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TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM): Eric Owens (I90) is the TBFM Article 48 Representative. Mr. Owens provided the information below for this update. · Last week t he TBFM National Training Development Team me in DC to work on IDAC Training. o This training will be used to train IDAC facilities and then incorporated into the national course. · In addition, a customer forum was held at MITRE. o The forum was productive and will help us in the future with TBFM delivery and updates. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) is the TAMR Article 48 Representative. Mr. Herrick and various team leads for TAMR have provided th e reports below. · Mitch Herrick - TAMR Article 48 Representative o On Saturday, August 29th S56 became the most recent facility to successfully transition to STARS G4. Another milestone for the TAMR program as we continue to meet schedules a nd Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) dates on or ahead of schedule in all Phases and Segments of the program. § This is representative of a lot of hard work by the folks at the facility and the program. o Mr. Herrick also travelled to Washington, DC this week for the beginning of the Section 804 process to analyze the possibilities for Charleston TRACON to potentially move to either Savannah, GA or Myrtle Beach, SC. § The trigger for CHS inclusion to the 804 process was a failed seismic reinforc ement project at CHS. § The cost of the seismic reinforcement is exorbitant and the Agency is therefor considering building an entirely new building. 804 must determine if the cost is warranted or if realignment to another facility makes sense. The 80 4 group will collect data from the facilities then visit each. They will take input and then make recommendations to leadership. · OSF/Multi Unit update submitted by Candy Barr - NEOSF · Monday o Mr. Barr attended the T AMR weekly staff meeting. Ms. Barr attended the TFOS Coordination Telecom · Tuesday o Thursday Steve Sims and Mary Manifold traveled to North Texas OSF to provide OSF specialist with MSAW refresher training. Ms. Ba rr attended the P1 DRD Planning Telecom. A90 and MCO G4 software for IOC and whether these sites would receive the DRD's or use the Dell RAIDS were the main topics. Mr. Barr attended the MDM Telecom · Thursday o Ms. Barr attende d the PRE - CCB Telecom OSF specialist attended the weekly Technical Telecom. o Ms. Barr attended the DRD, A90/MCO planning Telecom. The group