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timelines shuffled due to the government shutdown. In a way, this will benefit the program by allowing greater access to software builds in order to improve the TSAS program as much as possible. There are still hurdles to overcome to obtain the necessary bandwidth to implement the crucial software changes that are critical prior to IOC in Denver. We will continue to stress this fact to the PMO. We were successful in coordinating the use of the Tech Center ANG lab for training new TSAS SMEs from D01 and A80. Over the past several months, the TSAS Team has lost some very experienced talent in our SME pool. I personally want to thank Steven Prichard and Aaron Mackesey for your outstanding work with the team. We will sorely miss your experience and technical expertise. Best of luck to you both in future endeavors. We will start training two D01 SMEs next month, and hope to have all of the new SMEs trained by the end of the fall. Due to the lab work in progress, we are only able to train two SMEs at a time. During the week of March 18, we, along with members of the Tech Center ANG staff, visited Denver TRACON and Denver Center. The purpose of the visit was to observe the operations and to speak with personnel regarding the traffic flows into the Denver TRACON, from both a controller and traffic management perspective. The Tech Center staff will use the information to create the Denver adaptations to test at the Tech Center prior to field release. The trip provided a ton of data for us. Thanks to Denver TRACON and Center personnel for answering our questions and being patient while we observed over your shoulders. On April 2, Blake Locke and I attended a meeting at the NATCA National Office for TBFM Article 114 Rep Matt Gammon, with NATCA personnel from various FAST and OSF offices throughout the country. We received briefings from Jeff Woods and Mark McKelligan and discussed the status of TBFM and TSAS projects with them. It was very beneficial to interact with the FAST/OSF personnel who are responsible for local adaptations for both projects. We also received briefings from the NATCA Government Affairs and Public Affairs Departments. Both departments do more than you know for our Union. If you have not been to NATCA in Washington, go once, and you will definitely go again. Later in the day, Blake and I met with the TBFM PMO, Bob Tyo, and provided him updates on both the TSAS and NEC. We also discussed issues that impact both of the TBFM projects and discussed potential solutions with him. Some issues that I brought up were the TSAS training contract and the bandwidth issues with both Raytheon (STARS) and Leidos (TBFM). We will continue to raise these issues until the FAA provides a viable path forward. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Matt Baugh (IAH) is the TFDM Article 114 Representative. His report is below:

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