1. NESDIS MANAGEMENT REPORT TO THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP (TWG) DECEMBER 5, 2008

2. 2 DCS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES UPDATES ON ALL OUR ONGOING PROJECTS OTHER INFORMATION HELPFUL TO USERS ALL ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED WORKS IN PROGRESS QUESTIONS WELCOME USER INPUT ESSENTIAL

3. 3 DCS STEERING GROUP § DSG ESTABLISHED IN 2007 §COMPRISED OF MANAGEMENT LEVEL OF ALL 3 OFFICES INVOLVED IN GOES DCS ACTIVITIES §PRIMARY PURPOSE TO APPROVE FORWARD PLANNING, COORDINATE ACROSS 3 OFFICES, AND KEEP NOAA MANAGEMENT INFORMED OF GOES DCS ACTIVITIES §BRIEFED ON ALL ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF GOES DCS BY PROGRAM MANAGER §PRESENTED WITH STRATEGIC PLAN AND CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR APPROVAL

4. 4 DADDS/DAPS REPLACEMENT § DADDS ACCEPTED BY OFFICE OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (OSD) §BEING USED AT WALLOPS AS BACKUP DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM §DATABASE CAPABILITIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT §FORMALLY DESIGNATED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR DAPS

5. 5 100/300 AUTO DETECT §FULLY OPERATIONAL AND SUCCESSFUL §BEING USED TO ASSIST WITH HDR TRANSITION §HELPS IN CASES WHERE A CHANNEL HAS SMALL NUMBER OF TRANSMITTERS THAT CAN NOT BE MOVED §PLAN TO USE ONLY FOR SHORT TERM §GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE ALL 100 BPS CHANNELS, SO NOT AVAILABLE FOR PERMANENT USE

6. 6 NSOF DADDS BACKUP § SYSTEM INSTALLED AT NSOF §RECEIVING DATA FOR BOTH EAST AND WEST –STORING APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS OF DATA §NO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL YET §CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS COMPLETED FOR DSG APPROVAL §NO DATE ON SCHEDULE §NESDIS DEFERRING UNTIL AFTER DADDS DELIVERY COMPLETE

7. 7 DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM CONTROL (DCPC) §STIWG MET TO DISCUSS ACTIONS REQUIRED BY USERS AND NOAA TO CONTINUE §SUTRON WILL BE PRESENTING UPDATE AT THIS MEETING §STIWG AGREED TO CONTINUE WITH DEVELOPMENT

8. 8 V.2 CERTIFICATION STANDARDS § COMPLETED BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH VENDORS §PLAN TO FINALIZE EARLY 2009 §FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE NOT REQUIRED §IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE DEPENDANT UPON NOAA’S READINESS TO CERTIFY TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVE DATA –DEPENDANT UPON FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT CYCLE ANTICIPATED LOW COST, SHORT DEVELOPMENT §WARREN DORSEY ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE NOAA REQUIREMENTS

9. 9 NARROW BAND TRANSMITTERS § DEPENDANT UPON V2. CERTIFICATION STANDARDS COMPLETION §TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR DEPLOYMENT DEVELOPED §NO CHANGES REQUIRED BY USERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS §MOST MANUFACTURERS BELIEVE CHANGES WILL BE MADE IN SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL TRANSMITTERS

10. 10 EDDN/USGS AGREEMENT §USGS DEVELOPED DISTRIBUTION BACKUP §NOAA AND STIWG MEMBERS PROVIDED SOME FUNDING, WITH USGS BEARING MOST OF COSTS §USGS AGREES TO OPEN TO ALL USERS OF NOAA SYSTEM §NOAA TO PROVIDE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES (REGISTERING USERS) §NOAA AND USGS TO DEVELOP AN MOU FOR COOPERATION IN EARLY 2009 §EDDN PRESENTATION ON SATURDAY

11. 11 LRGS ACCOUNTS § LRGS ANONYMOUS LOGIN USING ID “TESTUSER” DISABLED §VIOLATION OF NOAA SECURITY RULES §NOTIFICATIONS TO USERS SENT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES §NOTICES PLACED ON WEBSITE §IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE LRGS AND DO NOT HAVE A USERID, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL ASKING FOR AN LRGS ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD

12. 12 DIAL IN LINES §IS ANYONE USING THE DIAL IN LINES? §CAN WE DISCONTINUE? §SEVERAL TYPES OF INTERNET ACCESS AVAILABLE §DISTRIBUTION BY DOMSAT AND LRIT

13. 13 ONLINE SYSTEM USE AGREEMENT § SYSTEM COMPLETED –BASED ON ARGOS SYSTEM USE AGREEMENT PROCESS §TESTED AND ACCEPTED FALL 2007 §SEEKING TO IDENTIFY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT §STILL FEW GLITCHES AT OPERATING SYSTEM LEVEL IN FORWARDING EMAILS REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL PROCESS §REMOVED FROM WEB PAGE UNTIL REPAIRED §PDF WRITABLE SUA AVAILABLE –FILL IN AND EMAIL

14. 14 USER NOTIFICATIONS § EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LISTS CUMBERSOME TO MAINTAIN §FOCUS IS NOW BEING GIVEN TO POST MORE INFORMATION ON WEB PAGES §OPERATIONAL NOTICES PAGE ADDED TO HTTP://DCS.NOAA.GOV (WALLOPS) PAGE HTTP://DCS.NOAA.GOV –NEAR REAL-TIME NOTICES OF EVENTS THAT MAY IMPACT OPERATIONS OUTAGES PLANNED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE §MEETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS POSTED ON HTTP://NOAASIS.NOAA.GOV/DCS PAGE HTTP://NOAASIS.NOAA.GOV/DCS §PLEASE PLAN TO CHECK THESE PAGES REGULARLY

15. 15 INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS § COMMITTEE ON GEOSTATIONARY METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES (CGMS) HAS OVERSIGHT §LOW USAGE OF CHANNELS §CGMS VOTED TO DISTRIBUTE MOST CHANNELS TO AGENCIES §NOAA RECEIVED 11 3 KHZ CHANNELS (22 1.5 KHZ CHANNELS) §SOME ALREADY COMMITTED FOR TSUNAMI USE §WILL PLAN HOW TO USE EARLY IN 2009

16. 16 USER SERVICES CHALLENGES § THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS FOR NEW ASSIGNMENTS BEING RECEIVED (OR CHANGED ASSIGNMENTS FOR HDR CONVERSION) –LETECIA COMPLETED 6000 LAST YEAR §LOSS OF CONTRACTOR SUPPORT FOR PROBLEM ANALYSIS IN DCS MANAGER’S OFFICE –HOPE TO REPLACE IN FEBRUARY 2009 §ADDED ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN MONITORING CHANNELS TO CONVERT TO HDR, MOVE USERS TO CLEAR CHANNELS, ETC… BE PATIENT! GIVE PLENTY OF NOTICE FOR REQUESTS! Send requests to goes.dcs@noaa.gov