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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 80 of 217 change as a result of the implementation of any provision of this Articl e. Section 10. The express terms of this Article apply separately and distinctly to each of the following bargaining units: Air Traffic Controllers, Traffic Management Coordinators/ Specialists, FSS and NOTAM Specialists. ARTICLE 47 REDUCTION - IN - FORCE (R IF) Section 1. The Agency agrees to avoid or minimize a RIF by taking such actions as restricting recruitment and promotions, by meeting ceiling limitations through normal attrition and by reassignment of qualified surplus employees to vacant positions. Section 2. The Agency agrees to notify the Union when it is determined that a RIF action will be necessary within the unit. The Union will be notified as to the number of positions to be reduced and the vacant positions that management has authorized for s taffing. At this time, the Agency and the Union will negotiate the procedures that management will follow in the implementation of the RIF. This notification shall be made at least ninety (90) days before implementation. Section 3. In the event of a RIF, the affected employee and the Union representative will be provided access to master retention registers relative to his/her involvement, upon request. Section 4. At the end of the RIF, the Union will be provided a list of all vacancies filled during the RIF. Section 5. The express terms of this Article apply separately and distinctly to each of the following bargaining units: Air Traffic Controllers, Traffic Management Coordinators/Specialists, FSS and NOTAM Specialists. ARTICLE 48 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE S Section 1. The Agency agrees to provide an overview briefing to the Union at the national level concerning the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) annually and a semi - annual briefing on the status of the Agency's modernization effort. The Agency further agree s to separately brief the Union on any particular project identified by the Union as a result of the overview briefings described above. Section 2. The Agency agrees to notify the Union at the national level, no less than sixty (60) days prior to the fiel d operational evaluation utilized to support system development and the operational test and evaluation (OT&E), unless a shorter notice period is required. The notification shall contain proposed start and stop times, and shall outline the reasons and inte nt of the test and/or evaluation. Section 3. The Agency agrees to notify the Union at least sixty (60) days prior to the In - Service Decision (ISD) of the proposed implementation of technological changes affecting employees, unless operational necessity re quires a shorter notice period. Except for the initial notice period, as specified above, the provisions of Article 7 of this Agreement govern negotiations between the Parties on the impact of changes arising from revisions to technology, procedural, and/o r airspace changes, as well as the effect of procedural and/or technological tests which impact employees.

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