Argos System Use Administration

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Argos System Use Administration

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NOAA SUA Processing Statistics (May 03- May 04)

• SUAs processed 177 (194 2004-05)
• Average processing time
• 10.4 days (no pending) 2006
• 8.8 days (no pending) 2005
• 5.4 days (no pending) 2004
• 6 days (no pending) 2003
• 8 days (no pending) 2002
• Average including pending 12days
• SUAs pending 3
• SUAs Disapproved 2
• SUAs Withdrawn 0

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SUA Administration

• Improvement/changes in the SUA Administration
• Fixed e-mail notification
• Built a query tool
• Dave Benner Replaces Barbara Banks
• Richard Barazotto Retires July 31st
• Areas that need Improvement
• Electronic SUA review Timeliness
• Report generation

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Pending SUAs

• 501-1 COVARRUBIAS ALEJANDRO SEGUIMIENTO SATELITAL
  DE NAVES PESQUERAS (VMS CHILE) 04-May-06
• The subject SUA submitted on May 4 is entirely in
  Spanish, so therefore we are requesting that the
  program description be translated to English and
  resubmitted
• 2640-1 STEEDMAN RAYMOND SLOCUM GLIDER TIMOR SEA
  AND LEEUWIN CURRENT 09-May-06
• There is no program description
• 2644-1 SHEVCHENKO ALEKSANDER ROM-MSI/06-2005
  09-May-06
• Approved 12 months, unsure whether this SUA was
  Government contractor 36 month, or Government
  Interest 12 months

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VMS Resolution

• PERU VMS SUA approved
• Brazil VMS SUA approved
• Chile VMS SUA pending electronic submission

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Disapproved SUAs

• Upgrading Of Oceanographic Buoy Systems
• MOHAMAD KAMALIAN, KEPCO (KHAZAR EXPL. PROD.CO.)
• The Iranian consultant organization for this
  project is sub-sea RD Center, a department at
  the IUT (Isfahan University of Technology)
• program is operated by KEPCO under contract for
  the Isfahan University of Technology, Sub-sea
  Science Technology research Center (SSTRC)
  http//www.iut.ac.ir/
• Review by U.S. Department of State directed we
  disapprove the Iranian SUA requests. The policy
  decision was based on the uncertainty of working
  with the Iranian Government and current
  intergovernmental relationships

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EUMETSAT Preparations

• Identify point of contact to assume the Co-Chair
  Role on behalf of EUMETSAT
• Incorporate Eumetsat into the approval process
  and provide policy documents