Members of the Senior Policy Committee (SPC), including Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., and Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis F. Hightower, took advantage of the opportunity to learn more about the history, progress, and outreach capabilities of the JPDO during the Walkthrough NextGen Day event, held on September 14 at the U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters building.
This one-day exhibit—which took place on the same day as the SPC Meeting—highlighted a number of important NextGen components, including System Wide Information Management (SWIM), Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), and much more. Similarly, on September 17, Members of the Strategic Planning Advisory Review Cadre (SPARC) experienced a slightly scaled-down NextGen walkthrough during their conference at the Omni Shore Hotel in Washington D.C.
Video and oral presentations at both events emphasized the history and progress of the Congressionally mandated NextGen initiative. In addition, JPDO representatives highlighted various means for “staying connected to the JPDO”—particularly through tools such as the Joint Planning Environment (JPE), JPDO Blog, JPDO Facebook Page, and JPDO Twitter Page.
JPDO representatives urged those visiting the exhibit, and who are interested in learning more about JPDO activities and developments, to visit the JPDO Web site (www.jpdo.gov), particularly if they want to access the JPE to review NextGen foundational documents (i.e., NextGen Concept of Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Integrated Work Plan), and more specifics relative to various enablers and operational improvements.
For more information about the JPE, or to access this tool, click here.
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