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and efficiency not only in the United States, but wherever they travel. We're working with international aviation partners to make air navigation more interoperable and seamless around the world. Of course, we can't support every international effort. The Global Leadership Initiative is all about using data to determ ine the areas where we can add the most value. One of our biggest international priorities is a program for traffic flow management in the Caribbean region, an area where we share an airspace boundary and where millions of Americans fly. We're working th rough the Civil Air Navigation Service Organization (CANSO) and our CANSO Caribbean partners to develop the CANSO ATFM Data Exchange Network for the Americas, or CADENA. We've begun a regular operations call with air traffic control, airports , and airlines operating in the Caribbean region, and we've started the process of sharing Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) data, assessing efficiency, and finding solutions to flow problems there. Through CADENA, we've partnered with Argentina to promote a similar concept to regional ATFM and Collaborative Decision Making in South America. And we continue to share our lessons learned on regional traffic flow management with the Asian states developing Multi - Nodal ATFM for that region. We're also working to enable a globally interoperable System Wide Information Management (SWIM). This will allow international air navigation service providers and industry counterparts to both access and publish information on the FAA's SWIM network. Later this year, we'll be kicking off an initiative with Singapore and other Asian states to develop a framework for SWIM in Southeast Asia. This work raises the issue of security of data and networks, a big topic of discussion here this week. I also spoke on a panel to discuss unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that fly across international boundaries. The FAA is a member of ICAO's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) panel that is working to make recommendations to support an international regulatory framework for UAS. The panel is fo cused on topics such as airworthiness, air traffic management, communications, and developing air navigation procedures to ensure safe integration of UAS globally. We're also a member of CANSO's RPAS and Emerging Technologies Working Group that is working to provide standard UAS operations guidance and best practices to air navigation service providers. Whether it be in air traffic modernization, unmanned aircraft integration, safety risk mitigation , or any other aspect of our mission, your outstanding wo rk puts us in a position to positively influence the course of aviation around the world. Thanks everyone! Teri L. Bristol ATO Chief Operating Officer