Sheila stated that the Department s turnaround time to register a certification is approximately two weeks, unless Tim Brown is on vacation. Turnaround on complex sites can take anywhere from a 1-3 months, depending on complexity. Sheila noted the purpose of this meeting was to talk about program funding recommendations, then asked if there were any questions or comments. Chris Wohlers stated that Department staff working primarily on the HOT Program were doing a great job, given the limited resources of the program. Andree Pollock presented a program update.
Technical oversight is less, but still significant.
Eighty-five percent of new releases are certified. It takes the Department a minimum of 15 minutes to process a certification. Most certifications take longer to register. It takes an average of 3 hours to process a complex certification. Averaging all certifications together, it takes approximately 1.2 hours to process a certification.