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National Office Week in Review: September 12, 2017

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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OSHA: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) MOU Webinar The Slate Book CBA went into effect over one yea r ago. Contained within the CBA is an MOU that requires the Agency to a dhere to the Indoor Air Quality Program Implemen tation Requirements (IAQ PIR). It is important to immediately report any and all signs of water intrusion, as the IAQ PIR requires actio n within particular timeframes. The OSHA Committee, along with Geoff Bacci, will be holding a webinar regarding the MOU on Sept. 28 at 1 p . m . E DT . Click here to r egister for the webinar . SURVEY – TRA INING The FAA over the next year will be reviewing many aspects of air traffic training, including proficiency a nd skill enhancement training. One goal is to identify training topics that may need to be updated, while investigating new and more effectiv e m ethods in program delivery. Your participa tion in completing the linked survey conducted by the FAA ' s Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance will assist them in identifying the topics and de livery methods to be examined. NATCA r ecommends participation in this survey. Click here to start the survey. Partic ipation is completely anonymous. SURVEY – IFR/VFR CONFLICTS ATO's Safety and Technical Training group (AJI) has been asked to assess the effectiveness of awareness campaign materia ls related to IFR/VFR conflicts. The purpose of this survey is to gather opinions on how IFR and VFR traffic is handled at yo ur facility. The goal at this time is to gather baseline information on the current culture, attitudes, and behaviors related to managing potential IFR/VFR conflicts. The plan is to provide a follow - up survey in about a year, to assess changes in attitudes or behavior related to IFR/VFR conflicts. This IVF/VFR Conflict Attitudes survey is voluntary and all responses are anonymous. No identifiable informati on is included in this survey. NATCA has recommended participation in this survey. Please click this l ink to take the survey: http://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY NATCA Safety & Tech Upd ate Week of Sept. 11 , 2017 AIR TRAFFIC PROCEDURES (AJV - 8) Andy Marosvari (BOI) is the Article 114 Representative in the AJV - 8 Office. Mr. Marosvari forwarded the summary below for this update: It's been a relatively quiet month for Procedures. There are several changes that are in the SRM process and slated for publication in either October or March of 2018. A change for 7110.65, 2 - 1 - 13, FORMATION FLIGHTS, will be paneled the week of September 12. The change will clarify controller responsibilities during formation join up and clearances for formation splits. This change, if approved, will replace the memo that

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