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# Presentation: 079935

## Using MODIS to Study Intercontinental Transport of Saharan Dust 

- Sun Wong1, Andrew E Dessler1, Peter R. Colarco2
- 1Department of Atmospheric Science, Texas A&M University
- 2Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

## August 11, 2002

**Why is understanding dust transport pathways important?**
-  Forecasting tropical cyclones
-  Chemistry, air pollution, and climate problems
-  Variation of the west African monsoon (WAM)

## Atlantic

- US

- South America

- Africa

- Dust

- Dust

## First EOF: Onset of Dust Transport Event

- C1(t)

- Ψ1(x)

- 2002

## NCEP T850  JUL 23-26

**NCEP T850  JUL 23-26**

**CARMA AOT  JUL 23-26**

## MOD08 L3 JUL 23-26

**MOD08 L3 JUL 23-26**

**CARMA AOT JUL 23-26**

## Atlantic

- US

- South America

- Africa

- Dust

## MOD08 L3, LAG 0, JUL 23-26

**MOD08 L3, LAG 0, JUL 23-26**

**LAG 3, JUL 26-29**

**LAG 5, JUL 28-31**

**CARMA,  LAG 0, JUL 23-26**

**LAG 3, JUL 26-29**

**LAG 5, JUL 28-31**

## Atlantic

- US

- South America

- Africa

- Dust

## MOD08 L3, LAG 0, SEP 5-8

**MOD08 L3, LAG 0, SEP 5-8**

**CARMA,  LAG 0, SEP 5-8**

**LAG 3, SEP 8-11**

**LAG 5, SEP 10-13**

**LAG 3, SEP 8-11**

**LAG 5, SEP 10-13**

## EOF-2: An Index for Dust Transport

## Conclusions

** **The onset and the direction of Saharan dust transport can be diagnosed by two indices obtained from EOF on the NCEP 850 hPa T field
-  Transport of Saharan dust simulated by CARMA and retrieved by MODIS show general consistency
-  EOF-2 (the transport direction) is significantly correlated (–0.5) with the daily west African monsoon index
-  AIRS T data allows us to follow the warm anomaly and agrees well with NCEP data

## Future Research

** **(EOF-1 and EOF-2): the SAL onset and evolution, the intercontinental dust transport (NCEP, AIRS, CARMA, MODIS)
-   EOF-2: The SAL evolution ~ variaton of WAM (NCEP, AIRS, CARMA, MODIS)
-   Year-to-year variation?? (multi year NCEP, AIRS, MODIS)
-   Relation to the stability in eastern Atlantic (long-term trend, influence on TC development)

## Slide 14

## CARMA (Community Aerosol and Radiation Model for Atmospheres, [Colarco et al., 2003])

** **MATCH (NCAR Model for Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry) and NCEP/NCAR provide meteorology and physics
-  Dust emissions, dry deposition, sub- and in-cloud scavenging
-  Particle size distribution: 0.1-10 μm
-  28 σ-layers from the surface to 35 km, 18 below 10 km
-  Horizontal resolution: 1.875 x 1.875
-  Time step: 1800 sec.
-  AOT: Mie Scattering, refractive index 1.50 – 0.01*i*

## EOF Eigenvalue Error Estimates

** **EOF1: 18.3%,   λ = 6.67 ± 0.85
-  EOF2: 10.5%,   λ = 3.82 ± 0.49
-  EOF3:   8.6%,   λ = 3.12 ± 0.40

## PC-2: How the SAL Evolves

- C2(t)

- Ψ2(x)
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## Tracer Subgroup Session

**Agenda**

**MLS ****N****2****O****	****Nathaniel Livesey    **
**	****Balloon, HAVE-II,  PAVE/ASUR, ****	****	****MIPAS, SMR/ODIN, ACE**
**MLS and ACE ****N****2****O****	****Kaley Walker**
**	****MLS, MANTRA (future)**
**MLS  and Odin/SMR ****N****2****O****	****Brice Barret**
**MLS ****HCN**** Validation****	****Carlos Jimenez (for Hugh Pumphrey)**

## Overview of the EOS MLS N2O Products

## Overview of the EOS MLS N2O Products

## In Situ Comparison from Balloons, September 2004.

## In Situ N2O Comparison from Aircraft, Houston AVE 2005

## MLS N2O Comparison With MIPAS

## MLS N2O Comparison with ODIN/SMR

- Brice Barret et al. Laboratoire d’Aérologie / Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France)

- Mean profiles
- Excellent agreement from 68.1 to 1 hPa
- MLS > SMR below 68.1 hPa  bias up to 60% at 147 hPa
- MLS < SMR above 68.1 hPa  10-15%

## N2O:  ACE-FTS vs. MLS

- Above 75 hPa, ACE-FTS is ~10% higher than MLS

**Lucien Froidevaux**

**Notes:**
Above ~18 km = 80 hPa; ~2 hPa = 42 km

## MLS/SMR N2O Comparison Summary

## Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen Trend Assessment (MANTRA)

**Canadian balloon mission to study the changing chemical balance of the mid-latitude stratosphere**
**vertical profiles of stratospheric species that control the mid-latitude ozone budget, along with dynamical tracers **
**Four campaigns conducted at Vanscoy, Saskatchewan    (52********N, 107********W) during turnaround**
**Late August – early September in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004**
**Suite of up to 11 instruments ****	****flown on single gondola**

## HCN (Historical Data), Carlos Jimenez and Hugh Pumphrey

## Available Correlative Data

## MLS HCN vs MK IV

## MLS HCN vs ACE

## Summary
# Presentation: 201914

## TRAC

**TRAC**

**1 Profiler**

**2 Searcher**

**3 Interviewer**

**4 Manager**

- Software for creation of supplier contract risk profile
- Single point search access software for supplier anomalies
- Interviewing software for surveillance contract risk plan generation
- System manager software

- 1

## 1 Software for creation of supplier contract risk profile: generates a semi-quantitative profile of a supplier from a risk perspective

- Software interviews project managers and others about their experience with suppliers for contract risk surveillance
- Risk profile questions verified and validated across NASA for accuracy and inclusiveness
- Generates a comprehensive list of supplier contract risk surveillance activities

- 2

## Correlates supplier contract risk surveillance activities to mission life-cycle stages

- Tests supplier contract risk surveillance activities for completeness
- Creates a matrix with profile attributes as columns & supplier contract risk surveillance activities as rows.

- 1 Software for creation of supplier contract risk profile: generates a semi-quantitative profile of a supplier from a risk perspective

- 3

## A Very Simplified Matrix Example

- 4

## 2 Search Software

- Provides single point of access from which to search and track NASA-wide supplier contract histories and anomalies
- Defines relationships between myriad of anomaly contract risk element databases across NASA
- Does not alter existing databases or duplicate data storage
- Uses single query

- 5

## 2 Search Software

- Users have access to all various NASA supplier contract risk element anomaly data repositories
- Supplier contract risk database facilitates statistical analyses of NASA-wide supplier contract risk element data for trends analyses
- Method similar to IBM Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) for software design and code used to compare and contrast the manner in which the database is semantically defined.  ODC is adapted to include hardware anomalies.

- 6

## 3 Interviewing Software

- Interviewing software suggests supplier contract risk surveillance plan to the user based on supplier contract risk profile developed by user answers to interview
- Contract surveillance risk plan is tailored based on sensitivity analysis of users risk tolerance responses in interview
- Contract surveillance risk plan incorporates input from anomaly search engine software results
- Extensive NASA-wide beta testing followed by testing of TRAC user manual and submission of training recommendations

- 7

## 4 System Manager

- System Manager Software (SMS) tests all subsystems as an integrated unit and checks for system sensitivity to user needs
- SMS coordinates all software systems for application to a specific supplier contract risk surveillance plan
- SMS insures automatic transfer of the risk profile and contract risk anomaly trend analysis as input to the supplier contract risk interviewing software
- SMS offers supplier contract risk mitigation suggestions to the user based on user report requests

- 8
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## Award-Winners Highlighted

- Office of Space Science Education and Public outreach Annual Report
- Leading the list of award-winning videos and photographs was the Blackout!
- Blackout! video developed by the IMAGE mission to illustrate the phenomenal eruptions of our Sun and their effects upon Earth.
- Blackout! earned Crystal Awards of Excellence for Video in both the Education and the Animation/Special Effects categories.
- Dr. Sten Odenwald, of RITSS at GSFC, received the AAS SPD’s annual award for Popular Writing in recognition of his popular articles on the Sun and its effects on Earth’s environment.

**FY 2000 Report**
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## Yuri very upset with noisy events screwing his analysisProvided tens of event displays with bad features
Bob sees differences between  trigger and precision  energies

Use runs around 174500

- Bob sees differences between  trigger and precision  energies
- Use runs around 174500

**Noisy ad nausea?**

**Robert Zitoun**
**Stony Brook and LAPP **
** ****Cal Meeting**
**July 15, 2003**

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

## Noisy ADC cards

- ADC cards cover 8 BLS boards/trigger tower
- CC:    0<||<1.2 × 4 lines in  (not all)
- EC: 1.2<||<4.5 × 4 lines in  (not all)

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

## How to Catch Those?

- Assumption
- coherent noise for all 384 channels read by the same ADC card
- same value in ADC counts
- Method: tag cards with
- high occupancy
- low energy per channel
- low rms among channels
- Method
- go back from E to ADC counts
- look only at EM channels (HAD have higher noise, thus zero suppressed)
- don’t consider high  cells (>3.3)
- count no of cells with energy per ADC card and compute occupancy (wrt no of EM channels)

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

## ADC Card Occupancy

- Find the occupancy for all 144 cards in the event
- Find the highest occupancy

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

## Energy in highly occupied Cards

- Compute <ADCi> and rms(ADCi) for cells in cards with (individual) occupancy > 50 %

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

## Zoo

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

**More Zoo**

- ↓  Negative cells  ↓

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003

## To be continued...

- Localization of bad “cards”
- Same patterns with recent runs
- Same pattern if 0.4<occupancy<0.5 (less pronounced)
- 	even less for   0.35<occupancy<0.4

- R. Zitoun, Stony Brook and LAPP           Cal Meeting

- July 15, 2003
# Presentation: 730499

## State Energy Program: Status and Changes8:30 to 9:45 AM

**Purpose: **
- Provide an opportunity to discuss the current status of the State Energy Program and its future direction.
**Discussion Topics:**
- Mark Bailey, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program, will present and lead a discussion on the following topics.
- SEP Business
- PVE
- Uncosteds
- Budget
- Status of Technical Services
- Reporting/Communications
- Future Direction
- EPACT
- Special Projects
- SEP Strategic Plan
- Assistant Secretary Karsner’s Vision
- State Meetings
- IPO SEP Staff Introductions
**Desired Outcome:**
- Improved understanding of the current status of the SEP and its future direction
- Identify issues that either the PMC or WIP will need to address at a later date

## Market Transformation Partnership Opportunities10:15 to 11:30 am

**Purpose: **
- How can the PMC and EERE Programs partner with the States to make EERE projects happen that assist in transforming markets?
**Discussion Topics:**
- How important is market transformation in your state?  What has worked?  What has been successful?  What state policies have been successful in transforming energy markets?  What are top areas of program interest?
- What are examples of state partnerships that have been successful?
- What role can the Office of EERE and the PMC play to assist in market transformation?
**Desired Outcome:**
- Identify areas of interest where the PMC and EERE Programs can partner with States to facilitate implementation of EERE technologies
- Determine actions and policies that are most effective in implementing EERE technologies.

## Building the New Partnerships1:00 to 4:00 pm

**Purpose: **
- How can we build successful working relationships between the PMC, the Office of EERE’s Building Technologies and Solar Energy Technologies Programs and the States?
**Discussion Topics:**
- This planning session will focus on the new Solar America Initiative and the acceptance of solar technologies, and the Building Technologies Program which works in partnership with states, industry, and manufacturers to improve the energy efficiency of our nation's buildings.
- How can EERE and the States partner with the Solar America Initiative and the Building Technologies Program to address  marketplace barriers and offer the opportunity for market expansion?
- What integration opportunities exist between the Building Technologies  and Solar Programs?  Can buildings serve as platforms for transforming the renewable energy market?
**Desired Outcome:**
- Define opportunities that exist for the Office of EERE and States to create partnerships for the Solar America Initiative and the Building Technologies Program
- Identify roles and responsibilities of the PMC, the EERE Building Technologies and Solar Technologies Programs and the States for next steps in partnership development
# Presentation: 705738

## Northeast States Residential Energy Codes Support Project 

- Presented to:  National Workshop on
- State Building Energy Codes
- Burlington,  VT - July 18, 2001
- by:  Stuart Slote, Energy Codes Project Mgr.
- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive, Lexington, MA 02421
- Phone:  (781) 860-9177  Fax:  (781) 860-9178   Web:  www.neep.org
- E-mail:  info@neep.org

## PROJECT OVERVIEW

- Training program on energy code/advanced construction techniques - builders and others
- Goal:  self-sustaining network of trainers - distribute field guides, deliver workshops on state-specifc code and efficiency programs
- Curricula coordinated with
- 	HERS, ENERGY STAR,
- 	EEBA, BUILD AMERICA

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.

## PROJECT DELIVERABLES

- State-specifc curricula
- Train-the-trainer workshops
- Multiple workshops in Northeast states
- State-specific building field guides, including multi-family component

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.

- Residential Provisions

- NY Energy Star Labeled Homes Program
- Anytown,USA
- Anydate, 2001
- Whomever
- Title
- Company

- To help understand the “How and Why” of the NYState Energy Code and How to Build Better Buildings

- Building Beyond Code For Peak
- Performance

## Goals:

- Understand Basic Building science and where the requirements come from
- Construction tips on meeting Code and Energy Star (the “Beyond”)
- “House as a System” Approach
- Reducing callbacks/Improving marketability
- Practical Ways to Implement the Code

## NEW YORK PROJECT TEAM

***NYSBA-REF - Pilot Trainings & Marketing Support***
***NYSERDA - Project Funding & Support***
***Several Regional Lumberyards - Local  Marketing & Logistical Support***
***US DOE - Initial Project Funding***
**ENERGY STAR******** *****-***** *****Project Technical Support***
***EEBA - Field Guide and Training Collaboration***
***NAIMA - Project Funding & Manufacturer Involvement***
***BOCA/ICBO - Curriculum, Training & Field Guide ***
***GDS/REA - Initial Project Management***
***BCAP - Project Design & Ongoing Project Support***
***NEEP - Project Design & Ongoing Project Management***

## VALUE of MULTI-STATE APPROACH

- Leverage state, regional and national resources for common goals
- Leverage market impact
- 	*Size of markets in:*
*	**	**NY + New England + NJ = California*

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.

## CLOSING THOUGHTS

- Multi-state approach is key to market transformation in the Northeast region
- Coordinated and joint activities can increase project effectiveness and reduce costs
- Strategic leadership, consistency and flexibility are key to multi-state approaches

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
# Presentation: 162594

## EVM Challenges in the DOE: Common Themes

**EVM Challenges in the DOE: Common Themes**

***James A. Wrisley, President***
***Performance Management Associates, Inc.***
***9070 Lakes Blvd. • West Palm Beach FL 33412 • (561) 694-1646***
***E-mail: wrisley@pmassoc.com  •  www.pmassoc.com***

**2006**
**Project**
**Management**
**Workshop**

## Common Themes

**Accruals**
- A lack of synchronization of ACWP and BCWP causes invalid cost variances and cost performance indices to be reported.
- Independent EACs are also affected
**Earned Value Techniques**
- Subjective assessment of progress tends to invalidate performance information
- If EV is overstated, fruitful analysis and forecasting capability is lost

## Project Performance Report

## Cost Performance Index

## Independent EAC No Accrual

- =   ACWP   +

- =   $102.4K   +

- =  $292.6K

- _BAC - BCWP_

- CPI Cumulative

- _$300.0K - $105.0K_

- 1.025

- IEAC

- _BAC_
- CPI

- =

## Independent EAC With Accrual

- =   ACWP   +

- =   $127.4K   +

- =  $365.2K

- _BAC - BCWP_

- CPI Cumulative

- _$300.0K - $105.0K_

- .82

- IEAC

- _BAC_
- CPI

- =

## Common Themes

**Over Reliance on CPI & SPI**
- The indices don’t tell the whole story
- Dollar magnitude not visible
- Variance/Index trend is a better indicator
-  Depending on whether the calculations include MR and/or Contingency, the results can vary widely
**Work Authorization (WA)**
- Some contractors have no internal WA

## Common Themes

**Confusion about application of EVMS to Fixed Price contracts/subcontracts**
- Federal Acquisition Regulations mandate EVMS on FFP development contracts
- EVMS data must be generated for all project resources, by either the prime or the subcontractor
- Prime must ensure availability of information required to support EV reporting

## Common Themes

**Variance Reporting**
- Thresholds for what constitutes a “reportable” variance are often undefined.
- Variance reporting often does not add value to the Federal Project Director’s  perspective of project performance.
**Management Reserve vs. Contingency**
- Neither belongs in the Performance Measurement Baseline
- All of the numbers don’t have to sum to the TEC in the resource-loaded schedule

## Common Themes

**Baseline Management**
- Baselines are often changed for the wrong reasons.
**Surveillance**
- In the absence of EVM surveillance contractors often fall into bad habits that negate the value of EVM to the FPD.
# Presentation: 609435

## Drivers Education

- Presented by: Brad Wells

- My experiences in

## Overall Experiences

## I could now officially drive.

## I could now officially drive.

- Laws
- Skills
- Practical experience
- The LICENSE
- What I did in my drivers education class will effect me for the rest of my life.

## What I Liked

## What I Liked

-  **I got my license**

**I had fun**

-  **I learned a lot of information**

-  Where did it all go?

## What I didn’t like

## What I didn’t like

- The book and material seemed out of date.
- The things presented seemed so easy for something so important.
- The way that the material was presented.

## Observations

## Observations

- Students will actually try in this class.
- This is one class that is actually popular to attend.
- Things are not the same when mom and dad are not watching.
- Habits change with the type of people we have in the car.
- Some teens think that they are immortal.

## Observations

- Some teens just do not know better.
- The “It will never happen to me” philosophy.
- Impact parents have as model drivers.
- Some don’t think the laws should apply to them, and they can get out of anything.

## What would I change?

## What would I change?

- More involved with the technological advances of today.
- Parents more involved
- Tighter enforcement of the law.
- More _Hands On_ training.
# Presentation: 532604

## Association of Government Accountants – New Orleans Chapter

***Investigating & Prosecuting Fraud & Embezzlement ***
***Jim Incaprera***
- February 28, 2008

## OVERVIEW

- HELP – I HAVE A FRAUD CASE !!
- WHO STEALS & WHY
- INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS
- COMPILING EVIDENCE
- CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS
- OBTAINING RESTITUTION
- REPORTING – INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
- TESTIFYING (DEPOSITION/TRIAL)

## WHO STEALS & WHY

- FRAUD TRIANGLE – OPPORTUNITY/FINANCIAL NEED /RATIONALIZATION
- WOULD YOU STEAL ?
- MEN VS. WOMEN STATS
- NEW VS. LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES

## HELP - I HAVE A FRAUD CASE !!

- YOU HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CEO/PRESIDENT
**YOU** HAVE A PROBLEM
- AN EMPLOYEE HAS EMBEZZLED FROM YOUR COMPANY
**YOU** ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE FACT GATHERING & RESOLUTION PROCESS

## INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS

- TAKE THE TIME TO DISCUSS YOUR PLAN WITH ALL WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTIGATION
- SET A DEFINITE SCOPE
- LIMIT WHO ASSISTS
- DISCOVERY PROCESS – REMAIN OPEN-MINDED YOU WILL FIND MORE
- REMIND ALL RE CONFIDENTIALITY

## COMPILING EVIDENCE

- PRESERVE HARD DOCUMENTS
- ACCOUNTING
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- INTERNAL AUDIT

## CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS	 

- DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST/NO BLUFFING
- UNANNOUNCED INTERVIEWS
- INCLUDE HUMAN RESOURCES
- PREPARE DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONS
- ROOM SET UP / “HOLDING TANKS”

## CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS  (CONTINUED)

- IDENTIFY & INTERVIEW ALL WITNESSES OR ACCOMPLISES FIRST
- THEN, MAIN SUSPECT (S)
- OBTAIN **WRITTEN STATEMENTS**

## OBTAINING RESTITUTION	

- YOU MUST ASK/DEMAND $’S
- 401K, IF a FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, CHECKING, SAVINGS, ETC.
- 2 FORMS OF RESTITUTION ; CO-OPERATION & DOLLARS / FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES FORMULA

## REPORTING – INTERNAL/EXTERNAL 

- “SPILLED MILK” REPORT TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT - IDENTIFY INTERNAL CONTROLS VIOLATED
- ENTERPRISE RISK MANGEMENT – IDENTIFYING ANY NEGATIVE PR RISKS AND TOTAL EXPOSURE
- RECOMMENDED GLOBAL ENHANCEMENTS
- REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
- REPORT TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT

## CONTROLS – SOFT VS. HARD

- SOFT CONTROLS -  CODE OF CONDUCT, DUAL CONTROLS, HOTLINE, ETC.
- HARD CONTROLS - PREVENTATIVE vs. DETECTIVE

## TESTIFYING (DEPOSITION/TRIAL)

- YOU ARE NEVER A TEACHER
- BE SHORT & CONCISE IN RESPONSES
- LOOK THE JURY IN THE EYE WHEN RESPONING IF A JURY TRIAL
- IF ATTY STARTS A RAPID FIRE IF QUESTIONS, SLOW DOWN YOUR RESPONSES
- DURING A DEPOSITION, TAKE BREAKS
- REQUIRE YOUR ATTORNEY TO PREP YOU
- NEVER – NEVER BRING DOCUMENTS TO TRIAL UNLESS REVIEWED BY YOUR ATTNY

## TESTIFYING (DEPOSITION/TRIAL) CONTINUED

- IF PRESENTED A DOCUMENT, TAKE TIME TO REVIEW IT
- IF A QUESTION IS UNCLEAR, ASK THE ATTNY TO REPEAT
- NEVER CREATE A RESPONSE- IF YOU DON’T KNOW, SAY IT
- IF AN “OBJECTION” OCCURS,  STOP TESTIFYING
- EXCEPT FOR YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, THE OTHER ATTORNEY(S) ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS NO MATTER HOW PLEASANT OR HOW MUCH THEY REGRET YOUR SITUATION

## QUESTIONS ?
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## Presentation of James A. Dahlto the United States Food and Drug AdministrationAnti-Counterfeit Drug Initiative and Workshop

**February 9, 2006**
**Bethesda, MD**

## Pharma Uses for RFID

**Inventory Control**
**Track and Trace**
**Product Authentication**
**Product Recalls**

## PDMA Pedigree Requirements21 USC 353(e)(1)(A)

**ID Each Prior Sale by Providing:**
**The Date of Each Transaction**
**The Name and Addresses of All Parties to the Transaction**

## FDA  Must:

**Vigorously Pursue a Stronger PDMA Through Interactions with HHS, the Administration, and Congress**
**Continue to Support New State Laws that Provide More Stringent Wholesaling Requirements**

## Database Management

**Legitimate Confidentiality Concerns**
**Management Entity Must be**
**Unbiased Third Party**
**Competent, Trusted, Respected**

## “At any given time 60% of the world’s population is awake.

**Some of them are up to no good.”**
-                                                                             MG J. F. Sattler, USMC

## Wholesale Drug Diversion

**Single Biggest Factor Contributing to Counterfeit Drugs in the Supply Chain**

## Wholesale Drug Diversion

**First in OCI Arrests**
**First in OCI Convictions**
**First in Number of OCI Cases**
**First in OCI Workhours**

## Implement the Pedigree RegsContinue to Prosecute Those Who Do Not Provide Pedigrees

## Primary Reasons for Opposing Pedigree Rules

**1. Seller Does Not Want to Reveal His     Sources**
**2. The Drugs are Counterfeit or Obtained Illegally and Seller Cannot Risk Identifying their True Origin**

## Unscrupulous Gray-Market Buyers

**Plausible Deniability**
**“****Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell”**
**Willful Blindness**

## Legislative Enhancements

**Administrative Subpoena Authority**
**Higher Maximum Penalties**
**SUA for Money Laundering**
**Forfeiture of Illegal Proceeds**
**Modernize Criminal Provisions**

## The FDA Anti-Counterfeit Drug Initiative Must Include

**Operational Funding**
**FTEs**

**An Enhanced OCI with Additional**
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## Instream-Flow Study

**North Fork Shenandoah**
**River**

- Jennifer L. Krstolic and Donald C. Hayes

## Knowledge Gained

**Knowledge Gained**

- Physical Habitat Classified
- Fish Species Documented
- Low-Flow Water Quality
- _http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5153/_
- Stage-Discharge Relation
- Habitat-Flow Relation

## Water-Quality During Low-Flow Periods

- Diurnal patterns of DO showed large fluctuations
- pH values higher than State standard found only at downstream end
- Water temperatures within State standards

## Water-Quality Questions Raised

- How does DO fluctuate during normal summer flows?
- What processes most influence pH values?
- How does ground-water discharge affect water temperature?

## Modeling Results

**Notes:**
From “Living on Karst”

## Interpretation 	

**Interpretation ****	**

## Application: Drought Flows and Habitat 	

**Application: Drought Flows and Habitat ****	**

## Next Steps for the North Fork 	

**Next Steps for the North Fork ****	**

- Adoption of Thresholds and proposal to policy makers
- Un-permitted Water Withdrawal Study
- Further investigation into water quality on the North Fork

## Instream-Flow Study

**South Fork Shenandoah**
**River**

## Proposed South Fork Research

- Sister study with similar research components
- PHABSIM modeling with additional water-quality monitoring
- Connecting surface-water and ground-water research efforts

## Proposed South Fork Research

## Proposed South Fork Research

- Physical Habitat Classification with more geomorphology
- Low-Flow and Normal-Flow
- Water-Quality studies
- Habitat-Flow Relation tied to stream gages for three sections of the South Fork Shenandoah River
- Transfer of North Fork basin and flow characteristics to the South Fork tributaries

## Proposed South Fork Research Timeline

- 2005 - 2007
- Physical-Habitat Mapping, Water-Quality Survey, Reach Selection, Transfer Basin Characteristics, Publications
- 2008 - 2010
- Hydraulic-Data collection, Modeling, Analysis, Publication

## South Fork Companion Investigations

- Fish Habitat Needs-Assessment
- Estimated Un-permitted Water Withdrawal Study

## Shenandoah Valley Water Withdrawals Pilot Study

- Identify and document actual use by permit holders
- Locate unregulated water users
- Apply methods to measure and estimate water use

## Questions?
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** **
**Address Location for FSS **
**Workgroup #101**
**February 21, 2007**
**Marc McCrery**
**USPS Manager, Operational Requirements**
**James West**
**Williams-Sonoma**

## Address Location for FSS (WG #101)

**We have conducted four meetings.**
**Work group includes participants from USPS Operations, USPS Engineering, printers, letter shops, publishers, retailers, catalogers, and FCM mailers.**
**Solidified the need for potential address location requirements with background and status reports on the FSS program.**
**Identified the need to reach out for feedback through surveys.**

## Address Location for FSS (WG #101)

**The final report was discussed at our November meeting.**
**The timeline for mailer conversion and necessary communications are areas of focus within the report.**
**The report includes a list of issues outside the scope of address location but the group feels are in need of further consideration.**
**After receiving a number of comments from work group participants, the report is now final.**

## WG #101 Proposal Bound Flat Address 

**This could represent the front cover or back cover of your mail piece.  Customer address and optional delivery endorsement can appear anywhere** **in the address zone (top third above the dotted line) when the bound edge is aligned to the right.  Customer number, source code and messaging can appear anywhere on catalogs.**

**Bound edge**
**on right **

**John Doe**
**123 Main St**
**Anywhere, USA 12345**

**John Doe**
**123 Main St**
**Anywhere, USA 12345**

- Can face left or right

- John Doe
- 123 Main St
- Anywhere, USA 12345

- Can be left or right justified, or centered.

- John Doe
- 123 Main St
- Anywhere, USA 12345

**Address orientation**
**restrictions will be **
**determined by the**
**USPS (e.g., cannot read**
**upside down when **
**at the top) based on**
**the needs of delivery.**
** **

## Address Location for FSS (WG #101)

**The recommendations within the report will be used as the basis for the generation of mailing standards proposals.**
**Address orientation proposals will be made based on the needs of delivery.**
**An attempt will be made to incorporate as many address block-related changes as possible within a single Federal Register proposal.**
**The goal is to have a final rule approximately one year prior to the effective dates of any required changes.**

**      ****Questions???****	****	**
# Presentation: 803915

## Status of current SUAs (agenda item G1.3)

**38th ****Argos Operations Committee Meeting**

**Monterey, USA**
**June 30th to July 2nd, 2004**

## Agreements (SUAs), programs and platforms

- Argos processing data base is organized by
- SUAs ( Users)
- Programs (“technical” group of platforms)
- Platforms ( ID numbers)

- The Argos 2001 SUA database is operational and accessible via Internet

-  « Current » means :
-  active (i.e. including at least one  transmitting platform) and / or
- approved or being renewed.

## Argos current agreements, programs and id numbers in 2003/2004

-  Total number of current agreements is 1106 (versus 1029 last year)

-  Argos users are from 74 different countries (+1 since last year)

-  With 3734 (v. 3508) programs and 41315 (v.39043) Id numbers.

## Categories of current SUAs - May 2004

**Categories of current SUAs - May 2004**

** ****E/G decreased (-2.4 %)**
** ****E/NG/GI decreased (-0.1 %)**
** ****NE/G increased (+1.1 %)**

## Applications of current SUAs - May 2004

**Applications of current SUAs - May 2004**

-  Wildlife still growing (+ 2.0%)

-  Oceanography (-1.9%) and Earth sciences (-1.4 %) decreasing

## « Programs» by categories  - May 2004

**« Programs» by categories  - May 2004**

## « ID numbers » allocated by applications  - May 2004

**« ID numbers » allocated by applications  - May 2004**

## Number of programs and ID numbers per SUA

**Number of programs and ID numbers per SUA**
# Presentation: 333438

## inside.noaa.gov

- presented by
- Allison Soussi-Tanani
- OAR, CIO Office
- For the 2007 NOAA Virtual WebShop

## History

- NOAA intranet project began in 2003
- Funded by OAR for OAR requirements
- NOAA-wide group evaluated technology
- Stellent Content Management System selected and implemented
- 2005 created NOAA prototype – no funding to support ongoing development

## Out with the old...

## In with the new...

## In with the new...

## In with the new...

## In with the new...

## What’s next...

- OAR as prototype
- Integrate other LOs and Corporate
- Specific projects for testing early in process
- Full functionality – eventually!

## More info...

- Contact _[Allison.soussi-tanani@noaa.gov](mailto:Allison.soussi-tanani@noaa.gov)_
- 301-734-1111
- https://inside.noaa.gov
# Presentation: 694879

## Hearings and Review

## Every final and adverse decision issued by OWCP is accompanied by appeal rights.

The Branch of Hearings and Review conducts formal reviews of adverse decisions in two formats:

Oral Hearing (either face-to-face or by telephone).

Review of the Written Record. 

- The Branch of Hearings and Review conducts formal reviews of adverse decisions in two formats:
_**Oral Hearing**_ (either face-to-face or by telephone).
_**Review of the Written Record**_.

## The Number of Telephone Hearings Processed Each Month Have Increased. 		

- 	Telephone Hearings now make up **26%**
- 	of _all_ oral hearings.

## Telephone Hearings 		Positive Effects?

- Backlog of destination hearings has been reduced by 79%
- No travel required, reducing travel expenses by 34% since 2004
- Telephone hearings are assigned the same month they are received and are held within 75 days of assignment
**Improved Customer Service**

## Snapshot of Overall Improvements 

| Measure  | FY04 | FY06 | FY07 | Improvements |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Days it Took to Issue Hearing Decisions | 275 | 239 | 209 | -66 Days |
| Days it Took to issue Remands/Reversals | 118 | 94 | 85 | -33 Days |
| Days to issue Reviews of the Written Record | 116 | 98 | 92 | -24 Days |

## Video-conferencing

-  	FECA recently introduced video-conferencing to reduce travel costs and increase productivity associated with hearings, management meetings and training programs.
- 	By availing FECA staff to its internal and external stakeholders via video-conference, FECA anticipates even greater travel savings and improved appeals processing times.
# Presentation: 518527

## Tunnel Design,Inspections, and National Standards 

- Dan Walsh

## Topics

- Design of the D Street portal ceiling
- Tunnel inspections
- National standards for tunnel finish designs

## Project Oversight

- Federal Highway
- Administration

- MassHighway
- Mass. Turnpike Authority

- Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB)

- Gannett Fleming, Inc.

- Conam
- Inspection, Inc.

- Sika
- Corporation

- Powers
- Fasteners, Inc.

- Newman
- Renner
- Colony, Inc.

- Modern Continental
- Construction, Inc.

**Project Oversight**

**Design and Construction**

**Epoxy**

## Design Loads

- Anchor designed for 2,600 pounds
- Finite element analysis
- Model anchor loads
- Determine structural redundancy
- Examine different “hanger-out” scenarios

## Design Loads

- Powers Fasteners anchoring system
- Average expected load capacity of 25,400 pounds
- Safety factor of 4
- Allowable load of 6,350 pounds
- Anchor design load of 2,600 pounds

## Finite Element Analysis

- One hanger removed, loads remained below 6,350 pounds
- Two or more hangers removed, loads remained below 25,400 pounds

## Responsibility of Consultant

- Gannett Fleming
- Develop detailed design
- Review submittals and prepare responses
- Affixed engineer’s professional seal
- Evaluation of each component of the ceiling system

## Anchor Specification

- Failed to account that adhesives creep
- Adhesive anchors in pure tension was an atypical application
- Adhesives have different properties

## Anchor Specification

- No specification regarding long-term properties
- No requirement for testing for long-term performance
- No consideration of service life
- No provision for periodic inspection

## Anchor Approval

- Opportunity to address creep in the approval process
- Contractor’s proposed anchoring system
- Draft version of ICBO Report ER-4514
- Fast Set epoxy approved for short-term loads only
- Gannett Fleming authorized work to proceed

## Preaccident Anchor Failures

- Opportunities to determine poor long-term characteristics of the adhesive
- First opportunity in HOV tunnel (September 1999)
- Suspected improper anchor installation
- Powers evaluated the anchor installation (October 1999)

## Preaccident Anchor Failures

- Remove and replace all failed anchors
- Proof test to higher load of 6,350 pounds
- Higher load would not identify poor long-term load characteristics
- Anchor performance should have been monitored

## Preaccident Anchor Failures

- Additional opportunity in eastbound I-90 connector tunnel (late 2001)
- Remedy developed was ineffective
- Considered the continuing failures as isolated instances

## Preaccident Anchor Failures

- Problem attributed to installation,  including overtorquing the nuts
- Tests showed overtorquing did not reduce load capacity
- Powers did not recommend to continue to monitor the anchor performance

## Summary

- B/PB and Modern Continental should have instituted a program to monitor anchor performance
- Powers response to the anchor displacements was deficient

## Slide 16
# Presentation: 196457

## Optical Water Mass Classification for Interpretation of Coastal Carbon Flux Processes

**R.W. Gould, Jr. & R.A. Arnone**

- Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7333, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
- (228-688-5587, gould@nrlssc.navy.mil)

**4.  ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION**

*Figure 1.  MODIS diffuse attenuation coefficient at 532 nm, 1 October, 2001.  Top panel from standard atmospheric correction.  Bottom panel from NIR correction*.

**Standard Processing**

**NIR -Iteration**

- Figure 1 shows an example of the improved chlorophyll retrievals in coastal regions after applying the NIR correction scheme to SeaWiFS imagery.  The procedure is independent of knowledge of the waters properties, or the aerosol type, and can be applied to all coastal areas as it is based on basic ocean optical properties. The SeaWiFS results have shown a significantly improved match up between satellite remote sensing reflectance and the in-situ measured reflectance. Both the NIR correction (Arnone et al., 1998; Stumpf et al., 2003) and the spectral scattering model (Gould et al., 1999) we developed have been implemented in the 4th SeaWiFS reprocessing by NASA Goddard (http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/RECAL/Repro4/NIR.html).  Our algorithm modifications have extended estimates shoreward, enabling pixel retrievals all the way into turbid coastal waters, bays, and even estuaries where optical properties are controlled by a complex mix of phytoplankton, suspended sediments, and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM).

**5. PARTITIONING ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATTER**

*Figure 2. Examples of new optical products from SeaWiFS imagery.  Northern gulf of Mexico, 20 May 2002.  A.  PIM.  B. POM.  Color scale indicated on each image in units of mg/l.*

- 2A.

- 2B.

- 3A.

- 3B.

*Figure 3.   Examples of new optical products derived from SeaWiFS imagery in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  A. Percent difference in concentration of total suspended solids between 12 and 14 June, 2002.  B. Percent difference in the ratio of particulate inorganic matter concentration to particulate organic matter concentration (PIM/POM) for the same time period.*  Yellow-to-red color scale in each panel indicates pixels where the TSS concentration or PIM/POM ratio increased over the two day period; black-to-white color scale indicates pixels where they decreased. The changes in TSS concentration and PIM/POM ratio indicate advection of the Mobile Bay outflow plume as well as changes in the composition of the particulate matter.  For example, the pixels in the circled areas (both panels) showed an increase in the TSS load and a decrease in the PIM/POM ratio, indicating an increase in the organic component relative to the inorganic component, possibly due to phytoplankton growth or settling of suspended sediments.

**PIM**

**POM**
# Presentation: 003362

## MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC MODELING OF LAYER

-   Developed a Monte Carlo microscopic model to simulate 	specific morphological characteristics of film growth such as	step bunching, thermal roughening, polytype growth, 	growth uniformity, defect formation, etc.
-   Created a commercial software, CFD-FILM, to analyze 	morphology of growing films
-   Validated the microscopic model against experimental 	data for materials such as Si, diamond and SiC
-   Coupled CFD-FILM with a general purpose macroscopic 	transport/chemistry software, CFD-ACE
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   Contributed to increased sales of CFD-ACE to leading semi-	conductor equipment vendors and process designers	(~$500K/year)
-   CFD-FILM is marketable as a stand-alone module, as well as 	an add-on module with CFD-ACE
-   Application projects from industry and research projects from 	government agencies

**MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC MODELING OF LAYER**
**GROWTH KINETICS AND MORPHOLOGY IN VAPOR**
**DEPOSITION PROCESSING**

***CFD Research Corporation***
***Huntsville, Alabama***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Provides an enabling technology for advanced materials 		such as GaN, GaAs, InP, and SiC
-   Provides a base technology for extension to plasma-			substrate interactions in low pressure etch processes

- Lewis Research Center
- Instrumentation & Controls
- 3-005

***Simulation of Step Bunching in SiC Growth***
***(using CFD-FILM)***

- 1992 Phase II, NAS3-27287, SS-, 2/6/98
- NASA Contact - Arnon Chait or Maria Kuczmarski
- Company Contact - Dr. Anantha Krishnan
# Presentation: 206507

## 2006 RHIC & AGS Annual Users’ MeetingJune 5-9, 2006

- Sam Aronson
- Interim Director

## Outline

- Safety
- Lab Initiatives
- HENP and others – context and constraints in a multi-function laboratory
- Summary

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608

## Safety First

- Safety is important to us because we don’t want our employees **and our users, guests and visitors** to be injured
- A cluster of recent incidents (after 106 hours of DART-free work)
- Two of these resulted in injuries which turned out not to be life-threatening, but could have been
- Work stoppages at RHIC and CFN
- Did we go from being a very safe Lab to being a very unsafe Lab?
- We need to look at and learn from what happened
- Work observation
- Human performance factors
- Special issues for safety in the summer at BNL
- Bikes, ticks, sun/heat

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608

## Lab Initiatives

- Major Initiatives; Unique user facilities	          BNL’s long term future is staked on these
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials
- In construction, initial ops 4/07, full **ops 4/08**
- NSLS II
- Seeking CD-1, construction `09-`13, **ops `14**
- QCDLab
- RHIC II – CD-0 `07, construction `10-`12, **ops `13**
- eRHIC – CD-0 `09, construction `12-`16, **ops `17**
- These are “technical” schedules; 	        	           much work (by all of us) to make these real
- The FY07 president’s budget makes all of this seem more thinkable than it seemed a year ago
- That budget has done well in the House, but it ain’t over...

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608

## Lab Initiatives

- Smaller initiatives, which could grow over time, maybe into major lab activities
- For example
- Medical imaging
- Energy for the 21st century
**Computational science**
**Astrophysics & cosmology**
**...**

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608

## QCDLab

- What are the issues?
- Building the science cases
- Building consensus in the NP community
- Building the QCD user communities
- Building the hardware (the easy part??)

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608

## HEP & NP issues for BNL

- Historical HEP & NP dominance  more balanced vis à vis BES
- HEP has become an off-site business
- Home base for US ATLAS, others
- Niche opportunities @ AGS? (g-2, EDMs, ...)
- BNL has great prospects for HEP leadership in HEP nationally and internationally
- We need to understand the role of future on-site HEP facilities in this picture

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608

## Summary

- HENP will continue to be a major and vital component of BNL’s mission and user facility portfolio for the foreseeable future
- Time to recognize reality? HENP  NPP
- We have the opportunity and the need now to secure that future by getting buy-in at all levels for the QCDLab vision

- RHIC & AGS Users', 060608
# Presentation: 893036

## Just in Time Lessons LearnedCH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc.and CH2M-WGI IdahoSeptember 12-13, 2006

## Just in Time Lessons Learned

- Program coordinated between DOE-ORP, DOE-ID, CH2M HILL Hanford and CH2M-WG Idaho
- Patterned after DOE’s Just in Time Lessons Learned Program
- Designed to produce short INPO-style lessons learned documents for use:
- In pre-job and pre-shift briefings
- During planning

## Just in Time Lessons Learned

- Augments Traditional Lessons Learned
- “Traditional” Lessons Learned
- Describe events in detail
- Provide analyses of the events
- Communicate the lessons learned
- List recommended actions
- Include considerable supporting information regarding points of contact, trend codes, key words, etc
- Just in Time Lessons Learned (JIT-LL)
- Summarize events
- List key points and contributors
- Provide specific preventive actions
- Supports HPI SAFER dialogue
- More timely

## Just in Time Lessons Learned

- “Traditional” Lessons Learned
- Lesson ID
- Originator
- Date
- Contact
- Classifier
- Reviewer
- Statement
- Discussion
- Analysis
- Actions
- Savings
- Keywords
- Hazard(s)
- ISM Code(s)
- Work Function(s)
- References
- Priority Descriptor

- JIT-LL
**WHAT HAPPENED?**
- Title
- Site/Facility
- Reference
- Event
**WHY?**
- Important Points
- Contributors
**WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING TO YOU?**
- Other Important Considerations – Prevent Events

## Just in Time Lessons Learned

- Process
- Lessons Learned Coordinator reviews internal and external events
- Generate JIT-LL
- Lessons Learned Coordinator
- Project Lessons Learned Points of Contact (POC)
- Safety, RadCon, Subject Matter Experts
- Distribute JIT-LL
- Posted on intranet
- E-mailed to Project LL POCs
- Hard copies retained in notebooks
- Communicate JIT-LL
- Wide e-mail distribution
- POC’s distribute within projects
- Pre-job briefings
- Staff and Safety Meetings

## Just in Time Lessons Learned

- Web site access
- CH2M HILL Hanford
- Internal web site access (intranet)
- CWI
- Internal and external web site access (intranet and internet)

## Slide 7

## Future improvements

***Future improvements***
*** ******Logical Groupings by work activity and hazards***
***Key word search***

## Slide 9

## Lessons Learned

- Promising future
- More than 20 generated in last 3 months
- Issues/Challenges
- Staffing – LL is a collateral duty
- Limited feedback on effectiveness/utility
- Feedback to date is positive
- Limited participation by line and support organizations in generating JIT-LL products
- Path Forward
- Develop and implement feedback mechanisms
- Performance metrics required by DOE-210.2
- Assign LL POCs in ESH&Q support organizations
- Develop search capability
# Presentation: 320545

## High Pressure and TemperatureFused Deposition System

-   High pressure and temperature fused deposition was developed 	with several important materials systems including 		polyaryletherketone (PEEK), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), 		polycarbonate (Lexan), and thermoplastic polyurethane 		(Pellethane)
-   ACR designed rapid prototyping system (known as Extrusion 		Freeform Fabrication) using solid feedstock, can extrude and 		form RP shaped components, using solid powders and/or 		chopped fibers as fillers to the thermoplastic feedstock
**                              ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   ACR’s first NASA Phase I SBIR, awarded in 1991, initiated a 		commercial relationship which has generated over $8 million in 		sales
-   ACR has a joint venture with Stratasys, Inc, to commercialize 		the High Pressure Retrofit 3D Modeler SFF System
-   ACR was a recipient of the Small Business Administration’s 		annual Tibbetts Award, which recognizes companies for being 		“models of excellence”

***ADVANCED CERAMICS RESEARCH, INC.******TUCSON, AZ***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**      ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Rapid prototyping for producing functional polymer 		matrix composition components
-   Biomedical prosthesis will be a near term application
-   ACR has created a Commercial Service Bureau 		featuring the High Pressure SFF System

-  1992 Phase 2; SS-8-125; 10/28/97

- Marshall Space Flight Center

**High Pressure and Temperature****Fused Deposition System**

***ACR High Pressure Retrofit***
***3D Modeler SFF System***