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B -- FORMATION OF ''PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY'' WITH INDUSTRY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS GROUPS (SEPG) LEADERS. SOL GARDNER01 POC Dr. Floyd Hollister, Chief Scientist for Software Engineering, 202/267-8020, Ms. Susan Gardner, SEPG Leader, 202/267-8020, Contracting Officer, Jim McNulty, 202/267-3626 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is initiating an intensive software process improvement program including both the FAA and its suppliers. One initiative of the program is to establish an internal FAA Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG). In the interest of jointly addressing FAA software quality improvements, the FAA SEPG will be forming ''Partnerships for Improvement'' with the SEPG leaders of interested FAA development contractors and avionics contractors. The FAA is now gathering names of interested industry SEPG leaders, with an initial meeting planned for later in the year. Any interested SEPG leaders should contact Dr. Floyd Hollister, Chief Scientist for Software Engineering, or Ms. Susan Gardner, SEPG Leader, on 202-267-8020 or e-mail at fhollister@ mail.hq.faa.gov or sgardner@mail.hq.faa.gov. (0174)

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