watch for the calendar invite and/or BLUF announcement.

Here are a number of exciting benefits to the new Type III uniform you can expect:
• Rank tab – allows for easy replacement of rank upon
promotion/advancement without requiring uniform replacement or tailoring;
• You have an additional pocket;
• You have Self-blousing trousers;
• Organizational patches for quick service identification.
• The uniforms are Non-gender specific

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Equipment:
We have had a lot of new officers come on board during the holiday season so I will put
this in the front once again. If you need monitors for telework operations, laptops,
headsets, etc, please complete the OASH At-Home Equipment Survey.
You are eligible to receive an OASH-issued external HP monitor for official use at your
alternative worksite location (e.g., approved home telework location). The short survey
will collect information for the financial services branch to ship a monitor to your
alternative worksite if you would like one. You can access the survey at the following link:
OASH External HP Monitor Request Survey. As a note, you will need to be logged in to
www.office.com using your HHS credentials.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the OASH Return to the Workplace Email
Resource Mailbox.

PHERST OPERATOR STATUS
Happy New Year! It’s that time of the month, and I need to know everyone’s
status. Please fill out the call-down drill information here:
https://forms.office.com/g/dVWL2Smuri

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COVID Data Tracker

XBB.1.5 A new Covid sub-variant is causing some
concern in the US, where it is spreading rapidly.
Monitoring Variants: CDC uses viral genomic
surveillance to quickly identify and track COVID-19
variants, and acts upon these findings to best protect
the public’s health. Some variants spread more easily and quickly than
others, which may lead to more cases of COVID-19.

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Forward Progress
The 2023 Vision Boards look amazing. We
are putting them all together to share with
the team and executive leadership!!
We have plenty of projects and
opportunities coming up in 2023.
Check it out and let me know if you are
interested in participating:

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Free Continuing Education Opportunities

2020 - NIH Library Services and Resources for OS Staff

About the NIH Online Library
The NIH Library currently provides library services and online content to OS staff via our
online library at https://nihlibrary.nih.gov/signin/os. Access to over 14,000 online journals,
more than 40 databases, and other services such as document delivery, literature
searching, answering of reference questions, finding reports, training, consulting on
special projects, and more are available to OS staff whose offices have an interagency
agreement (IAA) with the NIH Library (e.g., government employees, contractors,
fellows, and interns).
Access to the NIH Online Library
OS staff can access the NIH Library online at https://nihlibrary.nih.gov/signin/os by
logging in with their OS PIV card, or their OS credential username and password. OS
staff must login to access the Library’s online content (e.g., databases, journals).
NIH Library Contact for OS Staff
Nancy Terry is the NIH librarian assigned to support OS staff. Contact Nancy via email:
[email protected], or via phone: 301.827.3820.

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