Purchasing Computer Equipment

In order to ensure that all computer-related equipment is being properly
capitalized and not expensed in your RC, I would like to centralize the
purchase of equipment for Energy Operations. Going forward, if you need to
purchase equipment for a new employee or need to upgrade your existing PC
and/or monitor, please send me an E-mail containing the following information:

Employee Name (indicate if the employee is new)
Location
Phone Extension
Equipment you would like to purchase
Existing system number if upgrading your PC

I have set up an RC exclusively to capture purchases of computer-related
equipment. This will make it easier to properly capitalize these assets.

One more thing I need for each of you to do. Please review your RC reports
for January 2000 and make sure that there aren't any PC purchases charged to
your RC. You can find them in Cost Category 601 "Non-Capitalized Hardware
and Software". If you had any charges in this category for equipment, please
forward a copy of your RC report to me as soon as possible so that I can work
with Brian Heinrich to have the charges reversed from your RC in February.

If you have any questions, please call me at Ext. 3-6343. Thank you in
advance for your help to ensure that your RC does not go over budget for
purchases of equipment that should be properly capitalized.

Lisa Cousino
x3-6343