TIME MACHINE

(Department 3) Inspection has a time machine. This is a series of baskets advanced one basket every morning. A carbon of an order is placed in today's basket. When the original comes in, the carbon is dug out of the basket (by date and color flash) and original and carbon are clipped together and routed to the issuing executive. Orders not complied with in one week of course fall off the time machine by appearing in the basket being emptied today. (It was filed one week ago and advanced once each day.) A copy is made of the order and it is sent to Ethics for filing in the staff member's ethics folder and counts as a report against the staff member. The carbon is returned to issuing executive to show his order has not been complied with, so that he can handle the situation. (HCO PL 1 May 65 II) Abbr. TM

a system for keeping track of orders and compliance to orders. An executive will write an order, giving the original to the person being ordered and sending a carbon of the order to the time machine. The time machine itself consists of a series of baskets. For example, a one-week time machine would consist of seven baskets. When the carbon of the order is received, it is placed in the first basket. It is advanced one basket every day. When the original of the order comes in complied with, it is matched up with the carbon, clipped together and sent to the executive who issued the order. I f the original does not arrive at the time machine, the carbon will "fall off" after it has been advanced through all the baskets. When this happens, the order is returned to the executive who issued the order to let him know that the order was not complied with. —Staff Status I Glossary (approved 25-9-90)