3/8/2010

Implementation Update

• The Northwest Area Cache (NWK) in Redmond, Oregon made the transition to the new ICBS during the week of  January 18
• Final preparations for implementing the Great Basin Cache (GBK) have been underway since the beginning of the year, with a significant amount of coordination between the staff of the GBK administration office, the main cache, the returns warehouse, NIRSC (Radio Shop), the NIFC Information Technology group and the ICBS-R Team
• The timeline is for the first user training to begin the week of April 5, with “go live” targeted for the week of April 26
• In addition to these activities, team members are working with the BLM Network Operations Center (NOC) in Denver to prepare the network infrastructure for the use of ICBS at caches accessing ICBS via the BLM network.  The NOC staff is also finalizing the BLM wireless scan gun configuration to communicate with the BLM network
• Team members are also working with the USDA National Information Technology Center (NITC) and the National Business Center (NBC) to implement the architecture for ICBS to post transaction file extracts for input into the DOI Financial Business Management System (FBMS)
• The completion of the electrical system at the Wenatchee Cache in Washington (WFK) is due in April
• Implementation of that cache will occur following the Great Basin Cache implementation
• The data collection process for WFK will begin the week of March 15
• Data collection and other pre-implementation activities have nearly been completed at the Coeur d’Alene Cache (CDK), and its implementation is scheduled after Wenatchee

Next Application Build

• The next build is scheduled for mid-April.  This build will incorporate some specific updates necessary for implementation at GBK
• It will also incorporate a number of change requests submitted by users

Quick Reference Guides

• More quick reference guides for console and scan gun users have recently been posted in the “User Support and Quick Reference Guides” section of this website (please click on the link shown at left) and wireless scan gun configuration