USDA – Forest Service
Acquisition Management Systems
Virtual Incident Procurement System
AQM Directors
May 2008
April 22, 2008
Upcoming VIPR Activities that Impact
AQM Staffs

Data Migration (June – Sept 2008)
From EaTIS
From EERA database
• On-going, preseason incident agreements
Training and Deployment (Dec 2008–Feb 2009)
“Soft Deployment” – Phase in Regions
Build confidence in system
Opportunity to accelerate or slow down
April 22, 2008
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VIPR Schedule
Impacts
A
M
J
J
A
Training
S
EaTIS
Offline
Migrated
Data into
VIPR
O
N
D
2009
2008
Migration
J
F
M
EERA db
Offline
Beta
Testing
Final
Integration
Testing
VIPR Dev Team
Design/Development
April 22, 2008
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VIPR Data Migration Team
 Laurie Sonju – WO FESSAA, team lead
 Dell McCann – R2, Field Rep
 Terry Kiele – WO AQM, IT coordinator
 Chuck Siefke – VIPR Programmer
 Chris Grant – VIPR Programmer
 Mike McNelly – EaTIS Programmer
April 22, 2008
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VIPR Training and Deployment
by Region
Buffer
Week:
Allow for
delays,
issues
Internal
Training
Regions
3, 8, 9
Regions
1, 5, 6
Holiday Break
2008
Dec 8
Dec 15
Regions
8, 9
Dec 29
Regions
2, 4
2009
Jan 5
Jan 12
Jan 19
Region 1
Region 3
Usage
Dec 22
System Live
Nationwide
Jan 26
Feb 2
Feb 9
Feb 16
Region 2
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Vendors in regions with open solicitations
April 22, 2008
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