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Team Resource Management workshop - is coming along well. A dry run of the WS was completed 2 weeks ago and we are regrouping and making adjustments. We have a self-imposed deadline of year-end to make this ready for prime time. Nothing really new to report in the Health and Wellness branch. ZOA - we are in the process of sorting out the LR issues surrounding an actigraphy study we will perform with the help of the oceanic areas. We are hoping to have 30 or 40 volunteers wear Actigraph watches for 30 days. The intent of the study is to further the discussion surrounding the amount of sleep operational people are getting and also to see what impact ZOA's early start times have on overall fatigue profiles. INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT (IDS-R) Richie Smith (N90) leads NATCA's efforts on the IDS-R project as the Article 114 Representative. Below is Mr. Smith's report. This past week the latest Operating System for NIDS failed testing at the Technical Center in Atlantic City. Forty-three of the forty-four tests passed testing but it was found that an important fix was omitted from the build causing the single failure. This discovery was made on Wednesday afternoon and an attempt was made to download an updated version from the vendor's California labs. Due to server issues the download had to take place overnight and the revised build had issues during installation. These issues prompted the vendor to declare the build a failure and testing was terminated. The FAA has proposed new test dates for the week of January 9. That is the first available date due to the upcoming holidays and moratorium. SCT successfully declared IOC during the week of November 7th. There are still kinks to be worked out but it looks like the build (3.6) that was constructed for SCT is performing as needed. This build was key sited at I90 and there are also kinks to be worked out there but overall things are looking good. An issue has arisen in the 3.6 build dealing with workstations freezing up due to an excessive amount of pages being stored in the "back button" feature. Negotiations are taking place currently as to how to limit the number of pages stored in memo, thus preventing the freeze up. OSHA Mike Odryna (ZBW) is the Chairman of NATCA's OSHA Committee. He has provided an update for the membership. New Orleans Lakefront Tower Mold Issues The project to seal the exterior of the Base Building has started. The first stage will include removal of failed caulking and the application of an exterior sealant. This process will take several weeks depending on weather. Once completed a project to remove all areas affected by mold in the interior of the building will begin. Weekly Air Monitoring continues to show interior mold levels at acceptable levels. POC: (Mike Odryna, Geoff Bacci, Nichol Bell, Lawrence Pharr) Dallas Love (DAL) Tower Mold Issues

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