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ADMINISTRATIVE SOFTWARE: Rich Santa (ZDC) leads NATCA's efforts on Administrative Software initiatives as the Article 48 Representative for this. Below is Mr. Santa's update for the week. · WMT o Mr. Santa has had some discussions with the programmers and has a better process in place for fixing problems. o Please email Mr. Santa (richzdc@yahoo.com) if you have any bug or programming issues with WMT. o For server outages, continue to have management call the help desk. · ASISO o Installed in JAX and ZJX last week. It worked well in the ARTCC and in the TRACON downstairs. · ATOMS o Still meeting and moving towards a April 1 testing at two facilities. AJV -7 AIR TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS: James Keith (D10) is the DC Based Article 48 Representative to the AJV-7 office. Mr. Keith's summary for the membership is below. · The last several weeks Steve Weidner (UAS Representative) and Mr. Kieth have been working with the agency's work group on UAS notification procedures for model aircraft. A rough draft has been completed and is being circulated. · The Interval Management (IM) Work Group has been meeting every Thursday for some time. o The last couple of weeks the group has reached an agreement on how IM would work in a transition from enroute to terminal. The original agency proposal was for enroute controllers to issue spacing and merging instructions that would not take place until the final approach fix. o The work group has reached an agreement that will allow terminal controllers to issue and spacing and merging instructions for IM that will take place inside the terminal boundary. · Terminal work package 1 data gathering was completed in October. o They are currently reviewing the data to determine what steps are needed next. · Advanced methods- is a concept that will provide information to TMU controllers to allow them to make better strategic decisions. We will be doing site visits after the new year. Mr. Keith has contacted all FacReps at facilities chosen. · AIM Segment 3 is meeting weekly to fine tune the concept of operations. The program is designed to move the agency to a total digital world. All charts, LOA's, SOP's ETC will be digital. · Mr. Keith along with Jeff Woods (PMO Rep), and Mel Davis (NextGen) are still working with the agency on getting Path Stretch to the field sooner. o Path Stretch is a tool for enroute controllers that will display a flight path the will assist in meeting meter times if speed will not work. Path Stretch is part of Time Based Flow Management TBFM. · Terminal CHI team is still in conversation with the agency.