RESOURCE ORDERING AND
STATUS SYSTEM
National Logistics Workshop
Boise, ID – 3/1/2011
DISCUSSION TOPICS
Latest Statistics
 Project Team Update
 ROSS Project Update
 Supply Order Changes
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ROSS SYSTEM STATISTICS
341 Dispatch Offices
 5,213 Users
 684 Government Agencies
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 5389
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Government Units
2,102 Federal
3,267 State, County, City, Rural, Other
20 Tribal
3,465 Vendors
 162,266 Resource Items
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PROJECT TEAM
PROJECT UPDATE
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
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Hosted on the National Enterprise Support Services
(NESS)
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Primary Site – USDA NITC
Alternate Site – USDI/USGS EROS (under development)
Development Site – USDI/USGS DFC (under development)
System Administration / Monitoring (IBM – Boulder Colorado)
Contract Help Desk (IBM – Boulder Colorado)
O&M Contract (Lockheed Martin)
Government Support Team
HARDWARE REFRESH
ROSS PHASE 2 DEVELOPMENT
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New Modules
 Tactical Aviation
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Reengineered Modules
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Incident Prioritization and Resource Drawdown
Contracts and Agreements
Business Function Support
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Emergency Management Assistance Compacts /
Interstate Wildland Fire Compacts
FEMA Mission Assignments
ROSS PHASE 2 DEVELOPMENT
Alternative Operations Site
 Generic Data Exchange
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 Qualifications Systems (IQCS, IQS, EQS)
Computer Aided Dispatch Systems
 Interagency Cache Business System (ICBS)
• Fire Code
• Virtual Incident Procurement System (VIPR)
• Incident Based Automation (ISuite/e-Isuite)
• Organization Information System (NWCG Unit ID Repository)
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CURRENT ISSUES
Data Governance
 Security, Security, Security
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SUPPLY ORDER UPDATE
NEW FOR NFES SUPPLY ORDERS
NFES NIRSC Items are Supplies
 Incident to Cache Orders will use S-100,000 to
S-199,999. Incident Teams keep track of
request numbers.
 Finance Codes are required
 Shipping Information is required
 Incident Record must exist in ROSS before a
Direct to Cache request can be created in ICBS
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NO CHANGE FOR NFES SUPPLY ORDERS
Incident to Cache Direct Ordering
 Incident Replacement Ordering
 NFES Items are ordered by Unit of Issue, not
Standard Pack.
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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
JSKEELS@FS.FED.US