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December 13 - 15 will be Group One Data Collection involving ZTL and A80. January 24 - 26 will be Group Two Data Collection involving ZTL and A80. J anuary 31 - February 2 will be Group Three Data Collection involving "Other Facilities." National Strategic Production Planning (NSPP) We meet every Tuesday and discuss the procedures that are scheduled for implementation across the country and have no issues to report at this time. Digital Approach Procedure Initiative We are still working on Phase 2 of this initiative where the primary a pproach advertised on the ATIS when weather conditions are below Visual Approach minimums would be the RNAV (GPS) at those facilities where the majority of aircraft can fly this type of procedure and RNAV (RNP) approaches at locations where the majority of aircraft can fly this type of procedure. The facilities that have agreed to particip ate are PHL, SJC, SMF, and NCT. The test for all facilities will end on April 9, 2017 , and our final report will go out in May 2017. Performance Based Operations Rulemaki ng Committee (PARC) Navigation (NAV) WG Nothing new to report at this time. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MOD ERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Article 114 Representative for NATCA. Below is the report from the TAMR Project for the past mont h. Mr . Rose worked from NorCal TRACON two out of the four weeks this reporting period. The other two weeks were spent in Wa shington, D.C. and Atlantic City. A TAMR all - hands meeting was held Nov 9th at FAA Headquarters with Scott Robillard (K90) and t he entire TAMR Program Office. The meeting was a review of the previous three months and a look for ward to the next three months. During the time in Washington , Mr. Rose meet with AJI (FAA Training), AJV (AT Requirements ), and AJT (FAA Air Traffic). TAMR is working closely now with Mr. Buddy Busbee, the new terminal requiremen ts management point of contact. Mr. Busbee comes from the Fron t Line Management ranks of A80. Kyle Ness (M98) and Aaron Rose met and discussed plain language documents (PLD) and how th ey 're written with Mr. Busbee. Adding pictures, video, and keyboard entries to the documents will be more useful for facilities in understanding new software. These change s will take place immediately. Reviewed R4 t raining brief with AJI. Coordinated with Second Level Engineering (TSLE) on the adaptation changes that need to take place and the proper timing of the R4 software load reference training requirements. On Nov 9th Mr. Rose attended Interval Management demonstration at the MITRE facility with the TSAS team. Steve Prichard (I90) provided an overall view of the product and how it will a ffect the terminal controller. This product will assist the controller in the sequencing of aircraft to Core 30 aerodromes. Section 804 (consolidations) telcon, and Co mmon Terminal Digitizer (CTD) telc on also completed the same day. NATCA TAMR has suggested to the FAA that TDX2000 digitizers may have to be purchased to