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Similar call signs- attended a meeting to discuss the similar call sign top 5 issues. No conclusive decision was made and more work is needed to resolve this. HUMAN PERFORMANCE: Jay Barrett (MIA) is the Article 48 Representative for Human Performance. His report is below. Discussion on expanding the Human Performance team to the field and enlisting advocates continues with Terry Biggio and Tim Arel. As expected the speed bump is resources. I continue to work the issue. The fatigue office activities include: I received the go ahead from Biggio to pursue integrating the downloadable fatigue application with the all points safety app. We are in the testing phase with the web based Infinna created app, it is not really good, but we are working on getting it to a place where it will work and be a first attempt to getting something into the controllers and technicians hands that will inform them on their fatigue levels. It appears more conversation is taking place on ZOA's request for scheduling alternatives. The FSSC met with Biggio and allowed their FRMT to move forward with the rebaselining of Fatigue Hazard scores from 2011. The short version of the story is that Dr. Hursh the fatigue scientist the Agency contracted with at that time was not all that meticulous or standardized when he assisted back in 2011. We asked the new PhD. to rebaseline so that moving forward we could be comparing apple to apples with all the sleep/wake/break assumptions that are I inputted into the model. This is completed and the FSSC is meeting next week to finalize exactly what the modeling parameters and assumptions will be. Our PhD is also working on a path to move away from using the fatigue hazard score (FHz) and moving to a risk assessment model that would be aligned with the SMS process and the red, yellow green matrix. The fatigue survey is a bit on hold as the team wanted to make some changes to the information desired. I will touch base with you after finalizing it. The human factors office activities include: N90 certification standards completion is slipping due to resource issues. Jason went to visit and finalize the standards. ANGC is working closely with the contractor to finalize the checklists and evaluation forms that will be used. The money from the contract supporting this effort will dry up at the end of the fiscal year. So, time is an issue here. There is a commitment for starting to use them by October. Not sure how or if the new MOU will affect this effort. Jason and I developed three hours of substance for the new OJTI training class that is about ready for prime time. I believe that by end of calendar year it will be implemented for all new OJTIs. The OJTI team used parts of our module on change and threw the rest over the side. Not a wasted effort though as we can use the materials we created in our HP workshops we plan on doing at facilities with training issues. We visited HCF at the end of June and have an assessment report that is going to Biggio. Essentially they need a lot of help in every area. We provided leadership and the facility with a list of 7 recommendations that we could assist with. We discussed with

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