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Center facilities and has identified rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimates for infrastructure improvements. · The TOCO Tech Ops Rep, Jimmy Black, has developed a requirements spreadsheet to be worked by local tech ops and the local contingency teams to aid in developing the requirements needed to meet contingency efforts and the administrator's goals. · The TOCO's first round of divestiture meetings was limited due to tech ops not attending. This was a decision from national tech ops, not the TOCO. · With all of that said… Our NATCA brothers and sisters involved in the ZAU event and supporting facilit ies did an amazing job with what they had to work with. o The TOCO efforts are to better prepare our facilities and controllers for the unexpected. TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM): Eric Owens (I90) leads NATCA's efforts on TBFM as the Article 48 Re presentative. Mr. Owens provided the information below for this week's update. · Last week, the TBFM Ops Team had NATCA SMEs at ZID, IND, SDF an d CVG providing IDAC training. However, while the training was being provided, the team observed numer ous iss ues occurring with the system. o As a result, we terminated the training and sent the SMEs home until we can resolve the issues and we have time to test any f ixes needed. o As of Friday, testing was still being performed to determine the ext ent of the problem. Mr. Owens was in DC at the time meeting with the prime contractor so the problem is getting the attenti on necessary for a timely fix. o They have asked the facilities associated with ZID to stop using IDAC until we have resolved th ese issues. · The IDAC eLMS course is scheduled for Ops Tryout October 20, 2015, in Oklahoma City. · The TBFM Discovery and Key Site activities at ZLA were delayed. They were scheduled for this week and next, because the software which allows us to revert back to the previous software is not work correctly. · Work continues on Terminal Spacing and Sequencing (TSAS). o The next activity is scheduled for the week of October 26. TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFMS): Cliff Keirce (DCC ) is NATCA's Arti cle 48 Representative for TFMS. Below is Mr. Keirce's report of September activities. · The first TFMS Release 12 Operational Testing session took place Septem ber 1 - 3 at the FAA Tech Center. NATCA members from ZFW, DCC, S56, ZAB, and ZNY participated. o Release 12 consists of new List Report request cap abilities from the TFMS system. It will essentially mimic most of the reports that can be requested through the semi - colon prompt on the TSD. It also has some more robust report features that will be useable for QA purposes and historical comparisons. · Another new tool for Release 12 is the Thin Client FSM (Flight Schedule Monitor) and NTML (Na tional Traffic Management Log). This capability will provide access to these tw o tools through a web browser. Currently, FSM and