PP 10 :: 05/11/2008 - 05/16/2008

In Hampton Roads this week.

Highlights:

• Met with junior officer assigned to Ai. Provided counsel on use of web-based tools. 1.5 client hours


• Participated in phone conference in preparation for CAP site visit to ISC Saint Louis. 1.5 client hours


• Completed travel claim for last week's TDY to Washington for annual, required, refresher training as EEO collateral duty EEO counselor. All reimbusement as split disbursement.


• Met with representative of mda to discuss moving office. There is a strong possibility I will need to vacate my current cube by 1 July to make room for an incoming O-5 (new billet). While there will be a cube at MST I can move to & the MLC front office supports my work location to remain on site, moving to PFB, if there is appropriate space, is an option. We will have to nail this down in the next several weeks. My preference would be to remain at MLCA in order to support MST, MLCA, and the support community.


• Brokered facilitation request for CG-132 for requirements meeting to be held at Yorktown in early June. 0.5 client hours.


• Reviewed CAP materials, including job aids and process guides, in preparation for CAP STL. 8.0 client hours


• Phoncon with Mr. David Hamilton, a director with SigmaFlow, a knowledge management vendor, about KM strategies, tactics, and tools. Discussed applicability for CG. Will provide introductions for vendor to FORCECOM Implementation Team for review as SigmaFlow provides processes and tools appropriate for FORCECOM mission. Mr. Hamilton provided two worthwhile references to read. The first is from Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Best Practices Transfer: Unleashing the Value Within; the second is from SigmaFlow, How Do We Do More with Less: Leveraging Your Best Practices (not available online, but posted here in my CG public folder.).


• Reconfigured The OPC Activity Tracker (TOPCAT) so it can once again be used while working from a Coast Guard workstation. Due to some network and filtering changes made by CG-6, this tool has, until now, been unavailable for use for nearly 6 months. I have created a workaround so TOPCAT can once again be used to help us manage the OPC cadre. You can find TOPCAT at the new SSL-enabled URL.

Future look: TDY to Saint Louis starting evening of 5/16 through all next week as member of site visit team for the CPEC Assessment Pilot (CAP) visit at ISC St. Louis.

Summary
Hours Worked: 32.0
Travel outside work hours: 0.0
Billable hours/direct client work: 11.5
Leave: 8.0