**FAAXX013: Automated Surface Observing System / Automated Weather
Observing System (ASOS/AWOS)**

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  **Exhibit 300: Part I: Summary Information and Justification (All
  Capital Assets)**

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  **I.A. Overview**                   

                                      

  **1. Date of Submission:**          9/11/2006

  **2. Agency:**                      Department of Transportation

  **3. Bureau:**                      Federal Aviation Administration

  **4. Name of this Capital Asset:**  FAAXX013: Automated Surface
                                      Observing System / Automated
                                      Weather Observing System
                                      (ASOS/AWOS)

  **5. Unique Project (Investment)    021-12-01-21-01-1030-00
  Identifier: (For IT investment      
  only, see section 53. For all       
  other, use agency ID system.)**     

  **6. What kind of investment will   Mixed Life Cycle
  this be in FY2008? (Please NOTE:    
  Investments moving to O&M ONLY in   
  FY2008, with Planning/Acquisition   
  activities prior to FY2008 should   
  not select O&M. These investments   
  should indicate their current       
  status.)**                          

  **7. What was the first budget year FY2001 or earlier
  this investment was submitted to    
  OMB?**                              

  **8. Provide a brief summary and    
  justification for this investment,  
  including a brief description of    
  how this closes in part or in whole 
  an identified agency performance    
  gap:**                              

  Aviation Surface Weather            
  Observation Network (ASWON), a      
  collection of weather equipment     
  that supports the FAA and National  
  Weather Service (NWS) modernization 
  by automating surface weather       
  observations. ASWONs role is to     
  provide timely and accurate surface 
  weather conditions to pilots, air   
  traffic controllers, other aviation 
  users, and the national weather     
  data network. It provides weather   
  information at approximately 800    
  facilities and over the internet.   
  It consists of 8 projects:          
  In-service: ASOS Pre-Planned        
  Product Improvement (ASOS P3I),     
  Automated Weather Sensor System     
  (AWSS), Stand-Alone Weather Sensors 
  (SAWS) Steady State: Automated      
  Weather Observing System (AWOS),    
  Automated Surface Observing System  
  (ASOS), ASOS/AWOS Data Acquisition  
  System (ADAS), Model F420           
  anemometer (F420), Digital          
  Altimeter Setting Indicator (DASI)  
  barometer (These have been included 
  in table II.C.9) ASWON fills        
  several performance gaps: 1)The     
  automated weather equipment is a    
  cost-beneficial alternative to      
  human weather observers (HWO). The  
  20 year cost of the automated       
  systems is \$900K versus \$3        
  million for HWOs. 2)ASOS, AWOS, and 
  AWSS provide wind speed, direction, 
  & gusts; altimeter; visibility;     
  cloud height & type; precipitation  
  identification; temperature; and    
  dew point. ASOS P3I will implement  
  5 upgrades to ASOS: processor, dew  
  point sensor, ice-free wind sensor, 
  enhanced precipitation identifier,  
  and ceilometer. 3)SAWS, a backup to 
  ASOS at service Level C facilities, 
  provides temperature, dew point,    
  altimeter, wind speed, direction &  
  gusts. SAWS can be used as a        
  replacement for the F420 and DASI.  
  4) ADAS disseminates the weather    
  information so more users have      
  access to the information and       
  increases the accuracy of local,    
  regional, and national forecasts.   
  ADAS connects ASOS, AWSS, and AWOS; 
  to the National Aviation Data       
  Information Network (NADIN). ASWON  
  requested a rebaseline decision     
  from the Joint Resources Council    
  (JRC) due to large EVM cost and     
  schedule variances that grew due to 
  funding cuts in the last 3 fiscal   
  years. In preparation of the JRC    
  decision, alternatives analyses     
  were performed on the ASOS P3I      
  program. (See Section II.A) ASWON   
  received JRC approval on the        
  rebaseline decision on 6/29/06. In  
  accordance with this decision, the  
  SAWS and AWSS projects will be      
  completed in FY06, ASOS P3I will be 
  completed in FY12. Additionally,    
  the JRC approved the removal of the 
  ACE,ACE-IDS,SAIDS, and DSU projects 
  from ASWON.                         

  **9. Did the Agency\'s              Yes
  Executive/Investment Committee      
  approve this request?**             

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what was the    6/29/2006
  date of this approval?**            

  **10. Did the Project Manager       Yes
  review this Exhibit?**              

  **11. Contact information of        
  Project Manager?**                  

  **Name**                            

                                      

  **Phone Number**                    

  **Email**                           

  **12. Has the agency developed      Yes
  and/or promoted cost effective,     
  energy efficient and                
  environmentally sustainable         
  techniques or practices for this    
  project.**                          

  **   a. Will this investment        Yes
  include electronic assets           
  (including computers)?**            

  **   b. Is this investment for new  No
  construction or major retrofit of a 
  Federal building or facility?       
  (answer applicable to non-IT assets 
  only)**                             

  **      1. If \"yes,\" is an ESPC   
  or UESC being used to help fund     
  this investment?**                  

  **      2. If \"yes,\" will this    
  investment meet sustainable design  
  principles?**                       

  **      3. If \"yes,\" is it         
  designed to be 30% more energy      
  efficient than relevant code?**     

  **13. Does this investment support  No
  one of the PMA initiatives?**       

  **   If \"yes,\" check all that     
  apply:**                            

  **   13a. Briefly describe how this  
  asset directly supports the         
  identified initiative(s)?**         

  **14. Does this investment support  Yes
  a program assessed using the        
  Program Assessment Rating Tool      
  (PART)? (For more information about 
  the PART, visit                     
  www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part.)**     

  **   a. If \"yes,\" does this       Yes
  investment address a weakness found 
  during the PART review?**           

  **   b. If \"yes,\" what is the     FAA Air Traffic Services
  name of the PART program assessed   
  by OMB\'s Program Assessment Rating 
  Tool?**                             

  **   c. If \"yes,\" what PART       Adequate
  rating did it receive?**            

  **15. Is this investment for        Yes
  information technology?**           

  **If the answer to Question: \"Is   
  this investment for information     
  technology?\" was \"Yes,\" complete 
  this sub-section. If the answer is  
  \"No,\" do not answer this          
  sub-section.**                      

  **For information technology        
  investments only:**                 

  **16. What is the level of the IT   Level 1
  Project? (per CIO Council PM        
  Guidance)**                         

  **17. What project management       \(1\) Project manager has been
  qualifications does the Project     validated as qualified for this
  Manager have? (per CIO Council PM   investment
  Guidance):**                        

  **18. Is this investment identified Yes
  as \"high risk\" on the Q4 - FY     
  2006 agency high risk report (per   
  OMB\'s \"high risk\" memo)?**       

  **19. Is this a financial           No
  management system?**                

  **   a. If \"yes,\" does this       No
  investment address a FFMIA          
  compliance area?**                  

  **      1. If \"yes,\" which         
  compliance area:**                  

  **      2. If \"no,\" what does it   
  address?**                          

  **   b. If \"yes,\" please identify 
  the system name(s) and system       
  acronym(s) as reported in the most  
  recent financial systems inventory  
  update required by Circular A-11    
  section 52**                        

                                      

  **20. What is the percentage        
  breakout for the total FY2008       
  funding request for the following?  
  (This should total 100%)**          

  **Hardware**                        65.000000

  **Software**                        0.000000

  **Services**                        35.000000

  **Other**                           0.000000

  **21. If this project produces      N/A
  information dissemination products  
  for the public, are these products  
  published to the Internet in        
  conformance with OMB Memorandum     
  05-04 and included in your agency   
  inventory, schedules and            
  priorities?**                       

  **22. Contact information of        
  individual responsible for privacy  
  related questions:**                

  **Name**                            

                                      

  **Phone Number**                    

  **Title**                           

  **E-mail**                          

  **23. Are the records produced by   Yes
  this investment appropriately       
  scheduled with the National         
  Archives and Records                
  Administration\'s approval?**       
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  **I.B. Summary of Funding**                                           

                                                                        

  **Provide the total estimated life-cycle cost for this investment by  
  completing the following table. All amounts represent budget          
  authority in millions, and are rounded to three decimal places.       
  Federal personnel costs should be included only in the row designated 
  \"Government FTE Cost,\" and should be excluded from the amounts      
  shown for \"Planning,\" \"Full Acquisition,\" and                     
  \"Operation/Maintenance.\" The total estimated annual cost of the     
  investment is the sum of costs for \"Planning,\" \"Full               
  Acquisition,\" and \"Operation/Maintenance.\" For Federal buildings   
  and facilities, life-cycle costs should include long term energy,     
  environmental, decommissioning, and/or restoration costs. The costs   
  associated with the entire life-cycle of the investment should be     
  included in this report.**                                            

  **Table 1: SUMMARY OF SPENDING FOR PROJECT PHASES\                    
  (REPORTED IN MILLIONS)\                                               
  (Estimates for BY+1 and beyond are for planning purposes only and do  
  not represent budget decisions)**                                     
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                   **PY - 1\   **PY     **CY     **BY     **BY + 1 **BY + 2 **BY + 3 **BY + 4\  **Total**
                   and\        2006**   2007**   2008**   2009**   2010**   2011**   and\       
                   Earlier**                                                         Beyond**   

  Planning                                                                                      

      Budgetary    0           0        0        0        0        0        0        0          0
  Resources                                                                                     

  Acquisition                                                                                   

      Budgetary    349.5       3.5      5        5        0        0        0        0          0
  Resources                                                                                     

  Subtotal                                                                                      
  Planning &                                                                                    
  Acquisition                                                                                   

      Budgetary    349.5       3.5      5        5        0        0        0        0          0
  Resources                                                                                     

  Operations &                                                                                  
  Maintenance                                                                                   

      Budgetary    82          19.4     29.5     30.3     0        0        0        0          0
  Resources                                                                                     

  TOTAL                                                                                         

      Budgetary    431.5       22.9     34.5     35.3     0        0        0        0          0
  Resources                                                                                     

  Government FTE                                                                                
  Costs                                                                                         

    Budgetary      28.5        2.4      2.2      2.3      0        0        0        0          0
  Resources                                                                                     

  Number of FTE    180         10       10       10       0        0        0        0          0
  represented by                                                                                
  Costs:                                                                                        
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  **Note: For the cross-agency        
  investments, this table should      
  include all funding (both managing  
  partner and partner agencies).      
  Government FTE Costs should not be  
  included as part of the TOTAL       
  represented.**                      

                                      

  **2. Will this project require the  No
  agency to hire additional FTE\'s?** 

  **   a. If \"yes,\" How many and in  
  what year?**                        

                                      
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  **I.C. Acquisition/Contract         
  Strategy**                          

                                      

  **2. If earned value is not         
  required or will not be a contract  
  requirement for any of the          
  contracts or task orders above,     
  explain why:**                      

  The ASOS P3I Inter Agency Agreement 
  (IA) (FAA/NWS) was signed in June   
  2006. The ASOS P3I contract is led  
  and managed by the National Weather 
  Service. Even though the FAA does   
  not manage the ASOS P3I contract,   
  EVM implementation using FAA        
  approved compliance criteria        
  aligned with the current ANSI/EIA   
  748 is implemented. The ASWON EVM   
  Plan of Actions and Milestones      
  (POAM) is specific in detail to     
  help the ASWON program manager      
  effectively and efficiently         
  implement an EVM process to enable  
  the program to establish EVM        
  practices that improve their        
  program management capabilities in  
  compliance with the FAA AMS and     
  ANSI/\'EIA 748A Standard. The       
  accomplishment of the ASOS P3I EVM  
  POAM activities will result in the  
  ASWON program team creating a       
  program management system that      
  supports the implementation of EVM  
  in compliance with the standards    
  and in accordance with FAA          
  requirements. After the program     
  implements its EVMS, the FAA Focal  
  Point will validate the ASOS P3I    
  EVMS capability. Progress against   
  the EVM action plan has been        
  monitored quarterly by the FAA VMO. 
  The implementation is planned to be 
  completed in 2006, with EVM reports 
  being provided thereafter. Earn     
  Value Management (EVM) was not      
  imposed on the British Aerospace    
  Systems (BAE) and the Engineering   
  Support Services Area (ESSA)        
  contracts since these are           
  engineering support services        
  contracts. However, tools that      
  resemble a traditional Earn Value   
  Management (EVM) technique have     
  been self imposed on these programs 
  since August 2004. All the useful   
  segments reported are reviewed and  
  reported on a monthly basis, using  
  American National Standards         
  Institute (ANSI)/Electronic         
  Industries Alliance (EIA) Standard  
  748-A criteria. A monthly Budgeted  
  Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) plot  
  was established for each useful     
  segment at the start of FY07, while 
  cost Actual Cost of Work Performed  
  (ACWP) and performance Budgeted     
  Cost of Work Performed (BCWP)       
  measures are taken on a monthly     
  basis. Note 1: The stated \$114M is 
  under an umbrella contract that     
  provided Management Support for all 
  other programs within ATO-T. Only   
  \$5.4M is incurred under the ASWON. 
  Note2: The stated \$3.037M is under 
  an umbrella contract that provided  
  Management Support for all other    
  programs within ATO-T. Only \$.35M  
  is incurred under the ASWON.        
  Although the current overall ASWON  
  Program assessment is RED, the      
  Program is currently improving its  
  EVM/FAA compliancy. In recent       
  months, ASWON has participated in   
  two of the required five EVM        
  checkpoint as                       

  **3. Do the contracts ensure        N/A
  Section 508 compliance?**           

  **   a. Explain why:**              In accordance with the FAA\'s
                                      Section 508 Procurement Operating
                                      Procedures, none of the Section 508
                                      standards apply to ASWON. All ASWON
                                      contracts predate the 21 June 2001
                                      effective date for Section 508
                                      compliance.

  **4. Is there an acquisition plan   Yes
  which has been approved in          
  accordance with agency              
  requirements?**                     

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what is the     6/29/2006
  date?**                             

  **   b. If \"no,\" will an           
  acquisition plan be developed?**    

  **      1. If \"no,\" briefly        
  explain why:**                      
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  **I.D. Performance Information**                                      

                                                                        

  **In order to successfully address this area of the exhibit 300,      
  performance goals must be provided for the agency and be linked to    
  the annual performance plan. The investment must discuss the          
  agency\'s mission and strategic goals, and performance measures must  
  be provided. These goals need to map to the gap in the agency\'s      
  strategic goals and objectives this investment is designed to fill.   
  They are the internal and external performance benefits this          
  investment is expected to deliver to the agency (e.g., improve        
  efficiency by 60 percent, increase citizen participation by 300       
  percent a year to achieve an overall citizen participation rate of 75 
  percent by FY 2xxx, etc.). The goals must be clearly measurable       
  investment outcomes, and if applicable, investment outputs. They do   
  not include the completion date of the module, milestones, or         
  investment, or general goals, such as, significant, better, improved  
  that do not have a quantitative or qualitative measure.**             

  **Agencies must use Table 1 below for reporting performance goals and 
  measures for all non-IT investments and for existing IT investments   
  that were initiated prior to FY 2005. The table can be extended to    
  include measures for years beyond FY 2006.**                          

                                                                        

  **Performance Information Table 1:**                                  
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  **Fiscal   **Strategic Goal(s)      **Performance   **Actual/baseline   **Planned      **Performance
  Year**     Supported**              Measure**       (from Previous      Performance    Metric Results
                                                      Year)**             Metric         (Actual)**
                                                                          (Target)**     

  2003       DOT Goal/ Safety:        Number of       11 Service Level    270 Air        33 ATC towers
             Reduction in             Service Level   \"C\" Air Traffic   Traffic        out of 59 (59
             transportation-related   \"C\" ATC       Control (ATC)       Control        %) as of
             deaths; Reduction in     facilities      facilities          Facilities to  09/30/04 have a
             transportation-related   having          requiring backup    obtain         backup
             injuries. By 2008,       automated       automated surface   automated      automated
             reduce commercial        surface weather weather observation surface        surface weather
             aviation fatal accidents observation     have the capability weather        observation
             to 0.01 per 100 thousand capabilities                        observation    capability
             departures; and reduce                                       backup         
             general aviation fatal                                       capabilities   
             accidents to 325.F                                                          

  2003       DOT Goal:                SAWS            Backup automated    SAWS           SAWS
             Mobility/Increased       availability    surface weather     availability   availability
             reliability throughout   rate            observation         should not     was 99.925% for
             the system: By 2008,                     provided by SAWS    fall below 99% the period
             increase the percent of                  has an availability                10/02 through
             flights arriving on time                 of 99%                             09/03
             to 83.64 percent. FAA                                                       
             Goal /Increase Capacity                                                     
             / Obj.1: Increase                                                           
             airport capacity/Target:                                                    
             Sustain operational                                                         
             availability at 99%                                                         

  2003       DOT Goal:                ACE-IDS         ACE-IDS has an      ACE-IDS        ACE-IDS
             Mobility/Increased       availability    availability rate   availability   availability
             reliability throughout   rate            of 99%              should not     was 99.5% for
             the system: By 2008,                                         fall below 99% the period
             increase the percent of                                                     10/02 through
             flights arriving on time                                                    09/04
             to 83.64 percent. FAA                                                       
             Goal/Increase                                                               
             Capacity/Obj.1: Increase                                                    
             airport capacity/Target:                                                    
             Sustain operational                                                         
             availability at 99%                                                         

  2003       DOT Goal:                ASOS            Automated weather   ASOS           ASOS
             Mobility/Increased       availability    observation         availability   availability
             reliability throughout   rate            provided by ASOS at does not fall  was 98.6% for
             the system: By 2008,                     571 sites has an    below 98.0%    the period
             increase the percent of                  availability of                    10/02 through
             flights arriving on time                 98.0%                              09/03.
             to 83.64 percent. FAA                                                       
             Goal/Increase                                                               
             Capacity/Obj.1: Increase                                                    
             airport capacity/Target:                                                    
             sustain operational                                                         
             availability at 99%.                                                        

  2004       DOT Goal:                Number of       33 Service Level    270 Air        65 ATC towers
             Mobility/Increased       Service Level   \"C\" Air Traffic   Traffic        out of 270 as
             reliability throughout   \"C\" ATC       Control (ATC)       Control        of 09/30/05
             the system: By 2008,     facilities      facilities          Facilities to  have an
             increase the percent of  having          requiring automated obtain         automated
             flights arriving on time automated       surface weather     automated      surface weather
             to 83.64 percent. FAA    surface weather observation have    surface        observation
             Goal/Increase Capacity/  observation     the capability      weather        capability
             Obj.1: Increase airport  capabilities                        observation    
             capacity/Target: Sustain                                     backup         
             operation availability                                       capabilities   
             at 99%.                                                                     

  2004       DOT Goal:                SAWS            Backup automated    SAWS           SAWS
             Mobility/Increased       availability    surface weather     availability   availability
             reliability throughout   rate            observation         should not     was 99.925%
             the system: By 2008,                     provided by SAWS    fall below 99% through 09/04.
             increase the percent of                  has an availability                
             flights arriving on time                 of 99%                             
             to 83.64 percent. FAA                                                       
             Goal/Increase                                                               
             Capacity/Obj.1: Increase                                                    
             airport capacity/Target:                                                    
             Sustain operation                                                           
             availability at 99%.                                                        

  2004       DOT Goal:                Increase        65 planned Air      25 Air Traffic 90 ATC
             Mobility/Increased       ACE-IDS weather Traffic Control     Control        facilities have
             reliability throughout   reporting to    (ATC) facilities    Facilities     the ACE-IDS
             the system: By 2008,     100%            have the weather    with ACE-IDS   weather
             increase the percent of                  reporting           weather        reporting
             flights arriving on time                 capability provided reporting      capability
             to 83.64 percent. FAA                    by ACE-IDS          capabilities   
             Goal/Increase                                                               
             Capacity/Obj.1: Increase                                                    
             airport capacity/Target:                                                    
             Sustain operation                                                           
             availability at 99%.                                                        
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  **All new IT investments initiated for FY 2005 and beyond must use    
  Table 2 and are required to use the Federal Enterprise Architecture   
  (FEA) Performance Reference Model (PRM). Please use Table 2 and the   
  PRM to identify the performance information pertaining to this major  
  IT investment. Map all Measurement Indicators to the corresponding    
  \"Measurement Area\" and \"Measurement Grouping\" identified in the   
  PRM. There should be at least one Measurement Indicator for at least  
  four different Measurement Areas (for each fiscal year). The PRM is   
  available at www.egov.gov.**                                          

  **Performance Information Table 2:**                                  
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  **Fiscal   **Measurement   **Measurement    **Measurement    **Measurement     **Baseline**         **Planned        **Actual
  Year**     Area**          Category**       Grouping**       Indicator**                            Improvement to   Results**
                                                                                                      the Baseline**   

  2005       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer Impact  Customer Burden   Baseline in 1Q05 for Reduce delays by Weather delays
             Results                          or Burden        or Impact /       FY02-FY04 the delays 2% in marginal   are 1% of
                                                               weather-related   associated with      weather          total aviation
                                                               delays (# of      marginal weather     conditions from  operations.
                                                               delayed flights)  conditions           improved         
                                                                                                      precipitation    
                                                                                                      and wind         
                                                                                                      accuracy         

  2005       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Increase Capacity Requirement for ASOS Increase to      99.4%
             Business                         Transportation   / Weather data    Availability = 99%   99.1%            
             Results                                           availability                                            

  2005       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Implement weather Ability to detect    Implement        Only detection
             Business                         Transportation   condition         rain and snow is     detection of     of rain and
             Results                                           detection of      available            drizzle,         snow has been
                                                               drizzle and ice                        freezing         implemented to
                                                               pellets                                drizzle, and ice date.
                                                                                                      pellets          

  2005       Mission and     Transportation   Air              \# of ASOSs with  Wind measurement is  Improve wind     Duplication of
             Business                         Transportation   3 second wind     a 5-sec average      measurement to   measurement
             Results                                           averaging         which is not         3-second average indicator.
                                                                                 compliant with World to be compliant  This has been
                                                                                 Meteorological       with World       deleted.
                                                                                 Organization (WMO)   Meteorological   
                                                                                 standard of 3-second Organization     
                                                                                 average              standards        

  2005       Processes and   Cycle Time and   Cycle Time       Data Reliability  Install 120          At a minimum of  101 SAWS
             Activities      Resource Time                     and Quality       SAWS-equipped        51 of all        commissioned
                                                               (replace aging    facilities.          SAWS-equipped    to date.
                                                               F420 wind                              facilities, AT   Providing a
                                                               sensors)                               managers will    back up
                                                                                                      assign SAWS as   capability to
                                                                                                      the              ASOS at those
                                                                                                      controllers\'    sites.
                                                                                                      primary source   
                                                                                                      of operational   
                                                                                                      winds and        
                                                                                                      altimeter        
                                                                                                      setting data.    

  2005       Processes and   Management and   Compliance       Compliance (# of  Wind measurement is  Improve wind     101 of 571 ice
             Activities      Innovation                        ASOS with 3       a 5-sec average      measurement      free wind
                                                               second wind                            accuracy by      sensors have
                                                               averaging)                             upgrading to     been
                                                                                                      sensor that      installed.
                                                                                                      takes 3-second   
                                                                                                      average          

  2005       Processes and   Productivity and Efficiency       \# of displays    Current              Reduce           No longer an
             Activities      Efficiency                        used per          multi-display ATC    complexity by    ASWON goal due
                                                               controller per    work station         one display      to the
                                                               operator position                      monitor by       Rebaseline
                                                                                                      routing WARP     that JRC
                                                                                                      data to ACE-IDS  approved on
                                                                                                      display          6/29/06..

  2005       Processes and   Productivity and Productivity     Productivity      At Service Level C   At SAWS-equipped 101 SAWS
             Activities      Efficiency                        (reduced air      facilities, air      facilities,      commissioned
                                                               traffic           traffic controllers  reduce the       to date,
                                                               controller labor  augment surface      instances of     providing an
                                                               to augment ASOS)  weather observations controller       automated back
                                                                                 provided by ASOS.    failure to       up capability
                                                                                                      perform manual   to ASOS at
                                                                                                      augmentation of  those sites
                                                                                                      missing ASOS     and thus
                                                                                                      sensor data to   reducing air
                                                                                                      fewer than 5%.   traffic
                                                                                                                       controller
                                                                                                                       labor.

  2005       Technology      Financial        Operations and   Operations and    \$1313 per dew point Reduce           Achieved
                             (Technology)     Maintenance      Maintenance Costs sensor per year to   maintenance      maintenance
                                              Costs                              maintain             costs to: \$150  costs of dew
                                                                                                      per dew point    point sensors
                                                                                                      sensor per year  per year.

  2005       Technology      Financial        Operations and   Operations and    \$6.5M per year of   Through          No longer an
                             (Technology)     Maintenance      Maintenance Costs telecommunications   introduction of  ASWON goal due
                                              Costs                              services used        ACE-IDS network, to the
                                                                                 NAS-wide to          realize an       Rebaseline
                                                                                 distribute data to   overall savings  that JRC
                                                                                 remotely located     of \$4 million   approved on
                                                                                 display heads that   in FY05          6/29/06.
                                                                                 are addressable by                    
                                                                                 ACE-IDS                               

  2005       Technology      Reliability and  Availability     System            Backup automated     Do not fall      99.7%
                             Availability                      Availability      surface weather      below SAWS       
                                                                                 observation provided availability of  
                                                                                 by SAWS has an       99%.             
                                                                                 availability of 99%                   

  2006       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer Impact  Customer Burden   Baseline in 1Q05 for Reduce delays by The results
             Results                          or Burden        or Impact /       FY02-FY04 the delays 2% in marginal   for this
                                                               weather-related   associated with      weather          performance
                                                               delays (# of      marginal weather     conditions from  measure will
                                                               delayed flights)  conditions           improved         be Avail-able
                                                                                                      precipitation    Oct07
                                                                                                      and wind         
                                                                                                      accuracy.        

  2006       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Increase Capacity Requirement for      Sustain increase The results
             Business                         Transportation   / Weather data    Availability = 99%   to 99.1%         for this
             Results                                           availability                                            performance
                                                                                                                       measure will
                                                                                                                       be available
                                                                                                                       Oct 07.

  2006       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Implement weather Ability to detect    Implement        Only detection
             Business                         Transportation   condition         rain and snow is     detection of     of rain and
             Results                                           detection of      available            drizzle,         snow has been
                                                               drizzle, freezing                      freezing         implemented to
                                                               drizzle, and ice                       drizzle, and ice date.
                                                               pellets                                pellets          

  2006       Processes and   Cycle Time and   Cycle Time       Data Reliability  Install 120          At a minimum of  The results
             Activities      Resource Time                     and Quality       SAWS-equipped        51 SAWS-equipped for this
                                                               (replace aging    facilities.          facilities, AT   performance
                                                               F420 wind                              managers will    measure will
                                                               sensors)                               assign SAWS as   be available
                                                                                                      the              Oct 07.
                                                                                                      controllers\'    
                                                                                                      primary source   
                                                                                                      of operational   
                                                                                                      winds and        
                                                                                                      altimeter        
                                                                                                      setting data.    

  2006       Processes and   Management and   Compliance       Compliance        Wind measurement is  Improve wind     The results
             Activities      Innovation                                          a 5-sec average      measurement      for this
                                                                                                      accuracy by      performance
                                                                                                      upgrading to     measure will
                                                                                                      sensor that      be available
                                                                                                      takes 3-second   Oct 07.
                                                                                                      average          

  2006       Processes and   Productivity and Efficiency       \# of displays    Current              Reduce           The results
             Activities      Efficiency                        used per          multi-display ATC    complexity by    for this
                                                               controller per    work station         one display      performance
                                                               operator position                      monitor by       measure will
                                                                                                      routing WARP     be available
                                                                                                      data to ACE-IDS  Oct 07.
                                                                                                      display          

  2006       Processes and   Productivity and Productivity     Productivity      At Service Level C   At SAWS-equipped The results
             Activities      Efficiency                                          facilities, air      facilities,      for this
                                                                                 traffic controllers  reduce the       performance
                                                                                 augment surface      instances of     measure will
                                                                                 weather observations controller       be available
                                                                                 provided by ASOS.    failure to       Oct 07.
                                                                                                      perform manual   
                                                                                                      augmentation of  
                                                                                                      missing ASOS     
                                                                                                      sensor data to   
                                                                                                      fewer than 5%.   

  2006       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$1313 per dew point Reduce           The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        sensor per year to   maintenance      for this
                                              Costs                              maintain             costs to: \$150  performance
                                                                                                      per dew point    measure will
                                                                                                      sensor per year  be available
                                                                                                                       Oct 07.

  2006       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$6.5M per year of   Through          The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        telecommunications   introduction of  for this
                                              Costs                              services used        ACE-IDS network, performance
                                                                                 NAS-wide to          realize an       measure will
                                                                                 distribute data to   overall savings  be available
                                                                                 remotely located     of \$4 million   Oct 07.
                                                                                 display heads that   in FY05          
                                                                                 are addressable by                    
                                                                                 ACE-IDS                               

  2006       Technology      Reliability and  Availability     Availability      Backup automated     Do not fall      The results
                             Availability                                        surface weather      below SAWS       for this
                                                                                 observation provided availability of  performance
                                                                                 by SAWS has an       99%.             measure will
                                                                                 availability of 99%                   be available
                                                                                                                       Oct 07.

  2007       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer Impact  Customer Burden   Baseline in 1Q05 for Reduce delays by The results
             Results                          or Burden        or Impact /       FY02-FY04 the delays 2% in marginal   for this
                                                               weather-related   associated with      weather          performance
                                                               delays (# of      marginal weather     conditions from  measure will
                                                               delayed flights)  conditions           improved         be Avail-able
                                                                                                      precipitation    Oct08
                                                                                                      and wind         
                                                                                                      accuracy.        

  2007       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Increase Capacity Requirement for      Increase to      The results
             Business                         Transportation   / Weather data    Availability = 99%   99.1%            for this
             Results                                           availability                                            performance
                                                                                                                       measure will
                                                                                                                       be available
                                                                                                                       Oct 08.

  2007       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Implement weather Ability to detect    Implement        The results
             Business                         Transportation   condition         rain and snow is     detection of     for this
             Results                                           detection of      available            drizzle,         performance
                                                               drizzle, freezing                      freezing         measure will
                                                               drizzle, and ice                       drizzle, and ice be Avail-able
                                                               pellets                                pellets          Oct08

  2007       Processes and   Cycle Time and   Cycle Time       Data Reliability  Install 120          At a minimum of  The results
             Activities      Resource Time                     and Quality       SAWS-equipped        51 SAWS-equipped for this
                                                               (replace aging    facilities.          facilities, AT   performance
                                                               F420 wind                              managers will    measure will
                                                               sensors)                               assign SAWS as   be available
                                                                                                      the              Oct 08.
                                                                                                      controllers\'    
                                                                                                      primary source   
                                                                                                      of operational   
                                                                                                      winds and        
                                                                                                      altimeter        
                                                                                                      setting data.    

  2007       Processes and   Management and   Compliance       Compliance        Wind measurement is  Improve wind     The results
             Activities      Innovation                                          a 5-sec average      measurement      for this
                                                                                                      accuracy by      performance
                                                                                                      upgrading to     measure will
                                                                                                      sensor that      be available
                                                                                                      takes 3-second   Oct 08.
                                                                                                      average          

  2007       Processes and   Productivity and Efficiency       \# of displays    Current              Reduce           The results
             Activities      Efficiency                        used per          multi-display ATC    complexity by    for this
                                                               controller per    work station         one display      performance
                                                               operator position                      monitor by       measure will
                                                                                                      routing WARP     be available
                                                                                                      data to ACE-IDS  Oct 08.
                                                                                                      display          

  2007       Processes and   Productivity and Productivity     Productivity      At Service Level C   At SAWS-equipped The results
             Activities      Efficiency                                          facilities, air      facilities,      for this
                                                                                 traffic controllers  reduce the       performance
                                                                                 augment surface      instances of     measure will
                                                                                 weather observations controller       be available
                                                                                 provided by ASOS.    failure to       Oct 08.
                                                                                                      perform manual   
                                                                                                      augmentation of  
                                                                                                      missing ASOS     
                                                                                                      sensor data to   
                                                                                                      fewer than 5%.   

  2007       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$1313 per dew point Reduce           The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        sensor per year to   maintenance      for this
                                              Costs                              maintain             costs to: \$150  performance
                                                                                                      per dew point    measure will
                                                                                                      sensor per year  be available
                                                                                                                       Oct 08.

  2007       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$6.5M per year of   Through          The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        telecommunications   introduction of  for this
                                              Costs                              services used        ACE-IDS network, performance
                                                                                 NAS-wide to          realize an       measure will
                                                                                 distribute data to   overall savings  be available
                                                                                 remotely located     of \$4 million   Oct 08.
                                                                                 display heads that   in FY05          
                                                                                 are addressable by                    
                                                                                 ACE-IDS                               

  2007       Technology      Reliability and  Availability     Availability      Backup automated     Do not fall      The results
                             Availability                                        surface weather      below SAWS       for this
                                                                                 observation provided availability of  performance
                                                                                 by SAWS has an       99%.             measure will
                                                                                 availability of 99%                   be available
                                                                                                                       Oct 08.

  2008       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer         Customer Burden   Baseline in 1Q05 for Reduce delays by The results
             Results                          Complaints       or Impact /       FY02-FY04 the delays 2% in marginal   for this
                                                               weather-related   associated with      weather          performance
                                                               delays (# of      marginal weather     conditions from  measure will
                                                               delayed flights)  conditions           improved         be Avail-able
                                                                                                      precipitation    Oct09
                                                                                                      and wind         
                                                                                                      accuracy.        

  2008       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Increase Capacity Requirement for      Increase to      The results
             Business                         Transportation   / Weather data    Availability = 99%   99.1%            for this
             Results                                           availability                                            performance
                                                                                                                       measure will
                                                                                                                       be Avail-able
                                                                                                                       Oct09

  2008       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Implement weather Ability to detect    Implement        The results
             Business                         Transportation   condition         rain and snow is     detection of     for this
             Results                                           detection of      available            drizzle,         performance
                                                               drizzle, freezing                      freezing         measure will
                                                               drizzle, and ice                       drizzle, and ice be Avail-able
                                                               pellets                                pellets          Oct09

  2008       Processes and   Cycle Time and   Cycle Time       Data Reliability  Install 120          At a minimum of  The results
             Activities      Resource Time                     and Quality       SAWS-equipped        51 SAWS-equipped for this
                                                               (replace aging    facilities.          facilities, AT   performance
                                                               F420 wind                              managers will    measure will
                                                               sensors)                               assign SAWS as   be Avail-able
                                                                                                      the              Oct09
                                                                                                      controllers\'    
                                                                                                      primary source   
                                                                                                      of operational   
                                                                                                      winds and        
                                                                                                      altimeter        
                                                                                                      setting data.    

  2008       Processes and   Management and   Compliance       Compliance        Wind measurement is  Improve wind     The results
             Activities      Innovation                                          a 5-sec average      measurement      for this
                                                                                                      accuracy by      performance
                                                                                                      upgrading to     measure will
                                                                                                      sensor that      be Avail-able
                                                                                                      takes 3-second   Oct09
                                                                                                      average          

  2008       Processes and   Productivity and Efficiency       \# of displays    Current              Reduce           The results
             Activities      Efficiency                        used per          multi-display ATC    complexity by    for this
                                                               controller per    work station         one display      performance
                                                               operator position                      monitor by       measure will
                                                                                                      routing WARP     be Avail-able
                                                                                                      data to ACE-IDS  Oct09
                                                                                                      display          

  2008       Processes and   Productivity and Productivity     Productivity      At Service Level C   At SAWS-equipped The results
             Activities      Efficiency                                          facilities, air      facilities,      for this
                                                                                 traffic controllers  reduce the       performance
                                                                                 augment surface      instances of     measure will
                                                                                 weather observations controller       be Avail-able
                                                                                 provided by ASOS.    failure to       Oct09
                                                                                                      perform manual   
                                                                                                      augmentation of  
                                                                                                      missing ASOS     
                                                                                                      sensor data to   
                                                                                                      fewer than 5%.   

  2008       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$1313 per dew point Reduce           The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        sensor per year to   maintenance      for this
                                              Costs                              maintain             costs to: \$150  performance
                                                                                                      per dew point    measure will
                                                                                                      sensor per year  be Avail-able
                                                                                                                       Oct09

  2008       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$6.5M per year of   Through          The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        telecommunications   introduction of  for this
                                              Costs                              services used        ACE-IDS network, performance
                                                                                 NAS-wide to          realize an       measure will
                                                                                 distribute data to   overall savings  be Avail-able
                                                                                 remotely located     of \$4 million   Oct09
                                                                                 display heads that   in FY05          
                                                                                 are addressable by                    
                                                                                 ACE-IDS                               

  2008       Technology      Reliability and  Availability     Availability      Backup automated     Do not fall      The results
                             Availability                                        surface weather      below SAWS       for this
                                                                                 observation provided availability of  performance
                                                                                 by SAWS has an       99%.             measure will
                                                                                 availability of 99%                   be Avail-able
                                                                                                                       Oct09

  2009       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer         Customer Burden   Baseline in 1Q05 for Reduce delays by The results
             Results                          Complaints       or Impact /       FY02-FY04 the delays 2% in marginal   for this
                                                               weather-related   associated with      weather          performance
                                                               delays (# of      marginal weather     conditions from  measure will
                                                               delayed flights)  conditions           improved         be Avail-able
                                                                                                      precipitation    Oct10
                                                                                                      and wind         
                                                                                                      accuracy.        

  2009       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Increase Capacity Requirement for      Increase to      The results
             Business                         Transportation   / Weather data    Availability = 99%   99.1%            for this
             Results                                           availability                                            performance
                                                                                                                       measure will
                                                                                                                       be Avail-able
                                                                                                                       Oct10

  2009       Mission and     Transportation   Air              Implement weather Ability to detect    Implement        The results
             Business                         Transportation   condition         rain and snow is     detection of     for this
             Results                                           detection of      available            drizzle,         performance
                                                               drizzle, freezing                      freezing         measure will
                                                               drizzle, and ice                       drizzle, and ice be Avail-able
                                                               pellets                                pellets          Oct10

  2009       Processes and   Cycle Time and   Cycle Time       Data Reliability  Install 120          At a minimum of  The results
             Activities      Resource Time                     and Quality       SAWS-equipped        51 SAWS-equipped for this
                                                               (replace aging    facilities.          facilities, AT   performance
                                                               F420 wind                              managers will    measure will
                                                               sensors)                               assign SAWS as   be Avail-able
                                                                                                      the              Oct10
                                                                                                      controllers\'    
                                                                                                      primary source   
                                                                                                      of operational   
                                                                                                      winds and        
                                                                                                      altimeter        
                                                                                                      setting data.    

  2009       Processes and   Management and   Compliance       Compliance        Wind measurement is  Improve wind     The results
             Activities      Innovation                                          a 5-sec average      measurement      for this
                                                                                                      accuracy by      performance
                                                                                                      upgrading to     measure will
                                                                                                      sensor that      be Avail-able
                                                                                                      takes 3-second   Oct10
                                                                                                      average          

  2009       Processes and   Productivity and Efficiency       \# of displays    Current              Reduce           No longer an
             Activities      Efficiency                        used per          multi-display ATC    complexity by    ASWON goal due
                                                               controller per    work station         one display      to the
                                                               operator position                      monitor by       Rebaseline
                                                                                                      routing WARP     that JRC
                                                                                                      data to ACE-IDS  approved on
                                                                                                      display          6/29/06.

  2009       Processes and   Productivity and Productivity     Productivity      At Service Level C   At SAWS-equipped The results
             Activities      Efficiency                                          facilities, air      facilities,      for this
                                                                                 traffic controllers  reduce the       performance
                                                                                 augment surface      instances of     measure will
                                                                                 weather observations controller       be Available
                                                                                 provided by ASOS.    failure to       Oct10
                                                                                                      perform manual   
                                                                                                      augmentation of  
                                                                                                      missing ASOS     
                                                                                                      sensor data to   
                                                                                                      fewer than 5%.   

  2009       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$1313 per dew point Reduce           The results
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        sensor per year to   maintenance      for this
                                              Costs                              maintain             costs to: \$150  performance
                                                                                                      per dew point    measure will
                                                                                                      sensor per year  be Available
                                                                                                                       Oct10

  2009       Technology      Financial        Operations and   O&M Costs         \$6.5M per year of   Through          No longer an
                             (Technology)     Maintenance                        telecommunications   introduction of  ASWON goal due
                                              Costs                              services used        ACE-IDS network, to the
                                                                                 NAS-wide to          realize an       Rebaseline
                                                                                 distribute data to   overall savings  that JRC
                                                                                 remotely located     of \$4 million   approved on
                                                                                 display heads that   in FY05          6/29/06.
                                                                                 are addressable by                    
                                                                                 ACE-IDS                               

  2009       Technology      Reliability and  Availability     Availability      Backup automated     Do not fall      The results
                             Availability                                        surface weather      below SAWS       for this
                                                                                 observation provided availability of  performance
                                                                                 by SAWS has an       99%.             measure will
                                                                                 availability of 99%                   be Available
                                                                                                                       Oct10
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  **I.E. Security and Privacy**                                   

                                                                  

  **In order to successfully address this area of the business    
  case, each question below must be answered at the               
  system/application level, not at a program or agency level.     
  Systems supporting this investment on the planning and          
  operational systems security tables should match the systems on 
  the privacy table below. Systems on the Operational Security    
  Table must be included on your agency FISMA system inventory    
  and should be easily referenced in the inventory (i.e., should  
  use the same name or identifier).**                             

  **All systems supporting and/or part of this investment should  
  be included in the tables below, inclusive of both agency owned 
  systems and contractor systems. For IT investments under        
  development, security and privacy planning must proceed in      
  parallel with the development of the system/s to ensure IT      
  security and privacy requirements and costs are identified and  
  incorporated into the overall lifecycle of the system/s.**      

  **Please respond to the questions below and verify the system   
  owner took the following actions:**                             

  **1. Have the IT security costs for the system(s) been          Yes
  identified and integrated into the overall costs of the         
  investment:**                                                   

  **   a. If \"yes,\" provide the \"Percentage IT Security\" for  12.500000
  the budget year:**                                              

  **2. Is identifying and assessing security and privacy risks a  Yes
  part of the overall risk management effort for each system      
  supporting or part of this investment.**                        

                                                                  
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  **5. Have any weaknesses, not yet remediated, related to any of the Yes
  systems part of or supporting this investment been identified by    
  the agency or IG?**                                                 

  **   a. If \"yes,\" have those weaknesses been incorporated         Yes
  agency\'s plan of action and milestone process?**                   

  **6. Indicate whether an increase in IT security funding is         Yes
  requested to remediate IT security weaknesses?**                    

  **   a. If \"yes,\" specify the amount, provide a general           
  description of the weakness, and explain how the funding request    
  will remediate the weakness.**                                      

  \$200K. The weather data from the AWSS Sensors that is being        
  transmitted is not encrypted. The requested funding will be         
  utilized to rehost the Field Detection Collection Unit (FDCU)       
  hardware/software.                                                  

                                                                      

  **8. Planning & Operational Systems - Privacy Table:**              
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  -------------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Name of      **Is this a **Is there a    **Is the    **Is a      **Was a new
  System**       new         Privacy Impact  PIA         System of   or amended
                 system?**   Assessment      available   Records     SORN
                             (PIA) that      to the      Notice      published
                             covers this     public?**   (SORN)      in FY 06?**
                             system?**                   required    
                                                         for this    
                                                         system?**   

  Automated      No          No, because the No, because No          No, because
  Surface                    system does not a PIA is                the system
  Observing                  contain,        not yet                 is not a
  System (ASOS)              process, or     required to             Privacy Act
  / Automated                transmit        be                      system of
  Weather                    personal        completed               records.
  Observing                  identifying     at this                 
  System (AWOS)              information.    time.                   

  Automated      No          No, because the No, because No          No, because
  Weather Sensor             system does not a PIA is                the system
  System (AWSS)              contain,        not yet                 is not a
                             process, or     required to             Privacy Act
                             transmit        be                      system of
                             personal        completed               records.
                             identifying     at this                 
                             information.    time.                   

  Stand Alone    No          No, because the No, because No          No, because
  Weather System             system does not a PIA is                the system
  (SAWS)                     contain,        not yet                 is not a
                             process, or     required to             Privacy Act
                             transmit        be                      system of
                             personal        completed               records.
                             identifying     at this                 
                             information.    time.                   
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| **I.F. Enterprise Architecture (EA)**                             |   |
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|                                                                   |   |
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| **In order to successfully address this area of the business case |   |
| and capital asset plan you must ensure the investment is included |   |
| in the agency\'s EA and Capital Planning and Investment Control   |   |
| (CPIC) process, and is mapped to and supports the FEA. You must   |   |
| also ensure the business case demonstrates the relationship       |   |
| between the investment and the business, performance, data,       |   |
| services, application, and technology layers of the agency\'s     |   |
| EA.**                                                             |   |
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| **1. Is this investment included in your agency\'s target         | Y |
| enterprise architecture?**                                        | e |
|                                                                   | s |
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| **   a. If \"no,\" please explain why?**                          |   |
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|                                                                   |   |
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| **2. Is this investment included in the agency\'s EA Transition   | N |
| Strategy?**                                                       | o |
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| **   a. If \"yes,\" provide the investment name as identified in  |   |
| the Transition Strategy provided in the agency\'s most recent     |   |
| annual EA Assessment.**                                           |   |
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| **   b. If \"no,\" please explain why?**                          |   |
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| To effectively balance the development and management of the DOT  |   |
| Transition Strategy, the first version was scoped to include      |   |
| those investments with development activities (non O&M).          |   |
| Additionally, as the NAS Architecture was publicly available, it  |   |
| was also not fully integrated with the materials forwarded to OMB |   |
| in February 2006. However, the NAS is considered part of the DOT  |   |
| Transition Strategy and will be more fully integrated within the  |   |
| next revision. Future revisions are set to expand upon that scope |   |
| and include both steady state (O&M) investments and expanded      |   |
| linkages to the NAS Architecture. Since this FAA investment does  |   |
| not appear to be specifically mentioned within the DOT Transition |   |
| Strategy or the FAA Modernization Blueprint, please refer to the  |   |
| following public NAS websites which document the plan for the     |   |
| FAA\'s target architecture where the investment can be found as   |   |
| well as a sequencing plan showing the dependencies;               |   |
| http://www.nas-architecture.faa.gov/nas5/faq/tsd                  |   |
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|                                                                   |   |
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| **3. Service Reference Model (SRM) Table:**                       |   |
|                                                                   |   |
| **Identify the service components funded by this major IT         |   |
| investment (e.g., knowledge management, content management,       |   |
| customer relationship management, etc.). Provide this information |   |
| in the format of the following table. For detailed guidance       |   |
| regarding components, please refer to                             |   |
| http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/.**                            |   |
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  ------------ --------------- ----------- ------------ -------------- ----------- ----------- ------------ --------------
  **Agency     **Agency        **Service   **FEA SRM    **FEA SRM      **FEA       **FEA       **Internal   **BY Funding
  Component    Component       Domain**    Service      Component**    Service     Service     or External  Percentage**
  Name**       Description**               Type**                      Component   Component   Reuse?**     
                                                                       Reused      Reused                   
                                                                       Name**      UPI**                    

  Air Traffic  ATC             Back Office Data         Data Exchange                          No Reuse     10
  Control      Advisories -    Services    Management                                                       
  (ATC)        Weather                                                                                      
  Advisory     information is                                                                               
  Weather      stored and                                                                                   
  Advisory     available                                                                                    
  Capability   either                                                                                       
               automatically                                                                                
               or manually                                                                                  
               through                                                                                      
               communication                                                                                
               with ATC and                                                                                 
               other                                                                                        
               facilities. For                                                                              
               example, pilots                                                                              
               receive weather                                                                              
               advisories from                                                                              
               automated                                                                                    
               surface                                                                                      
               observing                                                                                    
               systems and                                                                                  
               other systems,                                                                               
               or from                                                                                      
               personnel at                                                                                 
               ATC facilities                                                                               
               and aircraft                                                                                 
               operations                                                                                   
               centers (AOCs).                                                                              
               Advisories                                                                                   
               provide both                                                                                 
               routine and                                                                                  
               hazardous                                                                                    
               weather                                                                                      
               information                                                                                  
               and/or flight                                                                                
               conditions, at                                                                               
               airports.                                                                                    

  Air Traffic  ATC Advisories: Digital     Knowledge    Knowledge                              No Reuse     50
  Control      Weather         Asset       Management   Capture                                             
  (ATC):       information is  Services                                                                     
  Advisory     available                                                                                    
  Weather      either                                                                                       
  Advisory     automatically                                                                                
  Capability   or manually                                                                                  
               through                                                                                      
               communication                                                                                
               with ATC and                                                                                 
               other                                                                                        
               facilities. For                                                                              
               example, pilots                                                                              
               receive weather                                                                              
               advisories from                                                                              
               ASOS and other                                                                               
               systems, ATC                                                                                 
               facilities, and                                                                              
               airline                                                                                      
               operations                                                                                   
               centers (AOCs).                                                                              
               Advisories                                                                                   
               provide both                                                                                 
               routine and                                                                                  
               hazardous                                                                                    
               weather                                                                                      
               information                                                                                  
               and/or flight                                                                                
               conditions at                                                                                
               airports or                                                                                  
               along the                                                                                    
               flight path.                                                                                 

  Air Traffic  ATC Advisories: Digital     Knowledge    Knowledge                              No Reuse     40
  Control      Weather         Asset       Management   Distribution                                        
  (ATC):       information is  Services                 and Delivery                                        
  Advisory     available                                                                                    
  Weather      either                                                                                       
  Advisory     automatically                                                                                
  Capability   or manually                                                                                  
               through                                                                                      
               communication                                                                                
               with ATC and                                                                                 
               other                                                                                        
               facilities. For                                                                              
               example, pilots                                                                              
               receive weather                                                                              
               advisories from                                                                              
               ASOS and other                                                                               
               systems, ATC                                                                                 
               facilities, and                                                                              
               airline                                                                                      
               operations                                                                                   
               centers (AOCs).                                                                              
               Advisories                                                                                   
               provide both                                                                                 
               routine and                                                                                  
               hazardous                                                                                    
               weather                                                                                      
               information                                                                                  
               and/or flight                                                                                
               conditions at                                                                                
               airports or                                                                                  
               along the                                                                                    
               flight path.                                                                                 
  ------------ --------------- ----------- ------------ -------------- ----------- ----------- ------------ --------------

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|                                                                     |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **Use existing SRM Components or identify as \"NEW\". A \"NEW\"     |   |
| component is one not already identified as a service component in   |   |
| the FEA SRM.**                                                      |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **A reused component is one being funded by another investment, but |   |
| being used by this investment. Rather than answer yes or no,        |   |
| identify the reused service component funded by the other           |   |
| investment and identify the other investment using the Unique       |   |
| Project Identifier (UPI) code from the OMB Ex 300 or Ex 53          |   |
| submission.**                                                       |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **\'Internal\' reuse is within an agency. For example, one agency   |   |
| within a department is reusing a service component provided by      |   |
| another agency within the same department. \'External\' reuse is    |   |
| one agency within a department reusing a service component provided |   |
| by another agency in another department. A good example of this is  |   |
| an E-Gov initiative service being reused by multiple organizations  |   |
| across the federal government.**                                    |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **Please provide the percentage of the BY requested funding amount  |   |
| used for each service component listed in the table. If external,   |   |
| provide the funding level transferred to another agency to pay for  |   |
| the service.**                                                      |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
|                                                                     |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **4. Technical Reference Model (TRM) Table:**                       |   |
|                                                                     |   |
| **To demonstrate how this major IT investment aligns with the FEA   |   |
| Technical Reference Model (TRM), please list the Service Areas,     |   |
| Categories, Standards, and Service Specifications supporting this   |   |
| IT investment.**                                                    |   |
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  -------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------ -----------------------
  **FEA SRM      **FEA TRM        **FEA TRM    **FEA TRM    **Service Specification
  Component**    Service Area**   Service      Service      (i.e. vendor or product
                                  Category**   Standard**   name)**

  Knowledge      Service Access   Access       Other        406 to 420 megahertz
  Capture        and Delivery     Channels     Electronic   transmission in English
                                               Channels     synthesized voice

  Knowledge      Service Access   Access       Other        406 to 420 megahertz
  Capture        and Delivery     Channels     Electronic   transmission in English
                                               Channels     synthesized voice

  Knowledge      Service Access   Access       Other        TCP/IP S2S Data
  Distribution   and Delivery     Channels     Electronic   complies with
  and Delivery                                 Channels     International Civil
                                                            Aviation Organization
                                                            (ICAO) format

  Knowledge      Service Access   Access       Other        TCP/IP S2S Data
  Distribution   and Delivery     Channels     Electronic   complies with
  and Delivery                                 Channels     International Civil
                                                            Aviation Organization
                                                            (ICAO) format

  Data Exchange  Service Access   Service      Service      Linux
                 and Delivery     Transport    Transport    

  Data Exchange  Service Platform Database /   Database     Oracle
                 and              Storage                   
                 Infrastructure                             

  Data Exchange  Service Platform Database /   Storage      None
                 and              Storage                   
                 Infrastructure                             
  -------------- ---------------- ------------ ------------ -----------------------

  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
  **Service Components identified in  
  the previous question should be     
  entered in this column. Please      
  enter multiple rows for FEA SRM     
  Components supported by multiple    
  TRM Service Specifications**        

  **In the Service Specification      
  field, Agencies should provide      
  information on the specified        
  technical standard or vendor        
  product mapped to the FEA TRM       
  Service Standard, including model   
  or version numbers, as              
  appropriate.**                      

                                      

  **5. Will the application leverage  Yes
  existing components and/or          
  applications across the Government  
  (i.e., FirstGov, Pay.Gov, etc)?**   

  **   a. If \"yes,\" please          
  describe.**                         

  The National Weather Service (NWS)  
  and The Federal Aviation            
  Administration (FAA) share the      
  costs of maintaining 571 FAA ASOS   
  systems and 313 NWS ASOS systems.   
  This investment will improve this   
  service.                            

  **6. Does this investment provide   No
  the public with access to a         
  government automated information    
  system?**                           

  **   a. If \"yes,\" does customer   No
  access require specific software    
  (e.g., a specific web browser       
  version)?**                         

  **      1. If \"yes,\" provide the   
  specific product name(s) and        
  version number(s) of the required   
  software and the date when the      
  public will be able to access this  
  investment by any software (i.e. to 
  ensure equitable and timely access  
  of government information and       
  services).**                        

                                      
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------

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  **Exhibit 300: Part II: Planning, Acquisition and Performance
  Information**

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  **II.A. Alternatives Analysis**                                  

                                                                   

  **Part II should be completed only for investments identified as 
  \"Planning\" or \"Full Acquisition,\" or \"Mixed Life-Cycle\"    
  investments in response to Question 6 in Part I, Section A       
  above.**                                                         

  **In selecting the best capital asset, you should identify and   
  consider at least three viable alternatives, in addition to the  
  current baseline, i.e., the status quo. Use OMB Circular A- 94   
  for all investments, and the Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 for IT    
  investments, to determine the criteria you should use in your    
  Benefit/Cost Analysis.**                                         

  **1. Did you conduct an alternatives analysis for this           Yes
  project?**                                                       

  **   a. If \"yes,\" provide the date the analysis was            6/1/2006
  completed?**                                                     

  **   b. If \"no,\" what is the anticipated date this analysis     
  will be completed?**                                             

  **   c. If no analysis is planned, please briefly explain why:** 
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  **II.B. Risk Management**           

                                      

  **You should have performed a risk  
  assessment during the early         
  planning and initial concept phase  
  of this investment\'s life-cycle,   
  developed a risk-adjusted           
  life-cycle cost estimate and a plan 
  to eliminate, mitigate or manage    
  risk, and be actively managing risk 
  throughout the investment\'s        
  life-cycle.**                       

  **1. Does the investment have a     Yes
  Risk Management Plan?**             

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what is the     7/1/2006
  date of the plan?**                 

  **   b. Has the Risk Management     Yes
  Plan been significantly changed     
  since last year\'s submission to    
  OMB?**                              

  **c. If \"yes,\" describe any       
  significant changes:**              

  The risk management plan has been   
  updated to reflect the rebaseline   
  decision. To implement the plan,    
  risk management meetings will be    
  conducted on a monthly basis and    
  the risks will be updated           
  accordingly. Risk management        
  process templates, process          
  definition templates, risk          
  mitigation options, interaction     
  process, and updated personnel have 
  been modified. The current risks    
  contain none that are categorized   
  as high.                            

  **2. If there currently is no plan, 
  will a plan be developed?**         

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what is the      
  planned completion date?**          

  **   b. If \"no,\" what is the      
  strategy for managing the risks?**  

                                      

  **3. Briefly describe how           
  investment risks are reflected in   
  the life cycle cost estimate and    
  investment schedule:**              

  For all ASOS P3I alternatives,      
  costs were estimated starting in    
  the year FY07 due to the            
  rebaseline. The FAA standard Work   
  Breakdown Structure (WBS) was       
  utilized to model the costs.        
  Then-Year risk-adjusted costs were  
  obtained by applying OMB and        
  FAA-approved inflation indices      
  provided in the ACE-IT cost         
  estimating model to constant-year   
  (BY06) risk-adjusted costs. The     
  risk-adjusted costs were derived by 
  using Monte Carlo simulations       
  within the Crystal Ball risk        
  analysis software, based on risk    
  ranges. The total lifecycle cost    
  without risk adjustments is         
  \$588,212.1;total lifecycle cost    
  with risk adjustment for FY07 and   
  beyond is \$622,566.3. A variety of 
  estimating methodologies were used  
  to derive costs. Under F&E, actual  
  costs for early production and      
  testing units and vendor quotes     
  provided by NWS were used to        
  estimate hardware procurement       
  costs. Based on historical sparing  
  levels for other ASOS P3I           
  components, a 10% factor was used   
  to estimate spares for the system.  
  In addition, the NWS provided an    
  estimate for installation and       
  calibration materials for each      
  site. Current FAA employee and      
  contractor support staffing levels  
  and labor rates were used to        
  generate Program Office Support     
  costs. The FAA\'s portion of Common 
  Infrastructure and Management costs 
  incurred by the NWS was based on    
  historical annual costs and         
  coordinated between the FAA and     
  NWS. There are no studies from NWS  
  that indicate potential O&M cost    
  savings due to either the EPI       
  upgrade or Ceilometer replacements. 
  Subsequently, O&M costs were        
  assumed to be identical across all  
  alternatives. The National Weather  
  Service is responsible for Site     
  Maintenance, Logistics Support,     
  Training and Second Level           
  Engineering Support of the Federal  
  ASOS systems. The FAA reimburses    
  the NWS based on a per system       
  annual cost established under the   
  Interagency Agreement. Thus,        
  In-Service Management costs were    
  limited to four WBS Elements:       
  Program Support, Logistics Support, 
  Utilities, and Telecommunications   
  Costs. FAA Program Support was      
  based on actual and anticipated     
  staffing levels provided by the     
  ATO-W NAS Support Group and         
  calculated using the standard labor 
  and benefits rates. Logistics       
  support costs were estimated using  
  the per system cost established     
  under the Interagency Agreement.    
  Engineering assessments and         
  standard cost inputs for power      
  consumption were used to estimate   
  utilities. And finally, actual      
  telecommunication costs provided by 
  FTI were used to project future     
  telecommunications costs            
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------

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  **II.C. Cost and Schedule           
  Performance**                       

                                      

  **1. Does the earned value          No
  management system meet the criteria 
  in ANSI/EIA Standard-748?**         

                                      

  **2. Answer the following questions 
  about current cumulative cost and   
  schedule performance. The numbers   
  reported below should reflect       
  current actual information. (Per    
  OMB requirements Cost/Schedule      
  Performance information should      
  include both Government and         
  Contractor Costs):**                

  **   a. What is the Planned Value   384300000\.000000
  (PV)?**                             

  **   b. What is the Earned Value    350700000\.000000
  (EV)?**                             

  **   c. What is the actual cost of  351082000\.000
  work performed (AC)?**              

  **   d. What costs are included in  Contractor and Government
  the reported Cost/Schedule          
  Performance information (Government 
  Only/Contractor Only/Both)?**       

  **   e. \"As of\" date:**           11/30/2007

  **3. What is the calculated         0.998000
  Schedule Performance Index (SPI=    
  EV/PV)?**                           

  **4. What is the schedule variance  -0.425000
  (SV = EV-PV)?**                     

  **5. What is the calculated Cost    0.999000
  Performance Index (CPI = EV/AC)?**  

  **6. What is the cost variance      -0.295000
  (CV=EV-AC)?**                       

  **7. Is the CV% or SV% greater than No
  +/- 10%? (CV%= CV/EV x 100; SV%=    
  SV/PV x 100)**                      

  **   a. If \"yes,\" was it the?**    

  **   b. If \"yes,\" explain the     
  variance:**                         

                                      

  **   c. If \"yes,\" what corrective 
  actions are being taken?**          

                                      

  **   d. What is most current        384600000\.000000
  \"Estimate at Completion\"?**       

  **8. Have any significant changes   No
  been made to the baseline during    
  the past fiscal year?**             

  **8. If \"yes,\" when was it        No
  approved by OMB?**                  

                                      
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