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S46 has agreed to allow the FAA/Esterline to apply software (V2.04) to collect data, while also running FSL in digit al and keeping EFSL in analog. Testing is pla nned to begin by the end of October. o The takeaway from this week is, communication goes a long way. All problems can be resolved if everyone works together and communicate effectively with the sites receiving an upgrade. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM): Matt Baugh (IA H) is the Article 48 for TFDM. His report for this week is below: · Monday - Worked at facility to get currency, had a weekly ops staff meeting. o Contract award for TFDM has slid to the right and is now planned in early April, 2016. o Agency PMO is sending official word to the 2 EFSTS Replacement Keypad key sites this week. o The team is in the process of selecting sites for early implementation Operational Evaluation Review for 2016. · Tuesday - Participated in the TFDM tactical meeting, as well as the CLE AEFS update. o Received the results from the monetary savings questionnaire as well as the hi gh and medium fidelity models. Both showed a savings for the users as well as increased efficiency in the operati on, with Departure Queue Metering making up approximately 60% of the benefits. o CLE Tech Ops is still resetting their displays 3 times a week in order t o insur e there are no freezes. § This will lessen as the engineers at the Tech Center continue to find and fix the memory leaks. § A couple of these leaks have been identified and fixed and will go into the newest build that should be in CLE the first week of Nov. · Wednesday – Participated in the EFSTS Key site meeting. o Each of the 2 key sites will have 2 repla cement keypads by mid January. The plan is to have the replacement completed by the end of March. o During those 3 months, the team will finalize the waterfall or der of the remaining 40+ sites. · Thursday - Participated in TFDM Visual Specifications meeting, a weekly ops staff meeting. o Visual Specifications team discussed the initial draft of system specs. Review and comments are due next week. · Friday - Worked at facility to get currency, no other meetings. TEMPORARY OPERATIONAL CONTINGENCY OFFICE (TOCO): Tammy Norman (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 Associated Press published an article on September 30th , Report Slams FAA Response t o Fire at Air Traffic Facility. The article is based on the report by the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) for A viation Audits that states, "The