BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
# Presentation: 483155

## Ambient Pressure Laser Heating and Melting of Pt Foil—Validating BL 12.2.2 Temperature Measurements

- Wed Feb 21-Fri Feb 23
- Pt foil (4 m thin) cut in thin strip and mounted in “Wire melting chamber”.  Chamber flooded with Ar gas.
- Laser Power setting at 25 Amps.  Waveplate value upon melting 1.90-2.04 Volts.  This means the laser power at the sample was approx.5 Watts (combined upstream and downstream)
- Melt determination made by visual observation of “melt pool” and/or flicker of sample.  Neutral density filters greatly aid in visual observations.
- Simultaneous diffraction aided in melt determination, but diffraction signal from sample after heating is very weak due to texturing.  Detailed discussion of diffraction signal given below.

## Pre&Post Heat Pt Foil

- ~25m

- Post-heating observations support melting with appearance of holes in foil, and foil having a different (glassy?) texture.

- PreHeating

- PostHeating

## Ambient Pressure Laser Heating and Melting of Pt Foil

- Temperature calculation is done by fitting data (corrected for system response) to the Planck function in a wavelength range of 600-800 nm.  _No_ wavelength dependent emissivity was applied to the data.
- The melting temperature is calculated as the average of the last temperature when a “solid” observation is made and the first determination when a “melt” observation is made.
- For 3 separate runs with observations made both upstream and downstream, the average melt temperature is determined as 2052+/-29 K.  This is close to the literature value of 2041 K.

## Pt Foil Ambient P Laser Melting:Raw Data

## Temperature Profile during melt observation of ambient pressure Pt foil

## Temperature Vs Laser Power

- Temperature vs total power at sample position (upstream + downstream)
- Plot levels off at Pt Tm
- Another supporting piece of evidence for melt indication

## X-ray diffraction during laser heating of Pt foil

- Diffraction signal from Pt foil at ambient condition
- right after mounting foil before any heating

- 20 keV
- Dist: 316.974 mm

## Diffraction signal almost completely disappears on a 

- mm-area after heating to moderate temperatures (barely coupling).

- 1 single diffraction spot left.

## Zoom in on diffraction spot

## Most intense D-value corresponds to (111) of Pt. ~ 2.27 Å

- Most intense D-value corresponds to (111) of Pt. ~ 2.27 Å

- (unsure of why spot is split into 3 peaks) residual strain?

## In vicinity of melting. Spot broadens and loses intensity

## During Heating

- Room Temperature

## Integrated Pt Spot During Heating

- T =~2000K
- ~1e-5
- d/d ~ 2e-5
- d ~ 2.25 =>
- d + d = 2.295

- Spot broadens and shifts to higher dsp.
- Confirms the alignment of x-ray and laser
- (diffraction from laser heated spot)

## Peak sharpens up upon quenching.

## After melting most intensity recovered to the lowest of the 3 peaks
# Presentation: 520019

## Components of an Effective Networking Program 

**Components of an Effective Networking Program **

- Presented by Captain James Ridley
- New York Wing/NER Public Affairs Officer

## net·work·ing    A supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest.

## Networking

- Internal
- External

## Internal Networking

- Squadron, Group, Wing or Region Staff Officers
- Commanders
- Cadets
- Other PAOs within Group, Wing or Region
- National Public Affairs

## Staff Officers, Commanders & Cadets

- Excellent source for events being planned
- Access to event details and direct quote sources
- Enables the PAO to promote the best events internally and externally
- Friendly sources to question and pitch ideas to

## PAOs

- Best practices
- Sharing of ideas, methods and styles
- Collaborative efforts
- Workshops
- Group, Wing or Region Newsletters & Websites

## National Public Affairs Office

- “The Source” They’re here to help
- National PA Updates
- Annual PAO Academy
- Best Practices
- Online News
- Volunteer Magazine

## External Networking

- Local town/county news publications
- Major local news publications
- Local TV & Radio Stations
- Local politicians press secretaries
- College Radio Stations
- College Professors (Radio & TV)
- High School & Technical Schools
- Base Public Affairs Departments
- Authors – Aviation, E/S, Community Service

## Location, Location, Location

- Location Is Everything!

- NER

## Tools of Effective Networking

- Press Kits
- Business Cards
- Internet/Website
- Examples of work
- Know your audience
- Media database						eMail, Fax, Phone and mailing			address
- Quality of submissions
- Relationships (Don’t be afraid to drop a name or two)

## Persistence

- Don’t give up
- Submit articles in a timely fashion on a consistent basis
- Mainstream media is tough
- Research, research and more research
- Patience pays off...eventually			_***Build Credibility***_

## Examples

- TV Kids News
- NER SARCOMP						*The Republican*						ABC & NBC
- SAR Mission-LIG, Summer 2007			*Newsday*							News 12 TV				*Hampton Weekly*
*LI Press, Suffolk Life, Neighborhood News*

## When Opportunity Knocks

## Networking Made It Possible

- National PA & NYWg PAO
- PA Specialist, Westover ARB, MA
- Editor, *Suffolk Life* Newspaper
- Kids-Day Editor, *Newsday *
- Captain Darren Cioffi, CAP

- Example Sources

## Summary

- Internal & External Networking
- Professional attitude, appearance and work
- Utilize multiple sources
- Be persistent but not “pushy”

## Questions?
# Presentation: 463012

## COLIFORM SITE SAMPLING PLAN

- Gary Carlson
- Drinking Water Program
- U.S. EPA Region 8

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- Required under 40 CFR 141.21(a) for Public Water Systems (PWS)
- 	PWS: either community or non-community system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption
- 		-   at least 15 service connections, or
- 		-   regularly serves an average of at least 	25 individuals daily at least 60 days out 		of the year

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- The goal of bacteriological sampling should be to achieve the highest probability of detecting any bacteriological contamination of the distribution system possible

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- PWS required to submit plan which is representative of water throughout the distribution system
- Distribution system is that part of the water system after collection, treatment, and storage of water, that is used to distribute water

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- Sampling location is generally at a service (any location receiving water from the distribution system).
- Sampling locations shown on site sampling plan are representative of the entire distribution system with no areas that are left unsampled over a period of time.

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- Samples should be taken from residences as well as from public and commercial locations.

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- Why is a site sampling plan required?
- 		- To ensure bacteriological samples are representative of the distribution system
- 		-  A plan documents sampling sites for reference  (sampler and regulator)
- 		-  A site plan facilitates planning in case of contamination

## Coliform Site Sampling Plan

- A site sampling plan should include:
- 		-  An overall sketch or drawing of the entire distribution system, including storage and booster disinfection locations
- 		-  Layout of distribution system lines (mains, laterals, and service connections)
- 		-  Points of identification such as streets and residential addresses
# Presentation: 662992

## Peak ~ 90%  Avg last 20 stores - ~80%

## FY Avg Store hrs per week

- 120 Store hrs per week

## Amount RAW data vs CDF Live time

## CDF data volume for selected stores

## Raw Data numbers (range)

- data (in bytes) per CDF live time
- Fit 1 -    = 3x1010*(live time) + 1011
- Fit 2 -   = 4x1010*(live time) + 7x109

## Amount of Raw Data per week

- Current projection w/o planned upgrades
**16 - 23 tapes/wk** (190 GB/tape)
- Run 2B project upgrades
- Trigger DAQ (Event Builder/L3 Farm)
- L2 Rate from 350 Hz to 1000 Hz
- Consumer Sever Logger
- 35 Mbytes/s  to 60 Mbytes/s
-  implies growth of 1.7
-  =>  **27- 39 tapes /wk**

## Number Raw tapes needed Sep ‘05 through Dec ‘05

|  # of Weeks | Low estimate | High estimate |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6
 | 16 | 23 | Before upgrades |
| 9 | 27 | 39 | After upgrades |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shutdown |
| Total Raw | 339 | 489 |  |

## Ratio of Prod_x0013_uction Data/ Raw data

|  | 0f | 0g |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raw Data in TB | 34.7 | 33.6 |
| Prod. data in TB | 39.0 | 39.6 |
| Ratio (Production/RAW) | 112% | 118% |

## Number tapes required until Jan 06
# Presentation: 106100

## Title of Your Book Goes Here

-         **Links to LOC Resources:**
- Link 1
- Link 2
- Link 3
- Link 4
- Link 5
- Link 6

- Your name – City, State – Teaching level and subject – Date

- A one sentence statement describing the learning objective of your activity goes here.

- Author
- Book Title
- City: Publisher, Date.

- Book cover or
- representative image
- goes here.

**Book Summary**: (Descriptive sentence)
**Setting:** (Time, Place)

## Book Title:

- Author
- Book Title
- City: Publisher, Date.

- Book Title:

- Learning Objective:

- Your info:

- Book cover or
- representative image

- Links to LOC Resources:
# Presentation: 754401

## Operations

- Captain Dave Kirchgessner

## Operational Factors

- Flight crew performance
- FedEx actions after accident

## Flight Crew Performance

- No flare, left crab, right of centerline
- Landing inconsistent with training
- Crosswind landing techniques and flare were trained and practiced

## Flight Crew Performance

- Crosswinds within airplane / flight crew’s capabilities
- FedEx flight training adequate

## Flight Crew Performance

- Operational factors
- Fatigue
- FAA pilot certification
- FAA medical certification
- Wind conditions
- MD-11 / MD-10 differences

## Flight Crew PerformanceFirst Officer’s History

- Previous employer (1994)
- Two proficiency checkride failures
- FAA reexamination

## Flight Crew PerformanceFirst Officer’s History

- Hired by FedEx in 1996
- MD-11 type rating in 1998
- Two unsatisfactory proficiency checkrides
- No deficiencies directly related to performance on day of accident

## Flight Crew PerformanceCheck Airman’s Performance

- Check airman and pilot-in-command
- Responsibilities
- Monitor First Officer’s performance
- Ensure safe conduct of the flight

## Flight Crew PerformanceCheck Airman’s Performance

- MD-11 simulator
- Replicated FDR data
- Cockpit observations
- Flight control inputs
- Left crab
- Drift
- No flare

## Flight Crew PerformanceCheck Airman’s Performance

- Possible corrective actions
- Verbal instruction
- Command a go around
- Take over flight controls
- No corrective actions taken

## FedEx Actions

- Enhanced Oversight Program
- Pilots requiring additional training
- Pilots with unsatisfactory checkrides
- Monitored for at least 1 year
- Receive additional line checks

## FedEx Actions

- Monthly pilot reviews
- Database
- Vice President of Flight Operations involvement
- Address and correct deficiencies

## Summary

- Poorly executed landing techniques
- First Officer performance deficiencies
- Captain’s inactions
- Enhanced Oversight Program

## SUMMARY

-   Programs that assess flight crewmember deficiencies are beneficial

## Slide 15
# Presentation: 748529

## Multispectral Spectrometers for Monitoringof Earth Resources

**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**Multispectral Spectrometers for Monitoring****of Earth Resources**
***Daedalus Enterprises******Ann Arbor, MI***

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Initially Daedalus spectrometers were used to monitor forest fires to aid fire fighters.  Further development resulted in the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODUS), and the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)
** ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Sold an airborne ocean color imager for $1.2M to Italian company
- Sold a multispectral infrared/visisble imaging spectrometer for $3M to Italian National Research Council

- Ames Research Center
- SS # 2-001
- Contacts: Daedulus - Charles Stanich (734) 769-5649
- NASA - James Brass (650) 604-5232

**Modis Airborne Simulator**

- 1983 Phase 2, Contract No. NAS2-12116
- 1986 Phase 2, Contract No. NAS2-13036

**      ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-  MODUS is being used as part of NASA's Earth Observing System which is being launched in 1998, and MAS has been used on NASA's high altitude ER-2 research aircraft for study of cloud properties and remote sensing of land vegetation1 and water properties under clear sky conditions.
- Modified Modis Simulator for Ames Research Center for $550K
- Remote sensing project for DOE for $350K
- Remote sensing project for GSFC for $250K
- Remote sensing project for Army Corps of Engineers for $100K
# Presentation: 161413

## snow on the mountain 

_*Euphorbia*_ * *_*marginata*_* *Pursh.
- Synonyms:  _*Agaloma*_ * *_*marginata*_*, *_*Dichroplyllum*_* * _*marginatum*_*, *_*Lepadena*_  _*marginata*_.
- Other common names;  ghostweed, smoke-on-the-prairie,  whitemargined spurge,         variegated spurge.

**Medicinally:**
-  The Lakota Sioux used a poultice of crushed leaves as a liniment for joint swellings, and a mixture was taken by mothers to promote lactation.
**Culturally:  **
- When broken a white latex like secretion flows from the stems.  The Kiowa used this as a chewing gum.
- Some cattlemen would use the sap in place of a branding iron in marking cattle.  When they found a maverick they may not have had their branding iron with them, or a fire could have been too hard to start.  They would paint the brand on the calf’s hide using the latex sap.  This juice is so caustic it would burn through the hair and leave a scar on the animal’s flesh in the shape of the brand.

- Photo courtesy of:  Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of _[USDA NRCS Texas State Office](http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/)_. This image is not copyrighted and may be freely used for any purpose. Please credit the artist, original publication if applicable, and the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. The following format is suggested and will be appreciated:**Clarence A. Rechenthin** @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

- Slide developed by Pat Broyles, Soil Conservationist, Manhattan, KS. PMC.  USDA is an equal opportunity employer.
# Presentation: 496386

## Linear and Bi-PhaseIntegrated Circuit Development

-   Produced reliable, small size modulator capable of continuous, 		linear, bi-phase and quadriphase modulation with low loss and 		well controlled phase performance
-   Established workability of design with computer-aided circuit 		space environment simulation
**                              ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
** **Improved production capabilities for GaAs integrated circuits 		have supported company’s progress in manufacturing devices 		for wireless communication market

***PACIFIC MONOLITHICS, INC.******SUNNYVALE, CA***

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

**      ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Selected for insertion into small deep space transponders 	(SDST) for New Millennium, Mars-2001 and Mars-2002 		missions
-   Selected for tiny exciter and transponder for New 			Millennium missions

-  1988 Phase 2; SS-121; 5/23/96

- Jet Propulsion Laboratory

**Linear and Bi-Phase****Integrated Circuit Development**

***Communication Technology for Mars Exploration***
# Presentation: 680077

## Update on Army Considerationregarding use of the:

**“****BPA OPTION”**
**Tim Scanlon**
**Bonneville Power Administration**
**Seattle Customer Service Center**
**909 First Ave., Suite 380**
**Seattle, WA  98104-3636**
**(206) 220-6774  tjscanlon@bpa.gov**

## Contents	

- Background
- Core Issue – the July Finding
- Current Status
- Additional ACA Considerations
- Additional ACA Findings
- Next Steps

## Background	

- July 29, 2004, Memorandum to Chief Counsel, Army Contracting Agency (ACA): Army Deputy General Counsel questions whether there is sufficient statutory authority for the Army to enter into a financing support arrangement with BPA.
- This memorandum was widely circulated.
- Purpose today is to provide background and status update on the Army’s reconsideration of use of the BPA Option.

## Core Issue -the July Finding

**   ****Does 10 USC 2865 provide authority to the Army to obtain multi-year financing from  utilities?**
- Need for positive and specific statutory language directed to DOD.
- Absent authorizing language, obligations or expenditures related to a financing arrangement could possibly result in a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA). This applies to all UESC (not just BPA) financings.

## Current Status

- ACA took up the issue and recommended that the Deputy General Counsel change their ruling. The ruling was changed.
- ACA found 10 USC 2865 authorizes the Army to use BPA as a national utility, or other utilities, to arrange financing. The Deputy General Counsel reconsidered and agreed with ACA.
- As it pertains to the BPA Option, Army opinion  is now consistent with the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency interpretation of this DOD statute.

## Additional ACA Considerations

- Can financing be separated from provision of other utility services?
- Can only the local utility provide financing assistance under 10 USC 2865?

## Additional ACAFindings 

- “There is no statutory basis to conclude that Congress and the President intended that military installations can only take advantage of 10 USC 2865 authorities through their servicing utilities; or, that only the utility actually performing an ECP may arrange project financing.”
- 10 USC 2865 does not give monopolistic ownership of financing to the local utility.

## Next Steps

- Army Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) to provide guidance to all Army Regions regarding use of the BPA Option.
- BPA is responding to inquiries from Army installations interested in BPA project support and/or facilitation of private-source financing.
# Presentation: 821447

## FPGA Radiation Tests

- Status Report

- Gustavo Cancelo

## Status Report

- Meeting and follow-ups with Xilinx people.
- List of questions to be answered by QPRO designers.
- Test setup work started
- More literature reading.

- Gustavo Cancelo

## Xilinx: QPRO vs. non rad. tolerance

- 99% of the space application literature dedicated to the use of Xilinxs and to Xilinx radiation tests focus on QPRO.
- The other 1% refers to SEE tests (only) on non rad-tol. XC series.
- Does it makes sense to test Xilinx other than QPROs?

- Gustavo Cancelo

## Table of Xilinx device series

- QPROs are 15 to 20 times more expensive than non rad-tol. counterparts

- QPROs have been extensively tested. Available literature includes:
- TID, SEU, SEL. Using proton beam at UC Davis and with heavy ions (Brookhaven)
- Moisture (popcorn), thermal, shock & vibration, outgassing.
- SEU mitigation using TMR (VHDL code included), scrubbing.

- Gustavo Cancelo

## CREME96 Orbital Upset Rates for XQVR300 Configuration Memory Cells (1.5Mbits)

- IEEE 1156.4-1997 Standard

- Gustavo Cancelo

## QPRO IC Process

** **Advanced CMOS process enhanced with epitaxial layer
-  XQR4000XL = 0.35um
-  Virtex = 0.22um
-  Virtex II = 0.15um
-  Epitaxial substrate = 2um

** **Total Ionizing Dose
- - XQR4000XL = 60Krads(si)
- - Virtex = 100Krads(si)
- - Virtex II >150Krads(si) – preliminary monitor on every wafer lot.
-  Latch-up Immune: LETth >120 MeV*cm2/mg @ +125oC
-  Effectively SEU Immune with recommended mitigation techniques.

**Radiation Specifications**

- Gustavo Cancelo

## Rad Tolerant Products and Systems Complexity

- Gustavo Cancelo

## What do we really want to test?
Does it make sense to test non-QPROs?
Can we afford testing QPROs now?
If we test QPROs, can we learn something else with this test, or are we happy enough learning to do FPGA radiation testing?

- Does it make sense to test non-QPROs?
- Can we afford testing QPROs now?
- If we test QPROs, can we learn something else with this test, or are we happy enough learning to do FPGA radiation testing?

- Reassuring our goals

- Gustavo Cancelo
# Presentation: 200389

## Cloud Properties Measurements for Validating Understanding of Ice Formation Processes

**Cloud Properties Measurements for Validating Understanding of Ice Formation Processes**

**Paul J. DeMott**

**Notes:**
Acknowledge co-authors and participating organizations, some of whom fund this work.

## Measure of ice nuclei with CSU Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber

**Measure of ice nuclei with CSU Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber**

## Prior cases for IN = primary initial ice formation: studies in/around orographic wave clouds

**(WAVEICE, CO-WY, Wyoming King Air, March 2000) **
**(Rogers and DeMott, 2002 AMS Conf. Cloud Phys.)**

- IN

## Unresolved ice formation mechanisms

- wind

## In deeper and mostly ice phase clouds: 

**In deeper and mostly ice phase clouds: **

**Secondary ice formation or sampling issue?**

*Closest correspondence between ice and IN from CVI residuals occurs only in upper region*

- Nov. 19, 2003

## However, great difficulty assigning true ice crystal concentrations based on particle probe data...

**Notes:**
This slide including other probe data makes it clear that probes assessing progressively smaller particles detect more apparent ice, although some may be water, particularly just above the melting level at about 800 mb. Added 260X to the fray of probes here. It seems possible that an active secondary ice formation process (Hallett-Mossop) exists on this day, something that particle imaging may give more insight into. A few people here may be able to address that. The other possibility is that ice from higher levels is fracturing to produce smaller ice particles without nuclei. Nevertheless, we must acknowledge that it may be that we are not accurately assessing IN, whether because activated concentration rises steeply with temperature on this day, or because we have “tortured” them, or because there is a time dependent mechanism that we are not assessing. 

## Future plans – ICE-L (Ice in Clouds Experiment – Layer clouds) with NCAR C-130 aircraft (March-April 2007)

- Altostratus/altocumuli

- Wave clouds

- Cumulus clouds

**Goal: Identify ice formation mechanisms in clouds, Includes aerosol, IN, CCN measurements along with latest microphysical probes.**
# Presentation: 053796

## Asset Management at Seattle Public Utilities

- Scott Haskins
- Deputy Director
- Seattle Public Utilities
- May 5-6  Working Session

## The Questions

- 1.  What is Asset Management at SPU?
- 2.  Why Asset Management at SPU?
- 3.  How did SPU get started with AM?
- 4.  What are the features of AM at SPU?
- 5.  What results have been achieved at SPU?

## What is Asset Management at SPU?

- Meeting agreed customer and environmental service levels while minimizing life cycle costs.

## Why Asset Management at SPU?

- Rate increases averaged 6% per year during 1990’s
- Sharp increases in O&M, capital spending since 1990’s
- Worsening financial conditions beginning in late 1990’s
- reliance on debt
- use of cash reserves
- weakening debt service
-     coverage

## Need more reasons?

- aging infrastructure
- inadequate information on condition
- need for more informed decisionmaking
- need for more clarity and consistency regarding service levels
- develop a more stable rate/budget path
- tackle the increasing costs of infrastructure
- protect public health and safety
- improve customer service

## How did SPU get started with AM?

- Learn from the best
- Fit best practices into our needs
- Asset management approach to investment decisions and operations
- Employee development and accountability
- Change the culture

## What are the features of AM at SPU?

- customer and environmental service levels
- risk assessment and quantification
- life cycle costs
- triple bottom line
- asset data and data systems
- specifiers and service providers
- Strategic Asset Management Plans
- Asset Management Committee
- Asset Maintenance Agreements
- benchmarking

## What results have been achieved with AM at SPU?

- reduce operations and maintenance budgets by ten percent
- productivity levels have increased
- reduced CIP by about $150 million – or fifteen percent
- staffing has been reduced over the past two years by eight percent.
- utility rates have been reduced in comparison to earlier planned levels
- cash reserves have increased
- projects are being financed with less reliance
- on debt

## What results have been achieved with AM at SPU?

- projects are being financed with less reliance on debt
- productivity has increased and service levels have been maintained
- the organizational culture has permanently changed
- asset management initiatives are integrated into SPU’s Strategic Business Plan and budget
-  capital investment decisions are made based on life cycle financial, social, and environmental costs and benefits
- more clarity around roles, responsibilities, decisionmaking authority, and accountability
# Presentation: 835260

##  Is the person a Federal Employee?

- NO

- YES

- A US Citizen?

- YES

- NO

- Will the person be
-  here for over 30 days?

- YES

- NO

- Complete NACI Investigation SF85 on
- E-QIP
- (OF306 and Fingerprints)

- Fill out a Visitor Notification Form at
- _[www.boulder.nist/security](http://www.boulder.nist/security)_
- 29 Day Badge will be issued at VC
- (BOULDER ONLY)

**On Site More**
**Than 3 Days**

**On Site 3 days or less**
**Or attending a conference 5 or fewer days**

- Will the person be
- Here for over 30 days?

**NOAA**

**NIST**

**NIST**

**NOAA**

- Complete Access Request Form (BOULDER ONLY)
- CD591 (Personal Identity Verification Request),
- Make copies of 2 Government forms of ID
- SF85, OF306, SF87 Fingerprint Card**, **and Resume** **
**Must go through Human Resources First**

- NO

- YES

- Complete NACI Investigation on SF85
- E-QIP
- (OF306 and Fingerprints)
- Monthly Badge Issued until
- Investigation Completed

- Submit 1260 to NIST Director & MRSO

- E-Mail Name, DOB, POB, Citizenship,
- Length of stay & Name of sponsor 1 day
- in advance of visit to Joe Thill

- Same as NOAA block above but must be
- sent 30 days in advance

- Same as NIST block above but must be
- sent 30 days in advance
# Presentation: 551497

## Research Project #10

- Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Increase the extent to which analyses of transportation safety data help to save lives and prevent injuries from hazards in all modes of transportation.

- Goal

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Report on Transportation Safety Data Analysis
- Promote intermodal interchanges of information on data analysis

- Objective

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Identify and index leaders in transportation safety data analysis and research
- Conduct a transportation safety data analysis survey
- Construct an analysis methods inventory

- Process

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Develop a DOT safety data analysis improvement plan
- Formulate an outreach strategy
- Produce the Transportation Safety Data Analysis Report

- Process

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Survey methodology and questions developed
- 15 respondents identified and interviews scheduled
- Will code results, analyze and summarize findings

- Data Analysis Survey

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis

- Performance standards
- Recommendations for developing new analytic methodologies

- Safety Data Analysis Improvement Plan

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Recommendations for technology applications
- Best practices and benchmarking
- Training guidelines

- Safety Data Analysis Improvement Plan

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Sponsorship of a safety data analysis “strike force”
- Presentations for national and international conferences and other fora

- Outreach Recommendations

## Expand, Improve, and Coordinate Safety Data Analysis 

- Curriculum for estimating
- Estimating transportation safety risks
- Cost analysis and Management
- Web site and publication program

- Outreach Recommendations
# Presentation: 572211

## Open Public Hearing Speakers

**Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee**
**October 20, 2005**

**Open Public Hearing Speakers**

## Donald A. Goldman, M.D.

**Donald A. Goldman, M.D.**

## Sally Bloomfield, BPharm, PhD

**Sally Bloomfield, BPharm, PhD**
**Chairman and Scientific Advisory Board Member, IFH **
**Hon. Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine**

## Lawton Seal, PhD

**Lawton Seal, PhD**
**Sr. Program Manager**
**Healthpoint R&D**

## Charles N. Haas

- _[Charles N. Haas](file:///CNHaas%20FDA%20Oct%202005.ppt)_
- _[Drexel University](file:///CNHaas%20FDA%20Oct%202005.ppt)_

## Tammy Lundstrom

**Tammy Lundstrom**

## Howard Bochnek

**Howard Bochnek**

## Eugene C. Cole, DrPH

**Eugene C. Cole, DrPH**
**Brigham Young University**
**Provo, Utah**
# Presentation: 680393

## FDA Workshop on Regulatory Process for Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support DeviceEric A. Chen, MSVAD Team Leadereac@cdrh.fda.gov301-443-8262, ext. 146

**Division of Cardiovascular Devices****FDA/CDRH/ODE**
**January 20, 2006**

## Summary

- Total Product Life Cycle
- Device design/testing
- Clinical data
- HDE
- PMA
- Develop a pediatric working group
- Consisting of expert cardiologists, surgeons, hematologist, etc.
- Critical Path Initiative
- Novel technology
- http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/504_tools.html

## Summary

- Market entry begins early
- Focus trial design
- Intended use
- Patient selection
- Treatment success
- Talk with us
- Pre-clinical testing
- Clinical trial design

## 	Eric Chen
	301-443-8262 ext. 146
	eac@cdrh.fda.gov

- 	301-443-8262 ext. 146
- 	_[eac@cdrh.fda.gov](mailto:eac@cdrh.fda.gov)_

- Contact Information
# Presentation: 109816

## Office of Contingency Exercises (CG-535)

*Office of Contingency Exercises (CG-535)*

**Contingency Exercise**
**Program**

- United States Coast Guard

- UNCLASSIFIED

## USCG Exercise Program Goals 

- Improve preparedness of Coast Guard
- Improve coordination and synchronization with stakeholders
- Optimally use time and resources to deliver meaningful exercises

- UNCLASSIFIED

## PREPAREDNESS CYCLE

**PREPAREDNESS CYCLE**

- CG - 535

- Direction

- Assessment

- Planning
- Program

**Exercise**
**Program**
**World of Work**

- Exercise

- Evaluate
- Learn

- Revise
- Correct

- Plan

- Equip

- Train

- Continuous
- Improvement

- UNCLASSIFIED

## Contingency Preparedness Program Manual(CPPM) Volume III - Exercises

- Complete rewrite of 94 version
- Introduces Program for All Contingency Exercises (PACE)
- Designed to help user select, develop, conduct, and evaluate exercises that best improve preparedness
- Clarify roles and responsibilities.
- HSEEP compliant

- UNCLASSIFIED

##  Preparedness Training

- Co-Program Manager for:
-  Contingency Preparedness Planners Exercise (CPPX)
-  Contingency Preparedness Planners Senior (CPPS)
-  On Scene Coordinator (OSC)
- Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP)
- ICS Courses
- Oversee: Curriculum, Quotas, PQS

- UNCLASSIFIED

## Exercise Support Teams (EST)

**Exercise Support Teams (EST)**

- Core of Exercise Professionals
- Subject Matter Expertise
- Exercise Design,
- Execution,
- Evaluation Process,
- After-Action Reporting
- Standardize Execution Across Coast Guard
- Mitigate the Exercise Load
- Enhance Benefits of Exercise
- Three Offices – 15 teams

- UNCLASSIFIED

## Post Exercise Activities

- After Action Reports
- Identify issues
- Policy
- Plans / Procedures
- Training
- Resources
- People
- Equipment
- Corrective Actions / Improvement Plan

- UNCLASSIFIED

## Questions?

- UNCLASSIFIED

## Slide 9

- UNCLASSIFIED
# Presentation: 740823

## Enhancements to AESDirect

**AES User Meeting**
**September 14, 2000**

**Notes:**
Title 13 United States Code, Chapter 9

....The Census Bureau is authorized to collect information 
from all persons exporting from, or importing into the 
United States and the noncontiguous areas over which
 the U.S. exercises sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control....
and shall compile and publish such information pertaining
to exports , imports, trade, and transportation relating thereto, 
as deemed appropriate to foster, promote, and develop the
commerce of the United States....

## Enhancements to AESDirect

- Recently Implemented
- Planned Enhancements

## Recently Implemented

- Customs proprietary format
- USPPI
- Certification statement
- AES*Direct* Certification Workshops
- NVOs and carriers can register on AES*Direct* to be a DEC
- Enforce browser support

## AESWebLink

- Integrates web sites with AES*Direct*
- Operates as an Internet plug-in
- Client creates generic record data
- Control and data passed to AES*Direct*
- AES*Direct *solicits remaining data
- Also works for desktop apps that can initiate a browser session

## Planned Enhancements 

- Password maintenance and control
- Contingency backup site
- Standalone keying version
- Usability recommendations

## Planned Enhancements 

- Usability Recommendations
- Tutorial
- Quiz - questions and structure
- Sales demo
- Templates

## For More Information

- Phone:	1-800-549-0595  or                                                		1-877-715-4433
- Fax: 		301-457-1159
- Email: 	ASKAES@census.gov
- Web Sites:
- AES*Direct*:  www.aesdirect.gov
- Customs AES Site: www.customs.gov/aes
- Census Site: www.census.gov/foreign-trade

## Reduce Exporting Stress with AES
# Presentation: 936924

## Year2: Planning ProposalHigh-level Milestones (Chanders report to the OSG Finance Board)

| What | Who | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Update high level year2 goals from original proposal via input from Science communities, funding agencies, and external projects; document updated view of year2 high level requirements/goals | Executive Team | May 15 to June 1 |
| Allocate High-level goals to OSG Area Coordinator Team (and PIs, as needed); deploy to area coordinators | Executive Team | June 7 AM Meeting |
| Develop 2 to 3 layer WBS (w/definitions) and resource estimates (spanning the matrixed team across various institutions)  to accomplish OSG Year2 High-level Goals | Area Coordinators (and PIs) | June 11-22 |
| Capture all the Area Coordinator work plans into unified WBS and develop year2 budget proposal | Resource Managers | June 25-July 13 |
| Offline Review, Discussion, & Iteration of WBS and year2 budget proposal | All PIs | July 16-23 |

## Year2: Planning Proposalcont.

| What | Who | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baselined view of Year2 Goals, high-level WBS, and Budget Plan | Executive Board | July 24 AM Meeting |
| Prepare year2 SOW drafts with assistance from Project Associate | PIs, Exec. Director, Project Associate | August 1-31 |
| Review year2 Plan | OSG Council | August 17 Meeting |
| Finalize WBS in MS Project and prepare year2 project plan document | Exec. Director, Project Assoc., Resource Mgrs  | September 4-30 |
| Start SOW Approval Process | All | September 4 |
# Presentation: 582777

## Flexible Annual Revisions

**Brian C. Moyer**
*Chief, Government Division*

*National Economic Accounts Data Users’ Conference*
*New York, NY*
- March 15, 2007

## What are Flexible Annual Revisions?

- Major definitional and statistical changes are incorporated into the national and industry accounts on a flow basis, rather than every five years
- Annual revisions are not limited to the three most recent years—revisions can be incorporated for all periods

## Advantages of Flexible Annual Revisions

- For data users
- More timely delivery of revision results
- Fewer changes to digest at one time
- More up-to-date sets of accounts
- For BEA
- Better planning and spreading of workloads
- Reduced pressures on staff
- More flexibility for introducing changes

## Timing of Flexible Annual Revisions

- Scheduled to begin in 2010, after the next comprehensive revision to the NIPAs and the Annual Industry Accounts.
- New procedures being put into place prior to 2010 to ensure a smooth transition
- Industry-National Steering Committee
- Off-line testing

##  Examples of possible proposals

- Potentially implement before 2013
- Integrated BEA-BLS production account
- Improved real insurance estimates:  Separately deflated premiums and expected losses
- Improved measures of motor vehicle output
- Implement with the 2007 Benchmark I-O Table
- Capitalization of R&D expenditures
- Classification of government enterprises by sector

## Background on Integration

- Industry-National Integration Team established in early 2005
- Two major objectives
- Improve the process for incorporating revisions into the national and industry accounts
- Share information by establishing a “feedback” mechanism between the industry and national accounts

## Gains from feedback look promising ...

- PCE for Shoes
- Nominal growth for 1997-2004 would be revised down from 4.2 percent to 3.0 percent
- Due to changes in the sales-mix by kind of store
- PCE for Televisions
- Nominal level for 2002 would be increased by $3 billion (about 20 percent)
- Due to strong import growth

## Issues for Flexible Annual Revisions

- Trade-off between more years subject to revision vs. receiving revisions on a flow basis
- Revisions to the reference year for chained-dollars and indexes could trigger revisions to real estimates for long periods.
- Synchronizing revisions between the annual industry accounts and the NIPAs for long periods.
# Presentation: 761687

## Winter Wx SmartTool

- Joel Veeneman
- Presented by JoAnna Green

## Winter Wx SmartTool

- First guess of precipitation type in complex winter weather situations
- Guarantees continuity between Wx grid, PoP grid and Temperature Grid
- Based on empirical relationships derived at LOT

## Data Requirements

- Model Data
- 1000-850 Mb Thickness
- 850-700 Mb Thickness
- Fcst Grid
- PoP
- Surface Temperature
- Wx

- User selects threshold for each layer
- User selects a model

## PoP Logic

- PoP must be greater than 25% or ***No Wx***
***Chance ***Precip
- >= 25% PoP < 55 %
***Likely ***Precip
- >=55% PoP < 75%
***Definite*** Precip
- >= 75%

## Grid Index Assignment

- 850 – 700 Mb > Threshold
- Grid Point + **100**
- 1000 – 850 Mb > Threshold
- Grid Point + **10**
- Surface Temp  > Threshold
- Grid Point + **1**

## Grid Index “Table”

|  | 111 | 110 | 101 | 100 | 011 | 010 | 001 | 000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 700 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 850 | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - |
| 1000 | + | + | - | - | + | + | - | - |
| Sfc | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - |
|  | R | ZR | R/IP | ZR-IP | R | ZR-IP | S | Def S |

## Wx Grid without Tool

## Slide 9

## An Example at a Grid Point

- Example-
- Analyzing 3 layers with at PoP 40 %
- Index = 010
- 850-750Mb		-	**Cold**
- 1000-850Mb 	+	**Warm**
- Sfc			- 	**Cold**
**Wx = Chc ZR - IP**

## Winter Wx Smart Tool Results

## Slide 12
# Presentation: 230500

## Dept. of Commerce PresentationOctober 16, 2001

**Kevin Leclaire**
- _[kleclaire@spacevest.com](mailto:Kleclaire@spacevest.com)_

## SPACEVEST 

**Space Industry Venture Capital Pioneer**
**10 Years in Operation**
**Currently $270M in 3 funds and growing**
**Successful Track Record**
**Strong Limited Partners**

- August 30, 2001

## Why Use 3rd Party Research?

**Scarce Internal Resources (Comparative Advantage)**
**Industry Expertise & Specialization**
**Perceived Objectivity in Results**

- August 30, 2001

## Sources of 3rd Party Research

**Consulting Firms**
**Investment Banks**
**Industry Organizations**
**Corporations**
**Research Institutions**

- August 30, 2001

## Which 3rd Party Research to Use?

- August 30, 2001

## Pitfalls of 3rd Party Research

**Variations in:**
**Scope (GIS: U.S. vs. Global?)**
**Timing (GPS: Horizon, Date of Research?)**
**Definitions (BSS: Broadband Speed?)**
**Inclusiveness (DBS: Service-only or include Equipment?)**
**Methodology (FSS: Bottom-up vs. Top-down?) **
**and finally...**
**Consolidation: Adding numbers from different reports...**
**1 + 1 ≠ 2**

- August 30, 2001

## Pitfalls of 3rd Party Research

**Case Study: VSAT**
**Reports vary from $1-3B in Annual Industry Revenues**
**Scope varies from U.S. to Global**
**However most are consistent in including both equipment & service revenues**
**Definitions vary: Some break out Traditional from  “Broadband” VSAT @ 400+ kbps... Others don’t specify**
**Other reports include Broadband VSAT in BSS**

- August 30, 2001

## So Which Should You Use?

**Depends on Your Needs**
**Accuracy**
**Depth**
**Scope**
**And Resources**
**$$$**
**Staff**
**Time**

- August 30, 2001
# Presentation: 704315

## High Data Rate Transition Report

- Wednesday, November 9, 2005
- Letecia Reeves, GOES DCS Customer Service
- NOAA/NESDIS
- Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution

## HDR Channels

- 41 total HDR channels
- 17 - 300 baud Goes West
- 16 - 300 baud Goes East
- 4 - 1200 baud Goes West
- 3 - 1200 baud Goes East

## HDR Transmitters

- 7,422 transmitters assigned to 300 baud
- 4,412 are currently active
- 592 transmitters assigned to 1200 baud
- 207 are currently active

## 300 Baud Demods

- 300 Baud Demods status
- NESDIS is currently investigating either purchasing new 300 baud demods or gaining possession of DAPS II demods
- 100 baud channel compression

## Channel Interference	

- 100 and 300 baud channels side by side – haven’t noticed interference

## Assignment Policies

- Hourly Assignments
- 5 to 10 second Transmission Window
- Data Compression
- Log in to Daps to Update PDT
# Presentation: 248680

## Standards-Related Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Research Project

- National Institute of Standards and Technology

## Research Project Overview

- _Project Goal_:  To better understand the extent and range of activities carried out by Europe and the U.S, in the field of standards-related technical assistance and capacity building to the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas.
- To our knowledge, a comparative study of European and U.S. activity in this area, does not exist.

**Notes:**
At the Options for Actions Summit – a conference in 2006 co-hosted by NIST and ANSI in the US looking at how to be more proactive in the standards field – came out with an action item to create a database on technical assistance for standards-related matters in the U.S.

Given the decentralized nature of the standards field in the U.S., it is difficult to accurately measure spending totals and project impact for U.S. technical assistance

We chose to start with the EU activities as it seemed relatively more straight forward to use the publicly available data -  it didn’t turn out to be as easy as we thought! 

Additionally, we pared down the scope of the research to include only technical assistance provided during the 2002-2007 to countries in the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas.

## Scope of “Standards-Related Technical Assistance” for this study

- _“__Expert Advice” _
- Assessing existing standards infrastructure/needs
- Developing standards-related programs
- Implementing programs that have already been developed
- _Training Programs_
- Short- or long-term stay in-country
- Workshops or seminars
- Training of staff (i.e.: at National Standards Body, university, laboratory, government ministry, private sector) in recipient country/region
- Publication or provision of _standards-related literature_ for recipient country/region
- Provision of _equipment_ for implementing specific standards-related programs
- Paying for _recipient-country staff to attend other conferences_, meetings, training activities conducted by international standard-related organizations

## Scope Countries

- Argentina
- Barbados
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba

- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines

- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Fiji
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Indonesia

- Russia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- St Lucia
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Jamaica

## Contact Information

- 	Kelsey Burns, Standards Specialist
- 	Joanna Henson, Guest Researcher
- 	Global Standards and Information Group
- 	100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100
- 	Gaithersburg, MD  20899-2100
- 	telephone:  301-975-6094
- 	email:	kelsey.burns@nist.gov        				joanna.henson@nist.gov
# Presentation: 893758

## MC MetaData

- Rick St. Denis – Glasgow University
- Rob Kennedy–FNAL
- For the CDF DH group

## Outline

- CDF DH Goals
- The CDF DH Trident: SAM/JIM/dCAF
- What can we do now?
- What can we do by the end of 2003? JIM project
- What can we do in the future? SAM/Grid Fusion
- What can other institutes do?

## CDF DH Goals

## The CDF DH Trident

- dCAF: Local Batch system

## Examples Now

- 5 pc’s with 20-30 Gig each make a 100 G cache.  Can debug some datasets, accessing any (including raw data) up to keeping 100 files around. Desktops at FNAL; INFN
- Farm of PC’s (10-20 at Oxford, Karlsruhe) with TB of disk nfs mounted, pc’s use NAT to access FNAL, loading datasets and running from Dcache.

## CDF Goals Now: SAM/dCaf/JIM

- To run like the SC2002 Demo
- Have the firewall problem overcome (dCAF problem)
- To run physics analysis
- To run production with storage to tape at fnal
- To run stripping with storage to tape at fnal
- To run Monte Carlo with storage to tape at fnal
- Frank and Stefano:162345

## JIM Deployment

## Short Range Milestones

## Conclusions

- SAM is a significantly better product with cataloguing that allows private datasets to be made, describe how they were made and to be exchanged
- JIM will allow CAF-GUI like submission to all CDF institutes willing to participate
- MC storage by October
- Expansion to Grid and Tools Common with LHC will make the transition technically easier
# Presentation: 372555

## Cometary X-rays

- Chandra observations during the last solar cycle

**Dennis Bodewits**

**Cometary X-rays**

- NASA GSFC

## Outline

- Intro Comets & Solar Wind
- Chandra & Comets
- Conclusions

## Cometary X-rays

- Solar Wind charge exchange
- Bright in X-ray and FUV
- Variable
- Crescent shape
- Common property
- of (nearby) comets
- 0.2-1 GW
- Line emission

- Lisse et al 1996

**Cometary X-rays**

## Solar Wind

**equatorial**
- 400-700 km/s

**polar**
- 700 km/s

- Northern Light!!
- Per cm3:
- 9 protons
- 10 electrons
- 0.5 He2+
- few Oq+,Cq+,Nq+,...
- Wind types
- Variability!
- SOHO, ACE, Ulysses
- !DATA AVAILABLE ONLINE!

**Notes:**
Ladingsverdeling en snelheden min of meer afb. Corona. Eigenschappen preserved.
MOTIVATIE! Electriciteit, satellites, manned spaceflight, ..

## Comets

**ion tail**

**dust tail**

**Comets**

## Interaction between comet and wind

- O(q-1)+

*(adapted from Cravens ’00)*

**Notes:**
Snelheden wind en gas noemen

## Spectra

- CV

- CVI

- NVI

- OVIII

- OVII

- NVII

- Lisse et al. 2001; Beiersdorfer et al 2003

- Solar wind ion -> O7+
- Light emitting ion -> OVIII

## Chandra Comet Survey

**Chandra Comet Survey**

-  Chandra ACIS
-  8 comets (10 now)
-  0.3-1.0 keV photons
-  2000 - 2006 (2008)
-  Q     = 9*1027 – 2*1029/s

- C,N

- OVII

- OVIII

-  D     = 0.1 – 1.4 AU
-  Rh    = 0.8 – 1.5 AU
-  |Lat| = 0 – 34 deg
-  Phase = 41 – 103 deg

- A

- B

- C

- D

- E

- G

- F

- H

## Spectral Shape

- Velocity variations
- ~ factor 1.5

- 300 km/s
- 700 km/s

- Collisional Opacity
- Can be important, but not
- within this survey

- 105 km
- 104 km
- 103 km

## Solar Wind Composition

**Solar Wind Composition**

*T. Zurbuchen - ACE/SWICS*

- Comet X-ray spectra sample solar wind state

**Notes:**
Spectral differences due to SW differences
SW differences due to states
WAIT A MINUTE:

## Comets Probe the Solar Wind

## C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) + CMEFirst detection of Mg XI-XII and Si XIII in comet spectrum

- OVII and OVIII

- Ne X

- Ne IX

- Mg XI

- Mg XII

- Si XIII

*Bodewits et al, A&A (2007).; Dennerl et al, in prep.*

- Fe XV - XX

## 17P/Holmes in polar wind

- Mayor outburst in Oct 2007
- Chandra 31 October 2007
- Q = 5E29 mol/s
- Rh = 2.54 AU
- Lat = +19 degrees

- Kanata Observatory 7’x7’

- Bodewits et al (in prep)

- record

- record

## Conclusions

**Charge exchange emission provides new window on solar system plasma interactions**
- X-ray: H- and He-like C,N,O,Ne,Mg,Si
- <300 eV?
- Spectra:
- State solar wind
- Composition
- EUV: Helium
**Charge exchange emission occurs anywhere hot and cold gasses collide**

## Thank you.

- Dennis.Bodewits@nasa.gov

**Thank you.**