GOOD DAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE INTERMODAL CONFERENCE CALL. AT THIS TIME ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE ON A LISTEN-ONLY MODE. WE'LL BE CONDUCTING A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION TOWARD THE END OF THE CONFERENCE. IF AT ANY TIME DURING THE CALL YOU REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE PRESS STAR FOLLOWED BY A ZERO AND A COORDINATOR WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU. I WOULD WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO YOUR HOST FOR TODAY'S CALL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INTERMODAL. PLEASE PROCEED, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS YOUR -- RIGHT NOW YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN A LISTEN-ONLY MODE, YOU CAN'T TALK BACK AT THIS POINT. BUT I UNDERSTAND LATER IN THE COURSE OF THIS EVENT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE INTERACTIVE Q & A. FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY WHO'S HERE ON THIS SIDE. WE HAVE MIKE ONGER, TONY FIRST, PAUL BLELLA AND RANDY BUTLER. WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS AGENDA WHICH HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE. THIS IS OUR FIRST EVENT OF DOING AN ACTUAL WEB CAST. AND FOR THE IFTWG. THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS NOT ONLY TO JUST GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE PLAN TO TALK ABOUT IN SAN ANTONIO BUT TEST OUT THIS MEDIA AND SEE IF IT IS A GOOD THING TO USE FOR FUTURE IFT SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST IS THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN MEETINGS TENDS TO WORK TO OUR DISADVANTAGE AS OPPOSED TO OUR ADVANTAGE. AND AGAIN WHAT WE WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH BUT INTERSESSIONLY FROM OUR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, BE ABLE TO USE THIS -- OUR TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND SO FORTH THAT WE'RE GOING ON. A SHORT PRESENTATION. HOW IT EVENTUALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE -- THERE'S INTERFERENCE OVER THE LINE AND I DON'T KNOW IF -- OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EVIDENTLY THAT GOT TAKEN CARE OF. AGAIN, WHAT WE WOULD KIND OF PAST/PRESENT FUTURE OF THE IFTWG. WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FIRE AND IN WORKING, IN TRYING TO GET THE PRIVATE OPERATORS MORE ENGAGED IN OUR EFFORTS, AND AFTER ALL, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE USING, ACTUALLY DO USE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, AND THE ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS FOR THIS. AND BEN SHELTON FROM UT RAILROADS HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO TAKE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE ROLE AND WILL BE COCHAIRING THE PRIVATE SECTOR COCHAIR FOR THE MEETING IN SAN ANTONIO. JUST BRIEFLY ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND I'LL LET TONY AND MIKE SPEAK TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY FREIGHT OFFICE. FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR MODEL ADMINISTRATIONS IN TRYING TO GET FREIGHT TO BE PART OF OUR NATIONAL AGENDA. AND, IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN, I THINK VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE FREIGHT RELATED MEASURES IN THERE, UNFORTUNATELY, CONGRESS HAS BEEN A YEAR LATE AND MANY DOLLARS SHORT TO COME UP WITH A BILL TO -- TO ENACT SAFETY AND IN LIEU OF THAT, WE'RE EXTENDING T-21 UNTIL NEXT MAY. WE AT THE DEPARTMENT HAVE TAKEN A NATIONAL FREIGHT AGENDA. WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT MORE IN DEPTH WHEN WE GET DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO, AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR REALLY CAN HELP US AND WE HELP YOU TO CARRY FORTH THIS NATIONAL AGENDA. SO WITH THAT, LET ME -- AND MY BRIEF REMARKS HERE, AND TURN THE PROGRAM OVER TO MIKE ONDER WHO WILL NOW TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS, I BELIEVE, AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS. WHAT TIME FRAME ARE YOU ON, NOW, MIKE? HE JUST GOT BACK FROM EUROPE. LAST NIGHT. THE END OF THE DAY. THANKS, RICH. OKAY. MY NAME IS MIKE ONDER, I'M TEAM LEADER IN THE OFFICE OF FREIGHT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS FOR FREIGHT TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS. AND PRIMARILY WHAT -- THE TEAM WITHIN OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON IS TRYING TO APPLY -- LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPLYING ITS TECHNOLOGY TO FREIGHT PROBLEMS. AND WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING OVER -- ABOUT THE PAST FOUR YEARS SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITS FREIGHT TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WITH THE INDUSTRY AND UNDER THE BANNER HEADING, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN UNDER THE BANNER HEAD OF THE INTERMODAL FREIGHT TECHNOLOGY WORK GROUP. THERE'S BEEN A GOOD HISTORY WITH THIS GROUP TO TRY TO MOVE SOME OF THESE THEMES FORWARD. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO FOR THE NEXT 15 MINUTES OR SO IS TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH SEVERAL ENTITIES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AFTER THAT MORE DETAIL ON EACH ONE OF THOSE WITH, I BELIEVE, DAVID WILLIAMS, I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S WITH US HERE, DAN MURRAY AND CHIP WOOD. SO -- ARE YOU GOING TO BE RANDY? ALL RIGHT. CAN I. OKAY. SO PRIMARILY, I'LL JUST GIVE A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW ON THAT, AND THIS INITIATIVE, BECAUSE WHAT THIS INITIATIVE AMOUNTS TO IS PRIMARILY TAKING THE BEST PRACTICES FROM A VARIETY OF OTHER OPERATIONAL TESTS AND TRY TO CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO A DEPLOYMENT TEST AS WE'RE REFERRING TO IT, WHERE THE INDUSTRY WOULD STEP FORWARD AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN TRYING TO ADOPT SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES AND SEE IF THEY CAN'T MOVE THAT FORWARD WITH THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATION. SO LET ME -- LET ME JUST -- I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES FAIRLY QUICKLY, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DWELL ON ANY ONE OF THEM FOR VERY LONG. THE FIRST SLIDE PRIMARILY JUST GIVES SOME GOOD BACKGROUND WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE REASONING AS TO WHY WE FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A GOVERNMENT ROLE IN TRYING TO HAVE FREIGHT TECHNOLOGY ADOPTED WITHIN THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY AND ALSO THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PLAY ITS ROLE AND DO SOME OF ITS THINGS TO TO TRY TO HELP MOVE THAT ALONG NOT ONLY WITHIN PRIVATE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, BUT ALSO IN THE PUBLIC AWARENESS AS WELL. AND CERTAINLY, FREIGHT CONGESTION NOT ONLY HAD ACCESS POINTS AND BORDER CROSSINGS AND IN TERMINAL YARDS, BUT ALSO THE SECURITY PIECE OF THIS AS WELL. WE PLAY A SECONDARY ROLE IN THAT WITH DHS, DSA AND CUSTOMS, BUT THOSE TWO ACTIVITIES ARE PRIMARILY MAJOR DRIVERS HERE AS TO WHY WE NEED TO BE THINKING FORWARD AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP MAKE OUR OPERATIONAL MORE RELIABLE, MORE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN MORE RELIABLE SO THAT THE FREIGHT MOVEMENT IS MORE CONSISTENT THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN, AND ALSO VERY SECURE. WE HAD DONE, AS I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF OPERATIONAL TESTS, ONE OF THE FOUNDATION TESTS FOR -- THAT WE WORKED WITH HERE IS PRIMARILY BEEN IN A SUPPLY CHAIN ENVIRONMENT. BUT WE HAD COLLABORATION GOING ON NOW BETWEEN PRIMARILY THE DOT AND INDUSTRIES SINCE 1999. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT US PRIMARILY MOTIVATED IN THAT AREA WAS TO TRY TO BRING THE -- HARMONIZE THE ISLANDS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WERE OUT THERE. BECAUSE THERE WAS PRIMARILY A CONCERN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S INTERFERENCE BETWEEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND WE ONLY FIND THAT OUT IN THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. WHY NOT TRY TO ANTICIPATE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PROBLEMS AND WORK ON IT TOGETHER. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR THEMES EARLY ON. WE WERE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IF ITS TECHNOLOGY COULD IMPROVE FREIGHT MOBILITY AND ALSO COULD THE AIR QUALITY AND CONGESTION ISSUES BE IMPROVED AS WELL. OUR EARLY ON ANSWERS TO BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE FOUND TO BE YES AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ANSWERS ARE SOLID. SO ONE OF THE TESTS THAT WE DID WAS THE ELECTRONIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANIFEST TEST AND, OF COURSE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS INTO OPERATION THROUGH AN ACTIVITY WITHIN COLUMBUS OHIO. BUT PRIMARILY, THIS TEST FOCUSED ON STANDARD MESSAGING, THE SMART CARD AND BIOMETRIC ACTIVITIES AND WE FOUND THAT THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION THE SAVINGS ON THAT TEST AMOUNTED TO ABOUT $13 PER TRIP. IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES THE NUMBER OF TRIPS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE SAVINGS IS WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING THAT AND SEEING IF THOSE FEATURES CAN'T AB DON'TED. WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON YOUR CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE -- THE MARINE SIDE OF THINGS IS CONSIDERED TO BE MORE COMPLEX THAN THE AIR CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN. ALTHOUGH I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF OUR -- SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ARE FINDING THAT THE AIR CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN IS CERTAINLY NOT ANYTHING SHORT OF BEING COMPLEX AS WELL. PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONTROLLED AND THE IDEA WAS IF YOU COULD HAVE SUCCESS AND IF AT LEAST IT WAS A FOUNDATION ELEMENT -- IT COULD BE MOVED INTO OTHER INTERMODEL OPERATIONS. THE KEY COMPONENTS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE ARE BEST PRACTICES TAKEN FROM SOME OF THE TESTS THAT WE'VE FOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL. ONE IS THIS IDEA OF A STANDARD MESSAGE THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CHAIN OF POSSESSION WHERE ALL PARTNERS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING AND THE VERY VISIBLE MOVEMENT OF THE FREIGHT AND THE INFORMATION THAT -- ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FREIGHT IS IT MOVES TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN. THE BIOMETRIC SMART CARD WAS PRIMARILY AN ITEM THAT PREDATED THIS IDEA OF A TRANSPORTATION WORKER ID CARD, AND IT WAS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE VERY PRECISE VERIFICATION OF THE MOVE. THE HIGHWAY WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE AN OPEN ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENT. THE ITEM THAT WOULD CARRY THE MESSAGES, THE CONDUIT THAT WOULD CARRY THE MESSAGES THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THOSE ARE THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE TEST THAT WE WORKED WITH AND WE'RE ADOPTING THOSE KEY COMPONENTS TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD IN A DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS PRIMARILY A DEPICTION OF THAT SMART CARD AND BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER, NOT UNUSUAL, NOT UNCOMMON TO WHAT YOU'RE PRIMARILY SEEING TODAY WITH REGARD TO SMART CARDS AND A CHIP ON THEM, AND STORING INFORMATION ON THAT CHIP. AND PRIMARILY, THIS WAS USED BY ALL THE PARTIES, PRIMARILY TRUCK DRIVERS, AS THE CARGO WAS MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. OUR IDEA OF A FREIGHT INFORMATION HIGHWAY PRIMARILY IS DEPICTED HERE WITH KIND OF A PIPELINE. I GUESS YOU MAY SAY A CONDUIT LINKING ALL PARTIES TO THE TRANSACTIONS. AND THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT MAY BE INVOLVED AS WELL. YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS HAVING EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION IS -- IT'S EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE SYSTEM BY THE MANUFACTURER. SOMETHING THAT'S NOT DONE TODAY. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WITH REGARD TO THIS ELECTRONIC FREIGHT MANIFEST. THIS WOULD BE THE DATA EXCHANGE MESSAGES THAT WOULD BE USED BETWEEN ALL THE SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS IN SOME KIND OF A STANDARD FASHION. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION WITH SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A WORKING DRAFT THAT'S BEEN SUB MILTED FOR COMMITTEE DRAFT STATUS WHERE IT WOULD GO OUT TO BALLOT TO 21 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. CHART HERE IS PRIMARILY A SUPPLY CHAIN CHART THAT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING MORE OF THE AIR TRUCK INTERFACE AS THE GOODS MOVE FROM THE CON SIGNER TO THE CON SIGNEE. IT'S DEPICTING PRIMARILY THE EFFICIENCY THAT CAN BE PICKED UP BY PUSHING PAPER OUT OF THE SYSTEM, AND IT'S SHOWING THE SECURITY THAT COULD BE PICKED UP BY PRIMARILY HAVING POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION AT ACCESS POINTS. THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR ACTIVITIES OR TWO KEY PIECES OF THIS THAT HAVE SHOWN TO BE THE HIGHER PIECES OF THE SAVINGS, THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE SAVINGS, AND ALSO THE SECURITY ACTIVITIES AS WELL. THE KEY ASPECTS OF OUR INITIATIVE CALLED THE FM SOLUTION IS PRIMARILY A STANDARDIZED STRUCTURE IMPROVING FLOW OF CONSIGNMENT DATAS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A CONSIGNMENT LEVEL. AND SO IT WOULD BE IN THE SHIPPING PORTION OF INTERNATIONAL AND INTERMODAL FREIGHT SUPPLY CHANGE. PRIMARILY INTERMODAL BETWEEN TRUCK AND CARE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HARMONIZING WITH OTHER DATA STANDARD INITIATIVES, THERE'S SEVERAL OF THOSE GOING ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US TODAY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THOSE PARTNERS, THEN CONDUCTING DEPLOYMENT TESTS WITH PARTNERS ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES. AND THEN TO PROMOTE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT BY ATTRACTING REALLY ADOPTERS, AND LET THE MARKET PICK THESE UP AND MOVE IT ALONG. PART OF THIS SLIDE IS NOT REALLY PART OF THE DEPLOYMENT TESTS, IT PRIMARILY DEALS WITH THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE STATES ON THE INITIATIVE THAT STARTED BACK IN THE EARLY '90s. THAT WAS TO INSTRUMENT THE HIGHWAYS SO THE TRUCKS COULD PASS BASED ON SAFETY, HISTORY AND ALSO THAT THEY FIT WITHIN THE LOAD REQUIREMENTS ON THAT PARTICULAR HIGHWAY. SINCE THE HIGHWAYS ARE INSTRUMENTED THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO TRACK THE TRUCKS -- THERE ARE SEVERAL STATES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN POSSIBLY LOOKING AT THIS CLOSER. WE'VE HAD SOME PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE THREE STATES AND THERE'S SOME CONTINUING DIALOGUE GOING ON. THIS IS KIND OF A WRAP-UP SLIDE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE TIME FRAME WE'VE BEEN LOOKING -- WE HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED THROUGH AND WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS FINDING SOME RESULTS FOR THIS DEPLOYMENT TEST, AND THAT IS THE EARLY TESTS THAT WE GOT, THE BEST PRACTICES IDENTIFIED WERE BETWEEN '99 AND 2002. AND IN 2003 WE PICKED UP AND STARTED TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE UNDERPINNING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPLOYMENT TESTS AND TO THE POINT WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN GENERAL DESIGN TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITIES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEPLOYMENT IN THE DESIGN STAGES, IF THAT WORKS, AFTER 2007 WE COULD GET MORE UBIQUITOUS COVERAGE OF THESE BEST PRACTICES. WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO END MY PRESENTATION AND TURN OVER -- I'LL TURN IT BACK TO JENNIFER OR TURN IT OVER TO DAVID. OKAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE, IF YOU THINK OF A QUESTION DURING THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE TYPE IT INTO THE CHAT AREA ON YOUR SCREEN. WHEN YOU TYPE IT IN, SEND IT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS SO ALL THE SPEAKERS CAN SEE YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE. IF YOU DO THINK OF A QUESTION ANY TIME, PLEASE TYPE IT INTO THE CHAT AREA ON YOUR SCREEN AND SEND IT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN A SECOND. OKAY. DAN, YOU CAN BEGIN WITH WHEN YOU'RE READY. YOUR PHONE MAY STILL BE ON MUTE. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. AS MIKE SAID, THIS LARGE SCALE ELECTRONIC FREIGHT MANIFEST, I SORT OF REFER TO IT AS AN UMBRELLA PROGRAM, BECAUSE THERE ARE NUMEROUS OR AT LEAST A NUMBER OF KEY COMPONENTS BUILT IN UNDER THAT EFM. I SOMETIMES REFER TO IT AS A THREE-LEGGED STOOL AS MIKE INDICATED THERE'S SORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT PLATFORMS AND SYSTEMS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARDS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AT SOME POINT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INDUSTRY PILOT PROJECT. THIS IS THE PLATFORM STANDARD SOFTWARE COMPONENT OF THE EFM ON SOME SORT OF LARGE HUNDRED FOOT SCALE, IT'S ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY GOES ON IN SUPPLY CHAINS IN GENERAL, WITH SOME FOCUS ON MANUFACTURING TRUCK AIR CARGO SUPPLY CHAINS. ONCE THAT SORT OF DOCUMENTATIONAL CONCEPT OF THE OPERATIONS ARE DEVELOPED, THE PROJECT WILL DRILL DOWN INTO AN ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES. ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS TO AGAIN TEST THE PLATFORM SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EFM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE UTILITY TO THE SUPPLY CHAINS. THE PARTICIPANTS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE INCLUDE INDUSTRY PARTNERS, ATRI, THE AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTION IS SPEER HEADING THIS COMPONENT WITH COURT TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDING RON SCHAFFER OF TRANCENTRIC WHO IS ON THE LINE WITH US AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER SUBCONTRACTORS, THERE'S ONE WHICH HAS A DIRECT NEXUS TO THE TWIX INTEGRATION AND DESIGN ACTIVITIES SO THAT WE HAVE THAT SORT OF CONNECTION TO TWIX ACTIVITIES AS MIKE SAID, THERE'S THE PRESUMPTION THAT SMART CARDS AND BIOMETRICS WOULD BE INCORPORATED AT SOME POINT. ON THE VERY NEXT SLIDE, 3 OF 6, YOU SEE A LARGER VERSION OF THE GRAPHIC MIKE PRESENTED, AND I THINK A KEY MESSAGE HERE IS THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE AS STREAMLINED AND INTEROPERABLE AS THIS GRAPHIC, WHAT YOU'RE CLEARLY NOT SEEING ARE REGISTRATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS, FIREWALLS, DATA ENCRYPTION, ET CETERA. SO THAT THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES CAN INTERACT AND CONDUCT TRANSACTIONS AND BUSINESS, BUT IT IS NOT CLEARLY A BROAD FREE FOR ALL IN TERMS OF A WEB PORTAL. ON THE VERY NEXT SLIDE, 4 OF 6, PROJECT OBJECTIVES, AGAIN, THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF COMPONENTS WITHIN THE FREIGHT INFORMATION HIGHWAY. BUT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, IT'S ULTIMATELY TO DESIGN AND SORT OF PROMULGATE A TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE THAT PROVIDES THE CONNECTIVETY THAT SUPPLY CHAINS NEED, TRANSMITTING THE MESSAGES AND DATA THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUPPLY CHAINS AND ALSO OFFERS THAT INTERFACE WITH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND CERTAINLY SORT OF A STREAMLINED ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, USUALLY IN THE FORM OF CUSTOMS, ACE REQUIREMENTS. CERTAINLY THERE ARE CREDENTIALING FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH C VISION ALONG WITH POTENTIAL DRIVER INTERFACE ISSUES SUCH AS THE U.S. PATRIOT ACT. THAT IS ALSO INCORPORATED IN HERE AND SORT OF ARCHITECTED INTO THE PLAN. AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE A REFERENCE TO A THREE TIERED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, LET ME SPEND TWO SECONDS ON THAT. THE STATEMENT WE'RE WORKING UNDER HAS THIS REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOPMENT -- WE'RE DOING THAT USING A THREE-TIERED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHICH TIER ONE IS AN INDEPTH LOOK AT THE MARKETPLACE FOR PLANNING SYSTEMS. THE LEVEL OF PENETRATION AND EXISTING SYSTEMS, MOST OF THOSE ARE WEB BASED, EVOLVING INTO WEB BASED SYSTEMS, AND THEN THE UTILIZATION OF THESE SYSTEMS BY THE VARIOUS SUPPLY CHAINS. SO THAT'S SORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKETPLACE, TIER TWO IS A BIT MORE INDEPTH. WE HAVE A FREIGHTING HIGHWAY -- RANGING FROM MANUFACTURERS TO TRUCKING COMPANIES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS, AND THAT SURVEYS ARE DRILLING DOWN INTO WHAT SYSTEMS ARE THEY USING TODAY WHAT SYSTEMS ARE THEY MIGRATING TO. WHAT DATA AND TRANSACTIONS ARE IN PLAY, AND THEN LOGISTICS ISSUES BEYOND IT, WHICH BASICALLY INDICATES WHO YOU'RE SENDING DATA TO, WHAT DATA, WHAT ARE YOUR PARTNERSHIPS, EITHER CONTRACTUALLY OR CONCEPTUALLY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ANOTHER LEVEL OF GRANULARITY OF HOW THESE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES WORK. ONE OF THESE CASE STUDIES IS THE LIMITED. WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. PROJECT RESULTS TO DATE, THE RESULTS MAY BE MISLEADING, ALL THE FUNCTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETED BUT CERTAINLY WELL UNDER WAY. THE FIRST AND ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PIECES OF THIS PROJECT HAS NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO IT PROPER. IT'S SORT OF A COMPONENT OF THIS BETWEEN ATI AND THE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THAT RECOGNIZES THERE ARE NO IT GAPS OR LIMITATION TAKINGS TO A UNIVERSAL EMF SYSTEM TO DATE. THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE. MOST OF THE ISSUES ARE INSTITUTIONAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL. SO WE HAVE A REPORT UNDER WAY THAT'S LOOKING AT INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH DATA SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY. WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUES SUCH AS FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT DATA SHARING, THERE'S A SIPCI WHICH IS A DATA PROTECTION COMPONENT WITHIN GOVERNMENT FROM SHARING ACROSS AGENCIES AND EVEN HIPPA AND OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE, THAT MAY SUPPORT OR HINDER, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TECHNICAL OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS DATA ENCRYPTION, SIFR PROGRAMS, FIREWALLS, ET CETERA, AND THEN LASTLY, NEW LEGAL TOOLS IN THE FORM OF NONDISCLOSE OUR AGREEMENTS, AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO RAISE A COMFORT LEVEL OF DATA SHARING FOR APPROPRIATE PURPOSES AND PARTIES. SO THAT'S INTERESTING. I BELIEVE THE THREE-TIER PROJECT IS UNDER WAY. RON AND ANOTHER SUBCONTRACTOR ARE LOOKING AT ENSURING THAT WHATEVER IS ULTIMATELY DESIGNED AND PROPOSED, INTEGRATES WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS SUCH AS SAP, PEOPLE SOFT, ORACLE, DO THE NET PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY SORT OF SERVICE BASED. CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT TRYING TO EFFECT CHANGE IN THE MARKETPLACE, BUT RATHER AUGMENT WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY. LASTLY, WE ARE SUPPORTING A PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THAT MIKE ONDER IS SPEARHEADING, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A U.S. DOT -- THAT'S NOT TRUE. A U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TEAM THAT HAS BEEN LOANED TO MIKE ONDER AND HIS OFFICE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE A SURVEY UNDER WAY TO INDUSTRY THAT'S SORT OF DOCUMENTING WHERE ON THE SUPPLY CHAINS THEY SIT. WHAT INFORMATION AND WHAT SYSTEMS IS -- ARE BEING TRANSMITTED. THAT SURRY -- SURVEY IS GOING OUT TO LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. IT'S ALSO GONE OUT TO THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION AND A GROUP OF AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS. THAT DATA AND INFORMATION WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE EFM PROJECT FOR ANALYSIS. SLIDE 6 OF 6. LAST SLIDE, PROJECT SCHEDULE AND LAST STEPS. WE'RE GENERALLY WORKING ON A 12-MONTH TIMETABLE. IT IS CERTAINLY NOT SURPRISING TO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH INDUSTRY THAT FALL IS THE BUSIEST TIME FOR MANUFACTURERS AND FREIGHT MOVERS, IT'S BASICALLY PREHOLIDAY. AND SO WE ARE PLOWING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR DAY-LONG SITDOWNS AND MEETINGS, BUT SO FAR I THINK WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE. WE'LL BE INTERACTING WITH THE LIMITED AND THE OTHER TIER TWO AND TIER THREE COMPANIES, DEVELOPING THOSE KIND OF UPS IN TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURES AND THEN LASTLY TRYING TO DOCUMENT THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS REGULATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ULTIMATELY INTERFACED WITH IN SOME FASHION. AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE TO BE HONEST. I THINK THAT'S IT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, MIKE, I DO BELIEVE WE'RE RELATIVELY ACTIVE WITH THE FREIGHT MANIFEST.COM SO I POSTED THAT AS ONE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. IF YOU DO HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO ERP OR LOGISTICS SYSTEMS, THERE IS A LOCATION ON THAT WEBSITE FOR YOU TO INPUT YOUR SYSTEM INFORMATION OR YOUR COMPANY INFORMATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A FRIEND OF THE PROJECT, YOU CAN ALSO ON A DIFFERENT LINK THERE INPUT YOUR INFORMATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION. WE'LL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU THAT WAY. I'M DONE. OKAY. STEVEN WILLIAMS, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? YES, I AM. I'M GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO YOU IN A MOMENT, AND THEN I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. OKAY. OKAY. CLICK THROUGH YOUR SLIDES, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CLICK THAT ARROW THAT'S POINTING TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS NEXT TO ONE OF FIVE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. OKAY. AND YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. AT THE MOMENT MY MOUTH IS NOT WORKING. YOU CAN TRY THE ARROW KEYS ON YOUR KEYBOARD, THAT MAY WORK ALSO. ALL RIGHT. YOU USUALLY NEED TO CLICK ON THE SLIDE FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK WITH YOUR KEYBOARD. I'M NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSE AT ALL. I CAN RUN YOURS IF YOU LIKE. I JUST FORWARDED IT TO PROJECT OVERVIEW.