Change in Location of Reports Tracking System Server

Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 18:06:39 -0400
From: "Lewis V. Wade" <lwade>
Reply-To: "Lewis Wade, Acting ACH/Information, Reston, VA" <lwade>
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

To: "E  - All WRD Employees"<distribution>
CC: "Lewis Wade, Acting ACH/Information, Reston, VA" <lwade>,
        "Dorothy M Woods, Secretary (OA), Reston, VA" <dmwoods>,
        "Gregory J Allord, Chief, Cartographer, Madison, WI" <gjallord>
Subject: Change in Location of Reports Tracking System Server

In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 440


				MEMORANDUM


							October 1, 1998


To:		All Water Resources Division Employees

From: 		Lewis V. Wade (signed)
		Acting Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Information

Subject:	Change in Location of Reports Tracking System Server

On Monday, October 5, 1998, the Reports Tracking System (RTS) will begin
operating from a server at the Office of Information, Cartography and
Publishing Program (CAPP), Madison, Wisconsin.  The system was
maintained at the Texas District but because Jimmy Bisese has assumed
new responsibilities for NWIS and in an effort to consolidate
publications activities, the CAPP will assume responsibility of
maintaining the RTS.

The new URL is

		http://rts.usgs.gov/

The RTS will be shut down by Friday, October 2, 1998, 5:00 p.m. (CDT),
and will be available again by Monday, October 5, 1998, 8:00 a.m. (CDT). 

Dave Carlson, CAPP Computer Specialist, will be the new RTS system's
administrator.  He and the other team members can continue to be reached
through RTS_Help.  All future enhancements will be planned and
implemented on a periodic basis instead of on demand.  It is anticipated
that the RTS will go through periodic upgrades but on a scheduled
basis.  Enhancement suggestions and bug reports should continue to be
sent to RTS_Help.

In the past several months, Jimmy has made some recent improvements to
the RTS, specifically to the Report Approval and Retrieval Summary
pages.  We would like to make special note of the exceptional job Jimmy
has done over the past several years in programming, enhancing, and
maintaining the RTS.  We certainly benefited from his being the creator
and programmer of the RTS.  We wish him well in his new position working
for the NWIS-W team.

We appreciate all of your efforts in updating the RTS and keeping it as
accurate as possible.  Please contact RTS_Help or Greg Allord at (608)
238-9333, ext. 200, or email gjallord, if you require any additional
information.