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From: lambrose@csc.com (Laren Ambrose)
Subject: New FAA BBS
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Received from D.C. today:  new BBS with 800 number

Service Announcement

FAA Corporate Bulletin Board
Michael L. Lee, System Operator (202)267-3332
Purpose

The Federal Aviation Administration Corporate Bulletin Board (FAA CBB)
has been implemented in order to provide an efficient means of widely
disseminating FAA information.   Using the FAA CBB allows FAA programs
to provide information with minimal investment by the customer.

The FAA CBB is provided as a service to the FAA community who desire to
distribute information for Government and public access through use of
an 800 number.  To take advantage of this service requires that the
sponsoring FAA organization designate an area manager responsible for
the content and audience definition of their area.

FAA CBB Customers

Primary customers are specific to the target audience of each Bulletin
Board Area. Broad based interest is also expected from the general
public, the aviation industry, FAA personnel, Department of
Transportation personnel, state and local government aviation
organizations, aviation organizations of other federal government
departments and agencies, as well as aviation organizations of foreign
governments.

System Description

The FAA CBB system runs E-Soft’s TBBS bulletin board software
version 2.2.  

The FAA CBB currently contains these areas from sponsoring FAA
organizations:

SKYNET - AOP,AIT   (Area Administrator, Mike Lee (202)267-3332) 
General Public 
Access area.

OATS Information and Download Service- AIT-900 (Area Administrator,
Sam Petitto 
(202)267-7444)  Providing new information on OATS and software
fixes to download.

Air Traffic Labor Relations BBS- ATZ-4 (Area Administrator, Ken
Harrigan 626-2025)   
This area is can only be accessed by authorized ATZ users to update
and track the status of various labor relations activities such as
ULP’s, grievances, etc.

NOS Transition Team BBS- AIT, AMI (Area Administrator, Jim Rusling
(405)954-6030)  
Providing documentation and updates regarding the transition of
Novell and StarGROUP networking environments to Windows NT.

Corporate Streamlining BBS- sponsored by Carl Schellenberg and his
streamlining team. (Area Administrator, Cheryl Ward (202)267-3727)
Makes documents available from the streamlining plan.  

The FAA CBB can serve as a ‘gateway’ to other existing FAA Bulletin
Boards.

Other areas under construction are:
Public Affairs 
HQ LAN Administrators
Airways Facilities 
FIMS

Access Procedures

Access requires a personal computer, communications software such
as Procomm and a 2400 or better modem.

Access Phone Number
(800) 224-6287

The first time you log-in to the system you 
will be asked to fill out a questionnaire,
once you complete it you will then be 
asked to log-in again.  

The FAA CBB will attempt 24 hour operation. 
Official Hours of Operation are: 6:00 AM - 2:00 AM Eastern 
Standard Time.


Scope of this Service

This AIT-700 service is provided to support the FAA organizations
sponsoring information areas. 

The specific content of these areas and the responsibility to
provide the intended audience with connection capability is the
responsibility of the sponsoring organization for that area.

Documentation and Support

In our support offering, it is assumed that the FAA CBB customer is
familiar with common bulletin board access procedures or can rely
on local support for this. AIT-700 offers various other levels of
support.

For customers with local connections to the AIT LAN, full support
is provided.

For other FAA Customers, support requests should be handled locally
and escalated to the FAA CBB SYSOP or AIT help desk.

For Area Manager support, contact the SYSOP.

For all others, there are downloadable instructions once you have
gained access. You may also obtain the system status by inquiring
at the AIT Help Desk.

The AIT Help Desk may be reached at (202)267-9920.

The SYSOP may be reached via the FAA CBB, or via phone at
(202)267-3332 between 
7:30-4:00. 
M-F.
Room 604 AIT-700 Located in FAA Headquarters 800 Independence Ave.,
SW 
Washington DC (202)267-9920

Laren Ambrose
Computer Sciences Corp.
Contract to the:  FAA 
Airports Division, Seattle
(206) 227 2956
(or) lambrose@connected.com
(or) lambrose@hq.faa.gov
** My comments are from me, not the FAA or CSC **

ps:  connected.com has been down for 3.56 weeks