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little usable time to deal with. NAS MONITORING EQUIPMENT (NME): Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the Art icle 48 Representative for NME. This also includ es the Universal Interlock Controller (UIC) and Integrated Co ntrol Monitoring System (ICMS). Below is Ms. Conrad's report for this week. · UIC o On October 19 the UIC at OKC will be updated to control the ALSF and the Engine Generator. Ms. Conrad has been communicating with the OKC Fa cRep to coordinate this effort. · NME o An NME Safety Panel is scheduled for Dec. 1st and 2nd. Ms. Conrad will be assisted by Robert Utley from the S&T Staff. NAS VOICE SYSTEM (NVS ): Jon Shedden (ZFW) is NAT CA's Article 48 Rep resentative to the NVS project. Mr. Shedden's report for this week is below. · Mr. Shedden was at the WJHTC in Atlantic City all week evaluating the latest NVS build, and participating in a dry run of the upcoming NVS Air Traffic Early User Involvement Event (EUIE) scenarios. · Meetings this week: o NVS Leads Meeting o NVS Human Factors Working Group o Power Spectral Density & Diversity Algorithm on NVS o NVS Waivers Discussion (FAA) o NVS System Engineering Workin g Group · Other issues worked: o Questionnaire coordination for the Air Traffic EUIE o NVS Override call tones o D10 IVSR Funding update NEXTGEN: Mel Davis (SCT) is the NextGen Lead for NATCA under Article 114 of the NATCA/FAA Collect ive Barg aining Agreement. Mr. Davis' report for this week is below. · There were two primary activities for NextGen this week, Colorado Remote Services activities and the RTCA NextGen Advisory Committee meeting. o The State of Colorado is interested in h osting a technology demonstration of remote/virtual ATCT services using a combination of capabilities to prov ide a Class D like environment. The State generated two press releases last week, neither of which were entirely accurate. In meetings this week, t he concept seems to be moving forward, albeit at a slow pace. o The NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) from RTCA met this week to discuss the strategic level view of NextGen implementation. § The NAC reflected on the fact that we are 12 months into a 36 - month execution of indust ry priorities and 90% on track. These priorities can be traced all the way back to the 2009 RTCA ef fort know as "Task Force Five." A discussion about new planning eff orts that would focus on follow on activities as the 36 month plan winds down was held. § The PBN NAV Strategy plan was also highlighted at this NAC