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• The TOCO continues to work with the IPTs (integrated project team) toward the completion of its remaining deliverables and anticipates their compl etion to be as scheduled. • Policy: The 1900.47E (Air Traffic Control Operational Contingency Plan) was published on January 21, 2016. The effective date has been set for April 20, 2016. o This will allow facilities to complete their OCPs with the impleme ntation of the divestiture of airspace. • The TOCO is working with the Command Center, POCs for the ACT2 (Automated Contingency Tool) , to upgrade the database to manage the OCPs. They are also working on a consistent format the facilities will need to foll ow for implementation into the ACT2. • Requirements: The Requirements IPT is working to complete their last deliverables. POFMs and Second Level Engineering (Enroute engineers) met on January 14th to work on these closings. • Review and Compliance: The IPT leads, Brian Holguin and Robert Beck, were present January 20th and 21 st to work with the TOCO to plan upcoming activities with the publication of the 1900.47E. • Training: The Training IPTs are working on closure of deliverables D022 - Facility Readiness for Unplanned Transition to EBUS and D025 - Facility Readiness to Execute OCP that will provide the training leads with a report of findings document. • DOT OIG visiting TOCO J anuary 26 - 27 for continuation of their audit activities associated with, "FAA's Ability to Manage Air Traffic Control Disruptions". TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) is NATCA's Article 48 Representative for the TAM R initiative. Mr. Herrick's report to the membership is below with the STARS/TAMR Segments and Phases divided into 3 part. Phase 1 . Legacy STARS facilities and Technical Refresh. Deals wih software of existing STARS facilities and upgrades at those facil ities to either STARS G4 or STARS G4 Elite. • Phase 3 Segment 1. ARTS IIIE facilities. Originally there were 11 there are now 4. D10, D01, SDF, NCT, SCT, A80 and M98 have all transitioned to STARS and the remaining four sites will transition to STARS a re T75, C90, PCT and N90 by May of 2016. This was a monumental undertaking that many thought was not possible. Because of collaboration and NATCA's total immersion in the program we are making it happen. • Phase 3 Segment 2 . ARTS IIE sites. There were 94 and there are now 80. We have an extremely aggressive schedule over the next 2 years and the team has been transitioning these sites with few complications. This is a huge undertaking and the work that is going into it by all aspects of the Agency is utterly enormous. We are up to this challenge. The biggest obstacle is aging infrastructure of ASR radars (Specifically ASR - 8s) that need to be digitized. This is known as the Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) program. • SCT issues. The Southern Californ ia TRACON (SCT) has dominated the focus of many of us for over a month. SCT continues to experience issues with false targets and target jumping. This performance is unacceptable to everyone and