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VOLUME 18, ISSUE 1 AUGUST 2018

TRANSCOM USERS GROUP NEWSLETTER

2018 TRANSCOM USERS GROUP & NTSF MEETINGS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

OMAHA, NEBRASKA

2018 USERS GROUP & NTFS MEETING PAGE 1

CARRIER NOTICE PAGE 2

WHO ARE TRANSCOM CUSTOMERS PAGE 2

TRANSCOM ONLINE TRAINING PAGE 2

TRANSCOM NEW UPDATES PAGE 3 & 4

TRANSCOM SYSTEM HELPFUL TIDBITS PAGE 4

The TRANSCOM Users Group Meeting was held in conjunction with the National Transportation Stakeholders Forum (NTSF) on Monday, June 4th 2018, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in downtown Omaha. The NTSF is a conference where DOE communicates at a national level with states and tribes about the Department's shipments of radioactive waste and materials. The purpose of the NTSF is to bring transparency, openness, and accountability to DOE's offsite transportation activities through collaboration with state and tribal governments.

For years TRANSCOM has teamed with the NTSF to host the TRANSCOM Users Meeting and to provide state and tribal governments with TRANSCOM Training as a break out session. This year both the Users Meeting and the Training were held on the day prior to the start of the conference and participation was high. More than sixteen (16) states and Tribal governments were represented at TRANSCOM meetings.

2018 Users Group Meeting

Sharon Taylor, with Della Murray TRANSCOM Instructors

2018 Training Session Omaha

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TRANSCOM CARRIERS ? IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The process for transferring transponder units from your Omnitracs account into the DOE/TRANSCOM account prior to a shipment departure has changed. Omnitracs has notified us that TCC are not authorized to remove a unit from a carrier's account and consequently we can no longer make this transfer on your behalf. Please be sure to initiate transponder transfers to the TRANSCOM Omnitracs account in sufficient time for the required pre-shipment communication testing. If the shipment requires one day prior communication testing the transfer should be completed one day in advance; at a minimum, the transfer should be made 6 hours prior to departure to allow for communications testing. If you cannot complete transfer of the unit 6 hours prior to departure, please call the TCC operator and the shipper to work on a resolution.

Upon shipment arrival the TCC System Operator will transfer the unit back to your account, unless directed otherwise.

WHO ARE TRANSCOM CUSTOMERS?

TRANSCOM customers are comprised of the following entities Universities, Tribal Governments, State Agencies, Federal Government, Government Contractors and Carriers for a total of 101 organizations. The slide to the left illustrates in shades of blue all states and provinces with a TRANSCOM account.

ONLINE TRANSCOM TRAINING

TRANSCOM users are encouraged to utilize the on-line Computer Based Training modules for their training needs which can be accessed from our TRANSCOM Support Site at The CBT can be especially useful as a refresher course to users preparing to monitor shipments.

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TRANSCOM CHANGES--NEW UPDATE RELEASED 7-21-2018

1. Added a Google Disclaimer to the login page on TRANSCOM, as required by Google:

2. TRANSCOM User's session will timeout following one (1) hour of inactivity, required by DOE and NIST. Any movement of the mouse will suffice as activity.

3. Changes to Date/Time display:

a. The Date and Time on the top of the Main screen has been separated for easier viewing.

b. Mountain Time (MT) has been added to the Main, Active Status Board and Shipper screens to remind users that all shipment times are reported as Mountain time. This will also assist Shippers in remembering that all shipment schedules should be entered in Mountain Time.

4. Shipment Detail Report - redesigned with formatting changes and grouping all Alert types together and chronological.

5. User Preferences Screen - redesigned to be more user friendly, added instructions to receive email alerts via text message.

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TRANSCOM CHANGES--NEW UPDATES RELEASED 7-21-2018 CONT...

6. A new column has been added to the Message Review Screen. The User ID is now showing under a "Msg From" column.

TRANSCOM SYSTEM HELPFUL TIDBITS

Mile markers on MAP's

Quick and easy way to see the mile marker location for a shipment, select the shipment from the Maps screen drop down, Shipments button:

TRANSCOM's map will automatically zoom the view of your selected shipment to its location and show the nearest mile marker:

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