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(ZTL) is the TOCO Article 48 Representative. This is a one year detail at the Eastern Service Center to work on this project. Ms. Norman's report for this week is below. · The TOCO manager, Tony Jenkins met with Deputy COO Randy Parks and directors concerning the progress and expectations of our office. o They were br iefed on the upcoming Tech Center meetings with the field contingency teams that are developing new Operational Contingency Plans (OPCs) to meet requirements of the 1900.47E. o The new order includes the divestment of airspace to surrounding ARTCCs in ATC Zero events. In this meeting, it was decided to bring in San Juan to work with ZNY and ZMA. o Mr. Jenkins briefed on the current status of the ACT2, the database that holds all contingency plans. This system has been a high risk for use due to the system being down and its instability for holding the amount of data that is required for contingency use. o The office that handles the ACT2 has been ordered to find a fix, or find a new one. · The field contingency teams for the CONUS ARTCCs continue to work on OPCs to bring to the Tech Center meetings. The POFMs have a deadline of September 11th to submit the Tech Center Pre - Work into a KSN site to be accessed by Tech Center tech ops to begin the ir ground work for the meetings. · The TOCO welcomed Jimmy Black into our office as our Tech Ops rep. o We spent several days catching Mr. Black up to speed with the goals of the TOCO and what his role will be in helping us with requirements. o He will be a great asset to the team. · NATCA has given the Article 48 representatives with new email addresses. o You may contact Ms. Norman at TOCO@natca.net TERMIINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REP LACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) leads the NATCA TAMR Teams as the Article 48 Representative for this project. His update and the reports from TAMR Team leads are below. · This week Mr. Herrick was on annual leave and attended a Southern Re gion Leadership meeting with NATCA Leadership including the new NSO RVP Jim Marinitti and his regional leadership team. · There were a number of telcons and issues that arose during the week. Mostly related to Southern California TRACON and some problems with false targets and automation system performance. o NATCA made it very known to all involved (Program Office, Facility Management, Deployment Team, Second Level Engineering at the Tech Center, Regional etc.) that "we don't care how many r esources it takes and we are not interested in excuses or solutions that take weeks to produce. The team made it very clear that what was being reported by the controllers was unacceptable and the number one priority of everyone needs to be the safety of the NAS and the confidence the controllers at SCT have in their system. Nothing else matters and we need results immediately." o This message was well received and experts in several areas were dispatched to the SCT immediately to work on the issues. The