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messaging applications. Requirements for improved flight data auto-modify filters and improved handling of VFR NAS flight plans are nearing completion. TAMR Deployment and Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) submitted by Richard Thomas (GEG) I participated in weekly pre-CCB telcons where the group continues rescheduling activities disrupted by the shutdown. I also participated in the weekly IOC planning telcons for upcoming IOCs at Huntington, Clarksburg, and Wilmington. I traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, April 4-6 for TRACON lighting evaluation and MDM optimization and attended Huntington's IOC. Joe Mash (PCT) and Gordon Green (PVD) also attended the HTS IOC as subject matter experts. Finally, I participated on telcons for CTD/TDX, a weekly look ahead, Service Area, ASR-8 Digitizer, and Shakedown. TAMR Operational Support Facilities (OSF) submitted by Scott Kendrick (OSF) Software Planning Board (SPB) - Stakeholders continue to work changes in the software release schedule content package lists for S6.00R9, ATCoach.10.34i, and FAA.ARCHIVE.122118. The S6.00R7 software is still in keysite testing for issues found during current operational testing. Operating Testing and Evaluation (OT&E) - OSF SMEs from PCOSF, DVOSF, NTOSF and NEOSF support of the S6R9 Drop 2 RM OT&E at the WJHTC that started March 26 and went through April 11. STARS Enhancements 2 (SE2) - On April 1-5, I attended the SE2 Thinspec Review in Washington, D.C., with stakeholders and Raytheon. The users reviewed SE2 thinspecs STR 29524 SE2 Point out, STR 29537 SE2 IntraNote/InterNote, STR 29525 SE2 Altitude Amendment, and held a meeting with Enroute Air Traffic on the pointout matrix and answered outstanding questions from Leidos. Program Trouble Report Working Group (PTRWG) - The March meeting stakeholders ranked new PTR's. Stakeholders reviewed PTRs on the watch list and reviewed several PTRs that were already ranked. In addition, closed PTR's that have been opened and are no longer, or have been corrected within the software. • We reviewed about half of the 18 ranked PTRs/CCDs outside the Top 100 that had the latest assigned rank date in first half of 2017. What is noteworthy is that two PTRs had significant movements upwards: FAAst12269 (SBS RD 3.1.2.8: Use Flight ID and ICAO for track to flight plan association) moved from 130 to 34.500, and FAAst14216 (Pre-adapted Beacon Code Select Ignores Prefset) moved from 189 to 41.500. • Another TSAS PTR, FAAst14343, was ranked at 57.500 and deemed "IOC Critical". Three other TSAS PTRs were ranked, assigned Priority III, and deemed "NOT IOC Critical" (FAAst14344, FAAst14342, and FAAst14341).