A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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NATCA EDGE - De signed exclusively for NATCA members! SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY Administrative Software Air Traffic Requirements (AJV - 7) Airspace Data Comm Integrated Display System Replacement (IDS - R) NAS Voice System (Nvs) NextGen Project Management Office (PMO) Remote Towe rs Surveillance and Broadcast Services Office (SBS) RNAV And Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Temporary Operational Contingency Office (TOCO) Terminal Automati on and Modernization Replacement (TAMR) Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) LABOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT NATCA IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO RESOLVE BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES' ACCESS ISSUES TO CERTAIN FAA SYSTEMS The NATCA National Office has become aware that bargaining unit employees have recently been locked out of, or denied access to, certain FAA systems. We believe these systems may include, but are not necessarily limited to, e LMS, Employee Express, My Access, FAA email, PIV systems, and other systems that may require employees to be current in active directory. NATCA has scheduled a full briefing on this matter for all affected bargaining unit employees f or Thursday November 12 , 2015. We are actively working this issue and will provide additional information as soon as possible following the briefing. NATCA RECEIVES BRIEFING ON AIT INTERIM HELPDESK CONTRACT On November 2, 2015, NATCA received a briefing on the Interim Helpdesk Contract (IHC) within the FAA's Office of Information Technology (AIT). The new contract is part of the Agency's efforts to transition Service Center IT operations to the IHC, which was awarded to Chickasaw Nation Industries Global Solut ions (CNIGS) on Jul y 17, 2015. As a result of this new contract, all new helpdesk incidents will be assigned to CNIGS contractors instead of the federal employees, including NATCA bargaining unit employees, w ho currently perform this work. On October 20, 2015, NATCA filed a national grievance on this issue asserting that the Agency's unilateral determination that helpdesk and deskside support services should be contracted out and failure to fulfill its bargaining obligations violates the CBA, including but not limited to Arti cles 7 and 32; 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71; and other applicable laws, rules, regulations a nd past practice. The Agency's response to NATCA's grievance is due on November 18, 2015. During the briefing, the Agency revealed that current Deskside Support Staff will experience a change in duties as a result of this initiative. Those changes include ensuring that existing incidents in their assigned remedy queues are assigned to an existing Federal Staff Member, closing out all currently assigned incidents in the queue