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Biggio that anything we do will require long term on site support due to drift. He agrees. We are in a holding pattern awaiting the green light to begin. ZNY's training is a huge issue as well. We are working on a draft proposal to assist them much in the same way we are at N90. It will involve some workshops, standards development and FLM training. No movement on the group that Tom Adcock and I are working in a group that is reviewing a list of 39 poor performing facilities from a training perspective. These facilities have been identified as taking too long to certify or are below the average time to certification for similar facilities. This effort is data collection stage. I did a review of a new guide that was compiled by CAMI in OKC for OJTI. It is a HF laden instructor's handbook. It is really good information, but I am unsure how it will be used by OJTIs. I think it is outstanding, but 210 pages is a long read and it has not been incorporated into the new OJTI class the will be rolled out in December. We are actively working on templates and training to accompany and assist event investigators. The intent is for Jason and I to accompany the investigators for a few investigations and then provide training to our team and the RAP teams to be more HF focused during the investigations. We would also like to adjust the interviewing styles they currently are using. Our goal is to have the interviews look more like a conversation and less like an inquisition. The Health and Wellness activities: I am still working on compiling info for the EAP involvement here. I would like to get info from the NEB on issues that have come up with them informing the Agency about things discussed in counseling sessions. I have asked the team to begin assembling information on stress research previously completed by the Agency. My intent is to consolidate this research and have discussions concerning actions the Agency can take to reduce stress levels as well as provide education to controls about the short and long term health effects concerning not managing stress properly. We are experiencing the beginnings of the run around on getting ARR ATCT facilities for breaks and training. NEXTGEN: Kevin McLaughlin (SCT) is the National NextGen Representative for NATCA. His report to the membership is below. One of the primary medium term goals for the NextGen Representative has been to advance the state of collaboration between NATCA and NASA. The White House Office of Technology and the Office of Management and Budget have targeted NASA for substantial increases in budget appropriation levels. Although there are numerous competing projects for these resources, significant funds should find their way to air traffic technology research such as trajectory based separation and interval management. With these increased funding levels, the importance of NASA as a collaborative partner increases as well. There are 10 NASA field centers, which provide leadership for and execution of NASA's work. These field centers are: Ames (Research), Armstrong (Flight Research), Glenn (Research), Goddard (Space Flight), JPL (Space

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