Hi folks! We’re still waiting on Issue 6 to release, so we’ll be back soon with our regular newsletter, but we wanted to let you know that our ScholarOne portal will be closed for submissions between December 18 (12am EST) until reopening January 4, 2024. The fantastic INFORMS staff that support our journal deserve this time to recuperate and relax without a constant flow of submissions arriving. The many volunteers that help drive this journal as editors and reviewers could also use the break. So could I. For those of you who are editors or reviewers, you should be able to access your existing manuscripts, should you need some way to escape uncomfortable political discussions with the in-laws, but there is no expectation that anyone should do so after the 21st or the 22nd. For those of you who submit on the 17th, we will take the 18th to process your papers before INFORMS shuts down. Thank you to all for a great 2023. I’m excited abot what we will do in 2024. Have a wonderful couple of weeks, and we’ll look forward to receiving more manuscripts in January! — Lamar
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