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Operational Support Facilities (OSF) Update Submitted by Scott Kendrick (North Texas-OSF) STARS E2 Terminal ATC Capability meeting that is working on final requirements to incorporate Merging and Spacing, Sequencing Tools into STARS. Attended TAMR/ STARS TSAS telcon continuing to work issues on deploying "TBFM in a box" simulator to sites and OSF's along with potential upcoming issues. TSAS site group telcon with En Route and Terminal to integrate adaptation to support TSAS. Attended the STARS/TAMR Program Trouble Report Work Group (PTRWG) telcon – Reviewed and ranked current PTRs. Attended telcon discussion to Allow Pilot Reported Altitude (PRA) for CA/MCI processing to be used in STARS. Attended the System Technical Reports Working Group (STRWG) stakeholders' telcon and reviewed thin specs for requested changes to STARS software. TAMR Look Ahead, TAMR TAGUP, TAMR SBS weekly telcons. Attended the OSF specialists' weekly OSF technical telcon. STARS Strategic Planning Meeting (SSP): Coordinate and get feedback on integrated hardware and software planning among TAMR stakeholders, identify risks to the hardware and software plan and propose risk mitigation solutions with the stakeholders' input. Attended the STARS Pre-CCB telcon: bring forward potential Change Control Board (CCB) changes and adjudicate the benefits and impacts with all stakeholders. Attended the Rules Working Group telcon. The additional management wording added in the last meeting was to be incorporated in the SOP and final agreement has been forwarded to be published. TAMR Software/Hardware Report Submitted by Kyle Ness (M98) System Technical Reports Working Group (STRWG) Stakeholders are nearing concurrence on a software change for Potomac TRACON. PCT has been reporting that occasionally departure tracks will not tag-up. This update will allow flight plans to auto-acquire even when the flight plan has an associated beacon that matches the code of another inbound flight plan in handoff. Related, the working group is reviewing a proposal that would allow STARS to accept the handoff on departure flight plans already handed off to the center. Stakeholders also finalized work on a software change for C90 overflights. MSAW/CA Board The Board reviewed a report from ARCON regarding conflict alert incident reported by PBI. In this case two tracks were in close proximity and conflict alert did not alarm. ARCON is proposing a change to algorithm but that may increase nuisance alarms. The