Bremerton, Wash. –
A new information technology peripheral vending machine and three tablet lockers have been deployed throughout Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to support around-the-clock work.
Tablet lockers are now located in Bldg. 850A, on south end of the fifth floor close to Office 550; Bldg. 879, on the first floor; and Bldg. 78, on the second floor. There is also an IT peripheral vending machine located on the fifth floor of Bldg. 850A, near the elevators.
Code 109 and the Mobile Workforce Enablement Community of Practice came up with the idea to get mobile IT equipment in the hands of computer users for short-term use when needed. Code 100TO, the PSNS & IMF Transformation Office, made this idea a reality with innovation funding in 2024.
According to Tony Perreault, branch manager, Code 109.32, CommandNet Customer Support Branch, PSNS & IMF deployed the three tablet lockers with an automatic tracking system that will allow people to check out a tablet for short-term use, and then return it to the locker for others to use. The IT vending machine contains peripherals such as keyboards, cords, mice, headsets, webcams and others.
According to Bill Ziezulewicz, IT specialist, Code 109 Information Technology and Cyber Security, shipyard employees with a NAVSEA badge and a computer account are eligible to use the devices. However, issuance of tablets and peripherals will be determined on an as-needed basis, through restricted groups and ticket submission.
“For the tablet locker in Building 850A and certain IT vending machine items, users will be asked to submit a ticket through ServiceNow through their IT coordinator,” said Ziezulewicz. “They will then be granted access to a restricted group where they will be allowed to vend the requested items. Actual vending will be conducted using their NAVSEA badge.”
“Personnel using the tablet locker in Bldg. 78 will be granted access based on inclusion into either a student or instructor in the Code 105 restricted group,” he said. “The tablet vault in Bldg. 879 is available to all NAVSEA badged personnel with a computer account.”
Ziezulewicz said, depending on the reception, usage and practicality, there are plans to field more IT issue stations in the future.