## FSIS Re-design

## Weekly Status -- April 15^th^, 2004

**Tasks completed this week:**

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-   Completed development and testing of issues identified in User
    Acceptance Testing and 68 pages defined as in scope for the
    extension.

-   Continued adding and approving content in the vRep tool. A total of
    1799 questions were asked from March 25 through April 15: 788
    correctly answered, 480 partially answered, and 531 unanswered.

-   Printed foam core posters for display on the FSIS bulletin board
    located on the third floor of the Whitten Building.

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-   Completed design of marketing and communications materials: web
    promos, HTML email, and postcard. Five thousand postcards and 8 foam
    core posters were printed and delivered on Thursday, April 15^th^.

-   Sent customized FSIS re-design promotional web promos to Larry
    Dusold, of FDA for posting on
    [http://www.foodsafety.gov](http://www.foodsafety.gov/) and
    <http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html>.

-   Met with members of the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline to test the
    new version of the VRCC and close out the following issues with the
    tool:

    -   Lock Error / Timeout. This is the main error users are
        encountering. When session is idle for more than 10 minutes this
        occurs.

    -   Loss of Access. This issue occurs in the following manner: user
        is logged in and working, user then executes an action such as
        save, user is kicked off, and directed to the VMS Offline page.
        However, the user can log right back on and start a new session.

    -   The system seems to slow when multiple users are interacting
        with the vRep.

    -   Spell Checking. After editing a question via the Approval tab,
        the user saves the edits and the changes are not saved because
        of a "spell check error".

    -   Some topics are grayed out and can\'t be edited in the Questions
        tab. The work-around is: when a question of this type is
        encountered, a user can unlock it by going to the new link part
        of the VMS. By clicking on the \'Cancel\' button the topic will
        be unlocked. This only seems to be happening with modified
        topics.

-   Conducted a demonstration of the re-designed Web site for Dr. Elsa
    Murano, Dr. Linda Swacina, and Carol Maczka. Received positive
    comments and no suggested changes.

-   Met with James Hughes, Linda Eckrich, and Roger Baker to discuss the
    migration procedures for launch of the re-designed site.

-   Conducted a demonstration of the re-designed Web site for Kim Taylor
    on Thursday, April 15^th^ and provided 2 FSIS re-design promotional
    web promos to be displayed on usda.gov on Tuesday, April 20.

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**Tasks for next week:**

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-   Complete content changes to freshen content on all necessary pages
    in preparation for launch on Friday, April 16^th^.

-   Meet with Dean Bramell to review content and coding standards for
    the 10 developed veterinary pages.

-   Receive delivery of 100 promotional posters on Monday, April 19^th^.
    Determine the locations where the posters will be distributed.

-   Conduct demonstrations of the re-designed Web site with Karen
    Hulebeck and Bill Smith.

-   Receive department approval for GPO printing of the 15,000 marketing
    postcards and initiate the printing process.

-   Complete Redirect Strategy document and review with Linda Eckrich.

-   Complete the migration procedures document and send for review and
    approval.

-   Complete final draft of Web site re-design promotional email and
    send to CPA for distribution to all FSIS Employees on the morning of
    Tuesday, April 20.

-   Change the display of the FSIS bulletin board to include posters of
    the front and interior of the postcard design.

-   Assist in the migration procedures to launch the re-designed Web
    site on the evening of April 19^th^.

-   Complete all technical documentation and compile the site
    maintenance manual.

-   Provide post launch support to the FSIS web team and assist with any
    issues that arise.

-   Schedule and conduct end of project debrief meeting with Sandy
    Facinoli and Linda Eckrich.

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> **Issues:**

-   Awaiting approval on sending emails to sister agencies and
    businesses to request the inclusion of a promotional image to
    promote the re-designed FSIS Web site. Emails will be sent by Keith
    Payne.

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-   The following vRep issues are open are being worked on by Verity:

    -   Content Admin user group permissions do not function. The
        workaround is to change all content admins to VRAdmins until the
        content admin user group permissions are functioning.

    -   Conversation Reader in VRCC does not function. The workaround is
        to use http://localhost:9990/Analytics/index.jsp on DEV3 until
        the conversation reader works.

    -   Certain questions are not answered even when a literal match is
        typed into the Web interface. Examples include: \"Can I eat my
        hamburger rare\" and \"How long does it take turkey to thaw in
        refrigerator\". We have found 5 questions that have this problem
        and they are only with related questions. The workaround is to
        add the related question into the tool again until a solution is
        found.

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