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The community outreach was not accounted for in the original prototypes , so the additional time and money needed has complicated the implementation pr ocess. Multiple groups appear to be creating processes t o deal with outreach efforts and this causes confusion as we try to finalize this complex activity. Moving forward, a national prioritization for PBN implementati on is becoming more important. With the added outreach requirements, additional resource cons traints , and other implementation issues surrounding PBN there will be fewer procedur es put into the system yearly. We are at the beginning stages, but have started discussions with the agency to figure out a realistic national prioritization for all proce dure development. Mark McKelligan has been the NATCA National D & I lead for more than 5 years, and he has done an outstanding jo b representing the membership. He will be retiring this month and I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank hi m for his tireless work surrounding PBN and airspace . I t has be en a pleasure working with him. Fortunately, Mark will still be around to help us moving forward and I look forward to working with Mark in his new role as Deputy Director of Safety and Technol ogy at the NATCA National office. Jim Davis (PCT) , NATCA National Airspace Rep Operational Contingency & Continuity Office (OCCO): Tammy Norman (ZTL) is the O CCO Article 48 Representative. This is a one - year detail at the Eastern Service Center to work o n this project. Ms. Norman's report for this month is below. The Operational Contingency and Continuity Office (OCCO) has been handed off to S ystem Operations permanently. The new organization is called ATO Operational Contingency Group (ATOC) under the d irectorate AJR - 1 Dave Foyle. Tony Jenkins, OCCO's manager , retired on September 30th and Brian Holguin is the acting manager. The ATO has committed to a corporate view of operations, including ATO Contingency Operations, and a focus on ATC Ope rations for t he future. The Core OCCO team is still being briefed and finding out our role in System Operations. DOT/IG Audit Report AV - 2015 - 112 response completed 9/23/16. The OCCO Tech Team continues to complete site surveys for the ARTCCs. • ZOB Site Survey : 8/29/16 – 9/1/16 • ZBW Site Survey : 9/12/16 – 98/16 • ZNY Site Survey : 9/19/16 – 9/22/16 • ZMP Site Survey : 9/26/16 – 9/29/16 • ZAU Site Survey : 10/5/16 – 10/6/16 Changes to 1900.47E to .47F: • Table of Contents • ii Chapter 4 - D • iii Appendix B - New Acronyms • iii Appendix D • Pa ge 2: 1 - F. Background: Second paragraph • Page 13: 4 - D. Guidance for Developing Letters of Agreement s (LOAs) with Foreign Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).