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DSM SSC Office: Comprehensive Mold Evaluation FSM: Water Intrusion, IAQ NWM Regional Office: Water Testing SGF ATCT: HVA C Project GTF: Mold Cape TRCAON: Sewer flies, Odor, Plumbing issues. Mansfield Tower: Water, Security, FLS ZAN: Drinking Water Issues TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFMS) Brian Campos (DCC) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Repr ese ntative to the TFMS project. His report is below. Early December , Deployment team met with NASA engineers to look at results on the Overview of Integ rated Demand Management (IDM). Although outcomes were strictly looking at a single baseline TMI applicatio n, it deemed necessary to prove a baseline leading to understand the overall system integration complexity of TM Is with everything it touches. A simple baseline of TBFM's scheduling window of check box "On" or "Off" pr oved as predicted. It also concluded t hat a varying approach of selecting "on" or "off" based in a timeline through an event might be the better outcome than the current rigid default setting. This will require TMC s to have increased training, which is something that has its own troubles in ge tting adequate support. This is due to an unstructured TM culture of many TM Units with high turn around and lack of some permanent culture to keep a proficient knowledge base with complex TMU software managing a comple x system. If this doesn't change, TMU s will be more reactionary to managing buttons then to what is behind the button and how to use the tools in a vary ing approach as NASA suggested. Most of the TFMS DT time has been creating the Route Amendment Dialog ABRR/PDRR workshop training sched uled f or January for 44 TMC/S. This was something the Program Office was trying to get done with two CBIs , but pressure to produce better outcomes rather than a checkbox forced change. A 26 Chapter, two - day workshop was created by the TFMS DT to be administered for the 44 TMC/S. The course includes when you get into trouble, ways to get yourself out of trouble when using the RAD. It also include s how the tools are used systemically with local use. The first week has just been completed on 01/12/17 , with thre e m ore weeks of classes to go. The results have been highly favorable from the TMCs , which is our main target group. FTRs from each facility were invit ed to attend and their presence has been very useful in seeing the ERAM side of the TM C's actions using the RAD tool. Some FTRs spen t a lot of time in the TFMS lab to understand the wo rkload back and forth to ERAM. All TFRs signed up to come to the workshop. Roadshow traveling workshops are being planned for the spring where two teams travel to cover all 20 cen ters to discuss further the use of the RAD tool , along with CTOP possibilities for the summer. This is still a work in progress over the next five weeks to run in March and April.