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Web Work For TSP

Technical Service Providers  Not-To-Exceed Rates,  http://www.tsp-nte.nrcs.usda.gov

History

In July 2003; two student interns were hired (classified as GS-2 Clerks) to speed up the conversion of these existing three NRIAI sites into the NRCS webfarm. One week later, the Technical Service Providers Not-To-Exceed team (which included David Buland) found no other option for distributing the NTE rates to the public in five weeks except to build the website at the NRIAI site in Temple. Both of the new hires had some web-database experience. The initial website had to be developed with close cooperation between the members of the TSP NTE team and with Harrell Geron, OMOD, who produced the initial database from WLA and TACCP data. The equations and regression analysis used was still in development with the database. The initial calculations were placed on the new website, which was open by Chief Knight on August 6. Two refinements to the calculations were made, the last on August 28, 2003. Minor updates on the HELP and other screens have been made since then, but no changes that affect the rate calculations used for contacting TSP work for FY03 and FY04.

Content

The current TSP NTE website contains 257 files, including a 70MB Access database and 55 .asp files querying that database.

Future

This site serves a public, long-term function, and there has always been commitment to move this site to the TechReg site at Fort Collins. The leader of the TSP NTE team wanted it move to be after then next revision, which is now tentatively scheduled for July. Even then, it would be faster to update the site with the new TACCP and CNMP data using Access and .ASP pages first, and later convert and move the site into ITC. The timetable is on page 9. The options are

  1. Produce the next revision in Temple, publish it from Temple in July, and convert it to SQL Server and .net, then move the application into the webfarm in August.
  2. Have ITC take the current website, the new data and publish the next revision directly on the website.
    3. Try to rebuild the website in Temple directly in SQL Server and .net.

NOTE: There will need to be a preliminary website open for NRCS staff for several weeks to review the TSP NTE rates internally, prior to a public revision. States may also be selecting which rates to use during this editing period.

 

 

 

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