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# Presentation: 680407

## CBO ́s Baseline Budget Outlook

## CBO ́s Baseline Budget Projections of Revenues 

**and Mandatory and Discretionary Spending**

- Percentage of GDP

## CBO ́s Baseline Budget Projections(Percentage of GDP)

## CBO ́s Economic Projections for Calendar Years 2004 Through 2014

## Uncertainty of CBO ́s Projections of the Budget Deficit or Surplus Under Current Policies

- Percentage of GDP

## Energy Prices

- Dollars per unit

## Total Factor Productivity

- Index, 1996 = 1.0

## The Budgetary Effects of Policy Alternatives Not Included in CBO ́s Baseline

|  | 
2005 | 
2006 | 
2007 | 
2008 | 
2009 | 
2010 | 
2011 | 
2012 | 
2013 | 
2014 | Total, 2005-2009 | Total, 2005-2014 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Policy Alternatives That Primarily Affect Discretionary Spending for Activities in Iraq and Afghanistan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 
Remove Supplementals
   After 2004 | 39 | 96 | 121 | 135 | 146 | 156 | 168 | 178 | 191 | 203 | 536 | 1,433 |
| 
Assume the Slowdown of
   Such Activities | 19 | 53 | 68 | 83 | 99 | 117 | 131 | 139 | 150 | 160 | 321 | 1,018 |
| Other Policy Alternatives That Affect Discretionary Spending |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 
Increase Discretionary
   Approps. at Growth Rate
   of Nominal GDP | -10 | -30 | -55 | -83 | -113 | -146 | -180 | -217 | -256 | -299 | -290 | -1,388 |
| 
Freeze Discretionary 
   Appropriations | 10 | 29 | 52 | 78 | 107 | 138 | 173 | 207 | 247 | 288 | 277 | 1,331 |
| Policy Alternatives That Affect the Tax Code |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Extend Expiring Provisions--
   EGTRRA and JGTRRA
   Partial expensing
   Other and debt service
      Total | 
-13
-38
-7
-59 | 
-33
-71
-11
-115 | 
-35
-66
-21
-123 | 
-34
-58
-32
-124 | 
-42
-48
-40
-130 | 
-39
-40
-50
-129 | 
-175
-33
-64
-272 | 
-280
-28
-84
-393 | 
-292
-26
-108
-426 | 
-306
-28
-134
-469 | 
-157
-281
-111
-550 | 
-1,249
-437
-551
-2,237 |
| Reform the AMT | -7 | -21 | -29 | -39 | -52 | -65 | -59 | -42 | -50 | -60 | -149 | -425 |

**The Budgetary Effects of Policy Alternatives Not Included in CBO ́s Baseline**

## Effective Federal Tax Rate for All Households,1979 to 2014

- Percent

## Effective Federal Tax Rate for All Households, by Income Quintile, 1979 to 2014

- Current Tax Law

- 2000 Tax Law

- Percent

## Effective Federal Tax Rate for Households with the Highest Income, 1979 to 2014

- Current Tax Law

- 2000 Tax Law

- Percent

## Effective Federal Tax Rate Without the 2002 to 2004 Investment Provisions for Households with the Highest Income,1979 to 2014

- Current Tax Law

- 2000 Tax Law

- Percent
# Presentation: 682428

##  GPS L5

- 1

-  GPS L5

- Dr. Chris Hegarty
- L2/L5 Industry Day
- May 2, 2001

## Background

- 1996 - GPS Presidential Decision Directive (PDD)
- Comprehensive national policy on GPS and augmentations
- Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB) established
- February 1997 - Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Transportation (DoT) agree to provide a second civil GPS frequency
- March 1998 - VP Gore announces IGEB decision to implement two new civil signals
- January 1999 - VP Gore announces third civil signal frequency selection - 1176.45 MHz

## Background (continued)

- February 1999 - IGEB Third Civil Signal Implementation Steering Group formed
- Established relationship between IGEB and RTCA for development of L5 signal requirements
- November 1999 - IGEB report *Implementation of a Third Civil GPS Signal* completed
- Recommended implementing L5 with:
- 6 dB higher minimum received signal power than L1 C/A code
- 10.23 Mchip/second spreading codes on quadrature channels (no data on one channel)
- Other recommendations regarding coexistence of L5 with existing systems operating at/near 1176.45 MHz
- Link 16
- Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)/Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)

## Feb. - Nov. ‘99 IGEB Organization

**Interagency GPS Executive Board**
**(IGEB)**

**Third GPS Signal Implementation Steering Group**

**Executive Secretariat**

**Technical Feasibility of Coexistence**

**Cost Issues/ Operational Impacts**

**Signal Requirements**

**International Coordination**

**GPS WP8D**

**GPS International Outreach Group**

**RTCA, Inc**
**(SC 159 WG1)**

**WG 1**

**WG 2**

**WG 3**

**WG 4**

## Current IGEB L5 Activities

- Working Group 1 -Validation of Coexistence
- Addresses follow-on work recommendations from Nov. 1999 IGEB report
- Co-chaired by Dr. Hegarty (MITRE)/Mr. Williams (JSC)
- Working Group 2 – L5 Signal Specification
- Chaired by Dr. Hegarty (MITRE)

## Present IGEB Organization

**Interagency GPS Executive Board**
**(IGEB)**

**Senior Steering**
**Group**

**Executive Secretariat**

**Validation of Coexistence**

**Signal Specification**

**RTCA, Inc**
**(SC 159 WG1)**

**WG 1**

**WG 2**

## L5 Signal Specification Schedule

- December 2000
- RTCA Program Management Committee (PMC) approved L5 Signal Specification
- Received formal civil coordination through the extended DOT Positioning/Navigation Executive Committee, with all agencies concurring
- February 2001 - DoD review completed and comments provided to DOT
- April 2001 - DOT response to comments
- October 2001 -  Threshold date for 1st release of Interface Control Document (ICD) GPS-705
# Presentation: 405267

## SNODAS Verification

- The RFC Perspective
- Rob Shedd
- Northeast River Forecast Center
- Taunton, MA

## Objectives of Study

- Understand the performance of SNODAS on RFC forecast operations
- Run same process at all 3 Eastern Region RFCs
- Broad distribution of data
- Increase likelihood of deep snow

## Three Forecast Runs Per Day

- Operational Forecast
- Included some water equivalent MODS, some of which were based in part on SNODAS
- No SNODAS data
- No water equivalent mods were made
- Fully Automated
- Full SNODAS data
- Daily water equivalent change mods made based on SNODAS output
- Fully Automated

## NWSRFS Snow Output

**'WOON3UPR'   SNOW-17 OUTPUT FOR WOODSTOCK,>2000    11/2004   (UNITS ARE 'IN' EXCEPT FOR SNOW TEMP. (DegF),**
**           ****DAILY OUTPUT IS FOR HOUR 12     TIME ZONE=Z                AREAL COVER, AND PCT. LIQ. WATER)**
**                 ****RAIN   ENERGY              PCT. LIQ.    HEAT   SNOW    SNOW                                     **
** ****DAY  SNOWFALL  ON SNOW  EXCHANGE    AESC    WATER     DEFICIT   TEMP.   DEPTH   SNOG     SIM. WE   OBS. WE **
**   ****6     0.00     0.18     0.17     0.61       5.0      0.00    32.00     1.51  -999.00      0.39  -999.00**
**                                              ****DAY  7  HOUR 12    WE  CHANGED FROM     0.23 TO     0.33**
**                                              ****DAY  7  HOUR 12  COVER CHANGED FROM     0.47 TO     0.55**
**   ****7     0.01     0.00     0.15     0.55       5.0      0.00    32.00     1.20  -999.00      0.33     0.33**
**   ****8     0.00     0.00     0.17     0.37       5.0      0.00    32.00     0.51  -999.00      0.15  -999.00**
**   ****9     0.04     0.03     0.01     0.39       3.7      0.01    16.51     0.78  -999.00      0.16  -999.00**
**  ****10     0.00     0.00    -0.02     0.39       3.7      0.03    10.26     0.64  -999.00      0.16  -999.00**
**  ****11     0.00     0.00    -0.01     0.39       3.7      0.03    21.69     0.60  -999.00      0.16  -999.00**
**  ****12     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.39       3.7      0.03    22.38     0.57  -999.00      0.16  -999.00**
**  ****13     0.00     0.00     0.01     0.39       3.7      0.03    23.51     0.54  -999.00      0.15  -999.00**
**  ****14     0.00     0.00     0.01     0.38       3.7      0.01    27.11     0.49  -999.00      0.15  -999.00**
**  ****15     0.00     0.00     0.01     0.38       3.9      0.00    26.78     0.45  -999.00      0.15  -999.00**

## Data Extraction

- Data from Snow Table was extracted for each station and for each forecast run and compiled into table for NOHRSC
- Data ftp’d to NOHRSC for analysis

## Problems Encountered

- Agreement on data extraction and processing was late
- Ability to define amount of SNODAS impact on operational forecast
- Ice impacted rivers make stage verification difficult
- Most RFCs adjust their model simulated stage to the observed stage – introduces bias

## Example Graphichttp://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/rfc_test/
# Presentation: 074228

## ClarusNationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing & Forecasting System 

*Clarus*Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing & Forecasting System

- Mike Campbell
- Program Manager
- NOAA Surface Weather Program
- U.S. Department of Commerce

- James Pol, PE
- ITS Coordinator
- ITS Joint Program Office
- U.S. Department of Transportation

- VII Working Group Briefing
- December 8, 2004

## Purpose of Clarus

- Establish a network for exchanging surface transportation weather observations
- Craft models and decision support tools that apply the harnessed data
- Overcome current geographic and temporal gaps

## Where we are now

- Concept of Operations Development
- Identified user needs
- Developing Operational Scenarios
- General Information requirements
- System Design Procurement
- Proposals due next month
- Completion within 20 months
- http://www.clarusinitiative.org

## Clarus Use Cases & Operational Scenarios

- Roadway Maintenance Treatment Function
- Traffic Operations Function
- Travel Information Function
- Transit Management Function
- Local Emergency and Disaster Management Function
- Railroad Carrier Operations Function
- Commercial Vehicle Operation Function
- NOAA/Federal Weather Function

## High-level Logical View

## VII Impact on Overcoming Gaps

- Three fundamental deficiencies today
- Lack of transportation system relevant weather observations
- Lack of understanding on how to apply weather information in decision making
- Lack of capabilities for predicting and/or assessing surface level weather phenomena
- VII opens the opportunity for empirical data gathering not possible otherwise

## VII Impact on Decision Making

- VII enables enhanced response and planning through improvements to weather observations, models, and predictions
- Microscale events for immediate response(e.g., black ice, fog banks) conveyed in seconds to minutes
- Mesoscale events for tactical response (e.g., thunderstorms, flash floods) forecast in minutes to hours
- Synoptic scale events for strategic response (e.g. blizzards, floods, heat) forecast in hours to days

## NOAA Priorities

- Identify valid user needs that cannot be met with existing capabilities
- Increase and improve information and services that support transportation systems
- Work with partners to conduct research and development in weather and positioning
- Improve the transition of research into operations
- Align activities and partner with the FHWA to maximize benefits of VII

## Challenges

- Overcoming paradox of VII deployment
- Urban focus on traffic safety
- Rural impacts of weather are often more severe, yet coverage will remain limited
- Making sense of the observations
- Volume (filtering, prioritization)
- Geographic distribution
- Quality assurance
- Anonymity of data
- Coordination with NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing System

## Contacts	

- Mike Campbell, NOAA, Surface Weather Programmike.campbell@noaa.gov
- James Pol, ITS Joint Program Officejames.pol@fhwa.dot.gov
- Paul Pisano, Office of Transportation Operationspaul.pisano@fhwa.dot.gov
# Presentation: 352913

## High Temperature Turbine Blades

-  Evaluated continuous refractory fibers as strengthening 	reinforcements for niobium metal matrix
-  Developed controllable, repeatable process for infiltrating 	niobium metal matrix into fiber preforms
-  Ultimately spun off technology into fabrication of load-	bearing, hermetically sealed ceramic-to-metal joints for use in 	high temperature propulsion systems
**                             ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
-  Ceramic-to-metal joints fabricated for BMDO/Army 	Theater High Altitude Air Defense System (THAADS), with 	$750K in sales to date to propulsion contractor 		(Rocketdyne)
-  Ceramic-to-metal joints fabricated for DOE/Navy 		submarine nuclear reactor program, with $500K in sales 	to date to industry contractor (GE/Knolls Atomic Power 	Laboratory)
-  To date, 3 new jobs have been created at Ultramet

***ULTRAMET***
***PACOIMA, CA***

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

**     ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-  Aerospace propulsion and power systems, including 			intercept vehicles for missile defense, nuclear submarine 	reactors, advanced aircraft turbine engines and liquid 		rocket turbomachinery

- 1987 Phase 2; SS-178; 11/2/97

- Lewis Research Center

**High Temperature Turbine Blades**

***Ceramic Composite Thrust Chamber***
***with Metal Flange Attachment ***
# Presentation: 686621

## GPRA:  New Climate Observations Introduced

-      FY2006 Target: 761 new ocean observing platforms deployed and reporting;
-      Oct 2005: 194 total ocean observing platforms (relative to total FY05 deployments); 186 ARGO floats

- Nov. 05

**B**

## GPRA:  Reduce the Error in Global Measurements of Sea Surface Temperature

**Reduce the error in global measurement of Sea **

**surface Temperature**

**Year**

-      FY05 target: 0.5 °C; Long-term Target: Error of 0.2 °C by 2008
-      Long-term measure:  annual targets, progress reported quarterly

- More rapid expansion of the in situ network over the next several years will minimize the satellite bias error, enabling more accurate global sea surface temperature from a combination of satellite and in situ measurements.

- Note: this measure is proposed as a new GPRA for FY2006; it is already reported on quarterly

- Satellite bias error: the systematic difference between satellite-derived vs. in situ measurements of sea surface temperature

- Sep. 05

**B**
# Presentation: 840968

## Advanced MOCVD Reactor for Producing New Material Systems

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

**Spire Corporation**

- Bedford, MA

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Constructed all-stainless steel-high rotation-speed
- reaction chamber having 4-inch wafer capacity
-  Demonstrated in situ monitoring system for
-          MOCVD reactors
- Reaction chamber provides superior uniformity
-         and control of deposited films
- Opened door to producing complex material
-         systems and structures
**COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Sales of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) wafers and other complex epitaxial wafers reached $250,000 before sale of optoelectronic division to Method Electronics for $13.5 million

**GOVERNMENT/ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- Production of new material systems and structures for improved sensor technology
- Capability of growing epitaxial wafers having hundreds of precision layers for complex devices

***MOCVD Reaction****** ******Chamber***

- 1992 Phase II; NAS7-1305
- Success Story # 7-001

- Jet Propulsion Laboratory

**INNOVATION**
- In situ monitoring system for Metal Organic Chemical Vapo
- Deposition ( MOCVD) reactor
# Presentation: 482576

## Report from SNS on HOM Coupler

**May 18, 2006**
**ILC technical status meeting**
**SANG-HO KIM**
**ASD/SNS**

## SNS SRF cavity

- Major Specifications:
- Ea=10.1, 15.9 MV/m
- at =0.61, 0.81

## Cavity Performances

- Maximum fields achieved in the installed cavities.

- Operational fields are kept in general
- at the 75-80% of the maximum fields

- High beta cavities are limited at lower Bmax
- and show lower FE threshold.
- implies cavities are mainly limited
-     by other factors rather than quenching

## HOM coupler

- Baseline cavities have coaxial HOM coupler at each side
- Two cavities are not operational due to the HOM coupler
- Many installed cavities (~10) are showing abnormal signals
- 	zero coupling and rep. rate dependent abnormal signal
- 	electron loading
- 	power level changes
- HOM coupler should not have problems with the fundamental mode

## Feedthrough & Cable

- Feedthrough

- FT End
- Some are
- Screwed,
- Some are soldered

- HOM cable inside cryomodule

- Inner conductor; thermally floating
- Outer conductor; strapped

- Insulator;
- alumina

## HOM Qex’s (low power measurement)

## Case (I)

- 1 Hz

- 10 Hz

- Same cavity at the same gradient

## Case (II)

- Electron Loading

- It is not clearly seen here, but observed big spikes only from HOM signals (blue circled)
-  vacuum excursion (trip)

## Case (III)

- Coupling changes

- Blue:ratio
- HOMP/CavFP

- Red; CavFP

- Unit; not scaled

## Possible Causes

- On feedthru tip (Cu)
- ; ~5 mT at nominal flat field

- H field

- E field

- At both ends of antenna
- ~10 MV/m
- at nominal flat field

- Field emission

- Field enhancements
- Field tilt
- gap distance uncertainty

- Local Vacuum
- Warm (hot) feedthrough
- Leak
- Surface Cleanness
- Electron loading

## Options for HOM coupler 

**Option1**
- More robust HOM couplers
- 	are being developed.
- Jlab; SC feedthru
-          Feedthru w/ Sapphire insulator
-          Feedthru tip geometry
-          Additional cooling

**Option2**
- If HOM coupler is not an essential device,
- we can think of removing it.
- Physics concerns are still same
- No beam dynamic issue (D. Jeon)
- HOM power issue; higher beam current
- 	but statistically about same

**Benefit**
- vs.
**Risk, Statistical reliability &**
**impact on operational availability**** **
**Studies are under progress**
**	****including prototype test**

- DESY; SC feedthru
-             Nb tip attached to HOM antenna

**Major Concerns (other than HOM damping)**
**Evaporation of Cu**
**Damaging ceramic**
**Degradation of cavity performance**
# Presentation: 724625

## VACMAN AND NIPVAC:  Centralized Distribution

- March 18, 2008

**VACMAN AND NIPVAC:  Centralized Distribution**

## OVERVIEW

- VMBIP SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
- CENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION STATISTICS
- ISSUE SUMMARY
- IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES
- SUMMARY

## A high-level architecture of the VMBIP environment, including CDC and McKesson IT systems

## CENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTIONAS OF:  March 17, 2008

- GRANTEES STILL TO TRANSITION:  19
- VACMAN/NIPVAC STATS
- ORDERS PROCESSED – 871,282
- ORDER RECEIPTS PROCESSED – 861,768
- ORDERS CANCELLED – 4,436
- SHIPMENTS CANCELLED FROM MCKESSON – 1,491
- REPLENISHMENT ORDERS – 2,605

- Data Source:  NIPVAC

## VACMAN/NIPVAC—WHAT CAN HAPPEN?

- SENDING ORDERS
- GRANTEE DOESN’T COMPLETE ALL 4 STEPS TO SEND ORDERS
- PACKAGE DOESN’T CONTAIN ORDERS
- PACKAGE IS INVALID
- 	-- CORRUPT DATA
-     -- USER SENDS WRONG PACKAGE
- PROVIDER ORDERS
- HELD AT CDC
- REJECTED
- DUPLICATES

## VACMAN/NIPVAC—WHAT CAN HAPPEN?(continued)

- RECEIPT INFORMATION
- TAKES A WHILE TO COME BACK FROM MCKESSON
- GRANTEE CAN PUT RECEIPTS FILE IN THE WRONG FOLDER
- CDC GETS RECEIPT FILE; GRANTEE DOES NOT
-    -- NIGHTLY PROCESS ON MAINFRAME FAILED
-    -- NIGHTLY PROCESS ON SERVER FAILED
-    -- FILE CORRUPTION OCCURS DURING FTP
-    -- MCKESSON SENDS AFTER 5:30 P.M.

## ISSUES SUMMARYA Very Random Sample 10/09/07 – 3/5/08

| SOURCE | ISSUE TYPE | # OCCUR |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GRANTEE | UPLOAD ERROR | 3 |
|  | DOWNLOAD ERROR | 5 |
|  | DATA CORRUPTION ERROR | 5* |
|  | LOCAL NETWORK/ADMIN RIGHTS | 2 |
| CDC | VACMAN “BUG” | 4 |
|  | REJECTED ORDERS | 1 |
|  | FUNDING ISSUES | 4 |
|  | ORDER TRACKING | 4 |
| MCKESSON | OVER SHIPMENT | 1 |
|  | ORDER PROCESSING | 1 |
|  | ORDER TRACKING | 1 |

- * One Unconfirmed

- Data source:  Email to Software Project Mgr

## IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES

- ORDER ID TRACKING – VACMAN HELP DESK INITIATES CONTACT WITH GRANTEE
- REJECTED ORDERS – EMAIL TO VSAB
- RECEIPTS OUTSTANDING > 21 DAYS
- FUNDING THRESHOLD REPORT TO RAM TEAM
- QUARTERLY PROJECTIONS VICE ANNUAL PROJECTIONS
- MULTIPLE RECEIPT SCREEN IN VACMAN
- PHIN-MS
- ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT

## SUMMARY

- VMBIP SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
- VACMAN/NIPVAC STATISTICS
- VACMAN/NIPVAC—WHAT CAN HAPPEN
- ISSUE SUMMARY
- IMPROVEMENT INITATIVES
- This document can be found on the CDC website at::                                                                      _[http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vmbip/downloads/nic/08-nic-vacman-nipvac.ppt](http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vmbip/downloads/nic/08-nic-vacman-nipvac.ppt)_
# Presentation: 060036

## Essential Fish Habitat

- from Protecting

- Robert L. Hicks
- Department of Economics
- Morton Hall
- The College of William and Mary
- Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- James Kirkley
- Department of Coastal and Ocean Policy
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- The College of William and Mary
- Gloucester Point, VA
- Ivar Strand
- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- 2200 Symons Hall
- University of Maryland
- College Park, MD 20742

## The paper outlines the steps necessary to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the costs of EFH designations, including: 1) GIS work relating closures to observed fishing patterns; 

- 2) developing a spatial model of fishing behavior;

- 3) simulating fishermen’s behavior in response to EFH designations;

- 4) measuring the costs to fishermen due to EFH designations;

- 5) measuring ex-vessel market effects due to changes in supply due to changes in fishing behavior

## Activity Affected

**Activity Affected**

## Area of Interest

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## The Model

- Expect that β= - α

- Second order expansion of a log utility function

- Information/congestion effects

## The Results

- *All parameter estimates have expected sign and are significant at the 5% level.

## Simulations:

- 	Areas would be closed and the choice probabilities
- 	calculated for each vessel, assuming the historic
- 	number of trips at a site (FLEET).This vector P* produces
- 	an estimated number of days fished in each site,
- 	permitting a new estimate of the variable FLEET*.

- With the new value (FLEET*), the probabilities are re-
- calculated for each vessel. The new probabilities allow a new value of FLEET** to be calculated. It is used to determine a new set of probabilities.

- These iterations are continued until the probabilities do not change. This is then the new distribution of the fleet.

## Simulated Effects of Policies

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Welfare measure

## Welfare

**Welfare**
**Effects**

## What we did not discuss include:

- 	Impacts on the processor/consumer
- 	Benefits of the regulations

## Conclusions:

- 	EFH designations to protect marine species can
- 	be costly to commercial fisheries in the short run.

- More research needed into the manner in which
- variation in expected returns is modeled.

- Our model allows anglers to re-optimize their current choice when faced with closures by making a guess as to what the rest of the fleet may do and then choose their best area accordingly.  While crowding did not prove to be a major driver of area choice in this case, there may be other fisheries for which this could be a significant problem.
# Presentation: 819949

## Civil GPS Service Interface CommitteeState and Local Government Subcommittee

- Wyoming

**August 8, 2003**
- Introduction
- 	What is CGSIC
- 	Objectives
- 		Learn what you need
- 		Answer your questions/
- 		  highlight what to watch for
- GPS and Federal Augmentation Status
- 	GPS Constellation Status/Health
- 	NDGPS Beacon System
- 		Preciptiable Water Vapor
- 		Tectonic Plate Movement
- 		Medora, ND
- Continuously Operating Reference Stations
**August 9, 2003**
- Roundtable of Applications
- 	General or innovative applications
- 	   for local rep
- 	Homeland Security
- How can we help you
- Wrap-up

- 1300
- 1310
- 1430
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# Presentation: 682877

## Control/Monitoring System Overview

## The DØ Control System

**History**
**Run I  - CDAQ**
**Built at DØ**
**VMS and Pascal**
**Platform Independence Decree**
**Run II - EPICS**
**Shared with HEP Community**
**Runs on many platforms**
**The Standard (Control) Model**
**Operator Interface (OPI)**
**Local Area Network (LAN)**
**Input/Output Controller (IOC)**

## EPICS Characteristics

**High performance (records processed per second)**
**MVME-162 (68K)**
**>5000**
**MVME-230x (Power PC)**
**>50000**
**Extensive collection of applications**
**Database editors**
**Display programs**
**Alarm handler**
**Archiver**
**Many more**

## The Standard Model

**OPI**

**IOC**

**OPI**

**IOC**

**LAN**

## OPI Components

**Channel**
**Access Client**

**Hardware**
**Database**

**EPICS**
**.DB File**

**CA**
**Interface**

## EPICS IOC Components

## Record Scanning

**Periodic - Process at a periodic rate **
**Standard**
**0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 seconds**
**DØ may add other periods**
**Event - Process when an event is posted**
**255 events**
**Begin run, End run, ...**
**I/O Event - Process on an external interrupt**
**Passive - Process only when requested**

## Multiple Device Display

## Parameter Page

## Device Diagnostic Display

## Secondary DAQ Control Flow

***1553***** *****Bus***

*VME* *Bus*

**Secondary DAQ Control Flow**

*CA Link*

*UNIX Server*

**CONFIG****DATABASE**

*UNIX Server*

**Collector / Router**

**Data Logger**

**RIP**

**Disk**

**HOST SYNCH**

**EPICS CA**
**CLIENT **

**COOR**

**TAKER**

*ITC*

*ITC*

**COMICS**

*ITC*

*Controls/Readout*
*        **Crates*

## Secondary DAQ Data Flow

*         **Crates*

***1553***** *****Bus***

*VME* *Bus*

**FCC**

*Linux PCs*
*UNIX Server*

*UNIX Server*

*Control Room PCs*

**Secondary DAQ Data Flow**

*ITC*

**Detector**

*CA Link*

## Significant Event System

**Significant Event**
** ****Server**

**Fault Watcher**

**Archiver**

**HV Control**

**Heartbeat**

**Display**

**Run Control**
**(COOR)**

**Process**

**Periodic**
**Heartbeat**

**Run**
**Suspend**

**F**

**F**

**F**

**F**

**F**

**F**

**Filter**

**Filter**

**SE Message**

**Filtered Message**
# Presentation: 334326

## Ultra-High-Efficiency, Monolithic, Dual-Junction Solar Cells

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
-   Developed proprietary, step-graded buffer layer scheme 	that allows the growth of very low defect density, lattice-	mismatched InGaAs on GaAs and InP substrates
-   Fabricated high efficiency, metamorphic, single-junction 	1.1 eV InGaAs, 1.62 eV InGaP, and dual junction           	1.62 eV / 1.1 eV InGaP/InGaAs solar cells on GaAs 	substrates using the buffer layer scheme
**	****	****	****COMMERCIALIZATION**
-   This SBIR served as a basis for an Air Force contract to 	develop a triple-junction, lattice-mismatched solar cell. 	Efficiencies of 25% were achieved with a goal of 31%
-   Private capital from ERI and loans totaling $750K were 	used to establish and operate independent production 	facilities
-   Received $100K from commercial business to date from 	related areas
-   ERI increased employees by 5 to a total of 9 people

***Essential Research, Inc (ERI)***
***Cleveland, OH***

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

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   These types of solar cells  will be used by both NASA 	and DOD in various programs
-   A new technology area has been established for multi-	junction cells-the lattice mismatched multi-junction cells

- Glenn Research Center
- Space Power
- 3-086

**Ultra-High-Efficiency, Monolithic, Dual-Junction Solar Cells**

***Dual junction cell structure***

**INNOVATION**

- 1996 Phase II, NAS3-98026, 4/02
- NASA Contact – Dave Wilt/Sheila Bailey
- Company Contact – Samar Sinharoy

- Lattice-mismatched multi-junction high efficiency solar cells
# Presentation: 077683

## Air Quality Issues on Highway  Projects

- April Marchese
- Director, Office of Natural
- And Human Environment**                         **
** ****June, 2006**

## An Overview

- Why this is a highway concern
- Why this is a NEPA issue
- What the future holds
- How we can help

## On-road sources contribute toMobile Source Air Toxics emissions

- For the Year 1999

## ...and to Particulate Matter

-  PM 2.5 Emissions 2002—National Emissions Trends

## There are adverse health effects from MSATs

| Pollutant  | Cancer Risk | Respiratory |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Acetaldehyde | Probable | Yes |
| Acrolein | Unknown | Yes |
| Benzene | Yes | Yes |
| 1,3-Butadiene | Probable | Yes |
| DPM/DEOG | Probable | Yes |
| Formaldehyde | Probable | Yes |

## ...and adverse health effects from Particulate Matter

- Asthma, chronic bronchitis, and other respiratory problems and disease
- Decreased lung function
- Alteration of the body’s defense system
- Premature mortality

##  But project-level impacts     are difficult to measure 

-                      Levels of Emissions
-   Emission Dispersion
- 	 Length of Exposure
- 	     **Health Effects**

## Why is this a NEPA issue?(didn’t the conformity process take care of this?)

- Conformity process requires a regional analysis but also some project-specific analyses
- Air Toxics pose a potential health hazard but are not covered in the conformity process
- MSATs are not criteria pollutants, no NAAQS

## NEPA document should discuss impacts that can inform decision-making

- Impact analysis and comparison of impacts of project alternatives
- Public disclosure and
-    information dissemination
- Discussion of uncertainties

## And another good reason—we’re getting sued 

- Four lawsuits against FHWA raising MSAT issues—
- US-95 (Nevada)
- CCCH (Vermont)
- Katy Freeway (Texas)
- I-93 (New Hampshire)
- PM 2.5 analysis already front and center in comments on NEPA document for a major highway project in Maryland

## There are solutions on the horizon...  

## ...but also new issues

-  **New NAAQS**
- More stringent PM 2.5 standard
- New PM coarse standard
- Revised ozone standard
**Global Climate Change**
- About 27% of greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation sources
**New Emissions Model**

##                How we can help

- Technical assistance (with RC staff) and policy guidance in conducting an analysis

- But Cindy said these trends would be going _down_....

##             How we can help

- Developing mitigation strategies...
- And finding ways to pay for them

- Maybe it’s time for a diesel retrofit

##                		How we can help

- Providing answers through research and data collection...
- and explaining uncertainties.

- AHA!
-   A particulate matter!

##     How we can help

- Facilitating positive dialogues with other Federal agencies

*EPA, so nice to see you*

*Hello FHWA, how is the family?*

##             Give us a call
# Presentation: 935184

## Conference Support

## Tools

- SPMS
- InDiCo
- Homegrown Solutions

## Tools  - Conference Office Support

## Checklist

- Approvals
- Organizer works with CO
- Quicker turnaround?
- Dates
- Registration
- Who will assist during conference
- Cost?
- Hotel
- CO
- No Contracts!
- Meeting rooms
- Meeting Maker.
- Interface to conference tools?
- Web pages
- conferences.fnal.gov
- Indico.fnal.gov/conference
- Automatically generated?
- Keep pages for how long?
- Food
- Breaks
- Lunch
- Special Dinner/Receptions?
- Resturant?
- Resources
- Tables and tableclothes (special forms)
- Projectors
- Laptops?
- Microphones
- Video feed. Additional cost
- CD of talks?
- Transportation
- Busses?
- Sponsors
- Pay for meals?
# Presentation: 694077

## EMU - Cathode Strip Chambers

_**CHAMBER DESIGN STATUS**_
_**AND ISSUES**_
**Nelson Chester**
**Fermilab Project Engineer**
**December 2,  2000**

## High Voltage Connection

**Proposed Redel HV Cable Connectors showing Interlock Switch   **

## ME 234/2 Design Status

**Design and **_**all**_** drawings updated to accommodate:**
**Redel Connector, Latch Switch**
**Integration of Cooling Plate and related Electronics and Cabling:**
-  Cooling Plate Mounting Holes
- Cable Strain Relief Mounting Holes
- Water Bracket Mounting Holes
**Product being Procured and Assembled as per Above Drawings.**

## High Voltage Harnesses

**Only 1 large chamber &1 small chamber harness proposed.**
**Redel Connector approved is pending.**

## ME 1/2 Design Status

**Drawings now updated to ****Current ME 234/2**** ****Technology****.**
**Design Issues at Cathode Connectors and Wide End Extrusion Resolved with Protection Circuit now on CFEB**
**The following drawing updates are pending completion ****AFEB Integration****:**
**Chamber Final Assembly**
**Frame Assembly**
**Top Anode Side Extrusion**** **
**Anticipate resolution of Issues and completion of Drawings by Mid December. **

## ME 2,3,4/1  &  ME 1/3 Design Status

**Drawings updated to ****Current ME 234/2**** ****Technology:**
**Required Frame Drawing Updates Pending Resolution of Frame Integration Interface Design **
**Engineering Release to Occur 2 weeks after ****Integration Approval.**
**ME 4/1 Prototype Yet to be Assembled---drawing finalization to occur 2 weeks after completion of Prototype Assembly**

## ME 1/2 Cathode Resolution

**Proposed Final Configuration**
# Presentation: 679721

## BER Funding Profile(dollars in thousands)

- 								     	FY 2004		FY 2005
- 								      _Appropriation_		_Request _
- Biological & Environmental Research
- 	Life Sciences						204,691		204,011
- 	Climate Change Research				142,114		142,959
- 	Environmental Remediation				108,308		105,522
- 	Medical Applications & Measurement
- 		Science					_	__186,341_	_	__  44,098  _
- Subtotal, BER						641,454		496,590
- Project Engineering and Design (PED)	_                     0_	_  ___  __5,000_
- Subtotal, BER						641,454		501,590
**Total, BER****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****641,454****	****	****501,590****	**
- Congressional Direction**	****	****	**_**	**__136,798_
**	**
**Total BER Comparable****	****	****	****	****504,565**

**Notes:**
NOTES:

FY 2005
(GTL 67,493)
(EMSL 37,138)
(Congressional Direction 136,798)
# Presentation: 391209

## Ckov status

- David Lange, Doug Wright
- LLNL
- May 4, 2004

## Hardware status

- All PMTs installed, cabled, under HV for ~2 months now.
- Recently increased HV to nominal running value: 2100V.  No problems with HV.
- One remaining system: LED pulser.
- Patch panel box on B. Jones’ desk – in line behind other MIPP work.
- Should be ready this week.
- Chamber filled with C02
-  /K/p radiatate at 40 GeV

## CAMAC status

- Problems at time of last collaboration meeting now solved.
- Seem to have robust branch highway to and between our crates.
- We do see problems most likely due to heat.
- ADC/TDC modules don’t always give lams
- Problems gone this week
- Added fans, cooler weather
- Much of DC electronics off
- Racks+crates no longer (very) hot to touch.
- Need to monitor temperature near RR12 closely

## “Online” software status

- CKOVDetector code written and debugged
- Code to decode raw data written and debugged.
- In recent versions of MippIo/raw2root
- Online monitoring code recently committed
- Mirror by mirror adc and tdc plots
- Cabling map in the database.
- Success using anamipp to make histos
- Until rewrite of EventDataModel/IoModules etc.
- (Is it time for a ‘prelim bugs software mailing list so that fewer people independantly discover the same problem?)

## Timing concerns..

- TDC signals arrive ~240ns before gate from 2323 module:
- Time for TDC signals from T00 ~ 110 ns
- My understanding of trigger delays:
- 30ns T00 to trigger rack
- 150ns to leave trigger rack
- 90ns on cables to rack
- 10ns in 2323 (?)
- =280ns
- Estimate off by 70ns ... is 280ns verified?

## Evidence of beam:

- One mirror on beam axis sees > pedestal in essentially all events.
-  Evidence for hits > pedestal in most other mirrors. In process of evaluating how many do/don’t work properly.

## Many TDCs work too

- Thresholds need to be lowered...

## Gas : Crisis du jour

- C4F10 Saga:
- Planned to wait ‘as long as possible’ to order gas given $$ issues.
- Vendor and rough quote in hand (3M)
- In ~Feb found out that 3M stopped C4F10 production
- Terry quickly found new vendor but at 2x $.
- Planned delivery date = April 1
- Actual ~ April 20
- Whoops: **vendor delivered the wrong gas.**

## C4F10 situation (II)

- Vendor looking at alternative suppliers
- 1 so far: another 3x $$ and 4 weeks
- Also straightening out with 1st vendor....
- Terry looking at alternative vendors
- Looking again at gas alternatives
- Not many if any that will have similar physics performance.

## Conclusion

- PMTs look to be working
- Concerns:
- Gas
- Heat
- Pulser system to be completed.
- Need to think about event display..
- Current problems in io classes
# Presentation: 758496

## WR Hydrology ScienceField Seminar Series

## Goals

- Promote sharing of WR field office projects and ideas
- Provide opportunity for RFC personnel, SHs, and others to tune their technical communication skills
- Promote a cohesive WR hydrology workforce

## Seminars

- Monthly seminar series via goto meeting
- Each seminar features ~30-45 minute talk by WR field person followed by questions
- Primary audience is RFCs and SHs but all welcome
- SSD will coordinate

## Schedule

- 4th Thursday
- 1pm MT, noon PT
- 1.888.677.3344
- Passcode: 734550#
- Goto meeting:
- _[www.gotomeeting.com/join/999149090](http://www.gotomeeting.com/join/999149090)_

| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7/26/07 | Ed Clark | CBRFC Experiences with the OHD Distributed Model |
| 8/23/07 | Jayme Laber | GIS in the WFO |
| 9/27/07 |  |  |
| 10/25/07 |  |  |
| 11/29/07 |  |  |
| 12/20/07 |  |  |
| 1/24/08 |  |  |
# Presentation: 476622

## IMPROVING HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE

**MAX  MAYFIELD**
** ****NATIONAL  HURRICANE  CENTER**

**WHERE  AMERICA’S  CLIMATE  AND  WEATHER  SERVICES  BEGIN**

**Employing new communication technology **
**Enhancing public outreach & education**

## TPC Watch/Warning/Wind Graphic

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

- Advance Notice – Specific to Area

## Presenting Information Effectively?Distribution of Wind around a Hurricane

- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL1700
- 1500Z WED OCT 18 2000
- 64 KT....... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
- 50 KT....... 60NE  60SE  30SW  30NW.
- 34 KT.......120NE 120SE  90SW  90NW.
- 12 FT SEAS..150NE 240SE  240W 150NW.

- Presenting Information Effectively?Distribution of Wind around a Hurricane

## HRD WIND ANALYSIS   IRENE     0130 UTC 17 OCT 1999

**HRD WIND ANALYSIS   IRENE     0130 UTC 17 OCT 1999**

**Actual Hurricane Force Winds due North of Center**

**Are interpreted as**

## HURREVAC DISPLAY W/64 KT RADII:  80NW 80NE 0SE 0SW

**HURREVAC DISPLAY W/64 KT RADII:  80NW 80NE 0SE 0SW**

**Notes:**
We think that in most cases we are doing a better job of determining the initial wind conditions of the hurricane’s circulation.  Unfortunately, we still have trouble forecasting changes in these wind fields.  We have done a good job of talking about our limitations in the track and intensity forecasts, and we need to also make people aware that we have limitations in forecasting the size of a hurricane as well.  There are also limitations in the software display programs that many people use.

##  WORLD METEOROLOGICAL        				ORGANIZATION
 INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
 NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
 THE PUBLIC
 THE MEDIA

** ****INTERGOVERNMENTAL **
** ****NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS**
** ****THE PUBLIC**
** ****THE MEDIA**

**OUTREACH & EDUCATION**

**Notes:**
No matter what I talk about, I am always asked about the forecast for the upcoming season.

## RSMC Miami

**RSMC Miami**

***Coordinates TC warnings and watches***

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## HLT Communication Flowchart

**Local**
**NWSFOs**

**FEMA EST**

**FEMA ROCs**

**State EOCs**

**Local EOCs**

**Hurricane Hotline**

**HLT Communication Flowchart**

**National Hurricane Center ****@ the Tropical Prediction Center**

**HLT**

## Slide 15

## Sample Broadcast Graphics

**HURREVAC Graphics**

**Satellite Loops**

**Radar**** ****Images**

** ****Storm Surge Loops**

**Sample Broadcast Graphics**

## Slide 17

## Cooperation with the media

**Cooperation with the media**
# Presentation: 268669

## Slide 1

## Questions to WG1 - 2

-      **Energy Deposition**
-  Estimated dipole field with TAS in quad first option to reduce peak energy deposition well below quench limits, Estimated thickness of internal absorbers?. Choose L* = 19m.
-  Scaling laws for energy deposition. What are the limits of validity and how can they be improved? Variation with L* ?
-  Impact of orbit corrector D0 inside the experiment on energy deposition in downstream magnets
-      **Magnets**
-  What is the limit on quad aperture from magnet design at constant pole tip field? is the aperture limit different for NbTi and Nb3Sn ?
-  Is there a quad design with either an absorber or low Z spacers in the horizontal and vertical planes to minimize energy deposition ?
-  Are there lower limits to the systematic errors on b6 and b10 with Nb3Sn ? How does this scale with the pole tip field and aperture ?
-  If 90mm quads with 11-12 T field are demonstrated by 2009, how much confidence is there that larger aperture quads can be built with the same pole tip field?
# Presentation: 690753

## Child Restraint Regulations

**Frances M. Wokes**
**Transport Canada**
**Safety & Security Group**
**Civil Aviation Directorate**
**Commercial & Business Aviation Branch**
**Cabin Safety Standards Division**

## Slide 2

## HISTORY

**1979 and earlier: **
**Child Restraints forbidden**
**Infants required to be held in arms of adult**
**1984 Exemption issued**
**CRS permitted but not mandatory**
**No obligation to accept**

## HISTORY Cont’d.

**1996 Introduction of the CARs (Canadian Aviation Regulations)**
**Incorporated the exemption into the regulation**
**Not mandatory**
**No obligation to accept**

## REGULATION

**CAR 605.26, (formerly Air Navigation Order Series II, No. 2) requires infants (defined as one who has not yet reached its second birthday) be held in the arms of an adult or in an approved infant/child restraint system during take-off, landing and when seat belts are required to be worn. **

## Regulation

**Accepts CMVSS 213 & 213.1**
**Accepts FMVSS 213 except harness, vests, & booster seats**
**The “sticker”**
**Does not accept any other standards**

## Recommendation:  R & D dedicated to the design of a restraint system for infants and small children traveling in aircraft be conducted without delay.

## Aviation vs Automotive

**Width between armrests**
** ****Base Dimensions**
**Seat Pitch**
**Installation Methods**
**Installation Frequency**
_**Anchorage Points**_

## Standard Reply

**“****Without availability of an infant restraint device designed specifically for use in aircraft, it would be premature at this time to require their use.”**
**“****Once the identified deficiencies associated with aircraft use of the present devices has been resolved, then it will be possible to consider regulations to require their use for the restraint of infants and children traveling in aircraft”**
**“****Dependent upon the results of this research project, consideration will be be given to the development of a regulation making their use on aircraft mandatory.”**

## PROJECT OBJECTIVE

- To determine the _feasibility _of developing a child safety system which meets the needs of the users, the airline industry, and the regulators.

## STATUS

**STATUS**

**Canadian Aviation Regulatory Advisory Council Technical Committee VII tasked to consider regulatory options that address the safety of infants and children on board Canadian aircraft.  **
**TCVII unanimously agreed that current status quo is unacceptable in medium to long term.  **

## Thank You
# Presentation: 298522

## The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 
And Definitions of "Rural”

Steven Hirsch
Emily Costich

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

- And Definitions of "Rural”
- Steven Hirsch
- Emily Costich
- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

## Metropolitan and Micropolitan Core Based Areas (CBSAs)

## Metro Areas

- Metropolitan statistical areas must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants.
- Includes the central county or counties containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county as measured through commuting.

## Micro Areas

- Micropolitan statistical areas must have at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 population.
- Includes the central county or counties containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county as measured through commuting.

## Urbanized Areas

- For Census 2000, the Census Bureau classifies as "urban" all territory, population, and housing units located within an urbanized area (UA) or an urban cluster (UC). It delineates UA and UC boundaries to encompass densely settled territory, which consists of:
- core census block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile and
- surrounding census blocks that have an overall density of at least 500 people per square mile

## CBSAs  in Maryland

## Montgomery County, MD

- Population=873,341  Area=495.52
- Density per sq. mile=1,762

## Montgomery County, MD

- Density by Census Tract

## Rural Urban Commuting Areas (RUCAs)

- RUCAs are a Census tract-based taxonomy that utilizes the standard Census Bureau urban area and place definitions in combination with work commuting data to characterize the nation’s Census tracts regarding their rural and urban status and functional relationships.

## RUCAs

**1.Urban core Census tract**
**2. Census tract strongly tied to urban core **
**3. Census tract weakly tied to urban core **
**4. Large town Census tract **
**5. Census tract strongly tied to large town **
**6. Census tract weakly tied to large town **
**7. Small town Census tract **
**8. Census tract strongly tied to small town **
**9. Census tract weakly tied to small town **
**10. Isolated smaller rural Census tract **

## Maryland Rural Census Tracts

## Rural or Urban?

## Rural or Urban?

## CBSAs in Arizona

## Arizona Rural Census Tracts

## Montgomery ZIP Density

## MMA ZIP Classification

## RUCAs and MMA

- Physician Scarcity Bonus
- Primary Care
- Specialty Care
- Ambulance “Super Rural” Bonus
- Small Hospital Cost-Based Lab Payments
# Presentation: 016090

## Report on the FFG Consistency Meetingat LMRFC May 5-6, 2004

- Dave Reed
- HIC Meeting
- July 13-15, 2004

## Meeting Overview

- Outgrowth of
- FFGIT Findings
- SR RFC Tech Transfer Meeting in December 2003
-  Goals
- Minimize inconsistency in FFG across RFC boundaries
- Eliminate holes in FFG and overlap at RFC boundaries

## Procedure

- Reviewed FFGUID User Control Parameters from RFCs
- Set suggested limits on parameters
- Reviewed gridded threshhold runoff utilizing ArcView
- Suggested changes in values along boundaries
- Decision on making changes up to RFCs

## Suggested Changes

## Additional Recommendations

- Clip gridded FFG at RFC boundaries to eliminate overlap
- Utilize ArcInfo to address holes at boundaries of RFCs and basins
- Share model parameters for basins near RFC boundaries
- Hold quarterly conference calls to discuss/address discrepancies