TASK DESCRIPTION. SPECIFIC WORK ITEMS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS TASK ARE LOGGED INTO A PMEL WORK REQUEST SY…

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TASK DESCRIPTION. SPECIFIC WORK ITEMS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS TASK ARE LOGGED INTO A PMEL WORK REQUEST SYSTEM. THESE REQUESTS ARE PRIORITIZED BY PMEL AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CONTRACT PERSONNEL BY THE TASK LEAD. 2.1.1 NETWORK AND MICROCOMPUTER SUPPORT: THE CONTRACTOR(S) WILL INTERFACE WITH A PROJECT TEAM MANAGING AND MAINTAINING THE OAR FINANCIAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FDMS). FDMS UTILIZES CITRIX METAFRAME XP SOFTWARE AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING THE INFORMATIONAL NEEDS OF USERS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENTAL US. THE NETWORK AND MICROCOMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONING OF OAR AND FACILITATING THEIR OBTAINING THEIR MISSION. THIS COMPONENT OF THE TASK IS TO FACILITATE MAINTAINING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AT A FULLY FUNCTIONAL LEVEL. EXAMPLES OF THE WORK ITEMS THAT MAY HAVE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN SUPPORT OF THIS TASK COMPONENT ARE: SUPPORT END USERS WORKING WITH WORDPERFECT AND WORD TO FACILITATE THE PREPARATION OF HIGHLY TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND FORMATTING OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN LATEX. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT WEBSITES WHOSE PURPOSE IS MAKING SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND SCIENTIFIC RELATED INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THIS MAY REQUIRE USING DREAMWEAVER, HTML, ACROBAT, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTSHOP, IMAGEREADY, FIREWORKS, JAVA SCRIPT AND ASP IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACCESS DATABASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PMEL WEBSITES. PERFORM TASKS IN SUPPORT OF COMPUTER DATABASE ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, INSTALLATION, AND TRAINING. UTILIZE MS ACCESS AND/OR VISUAL BASIC AND/OR SQL SCRIPT TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS, MANIPULATION, REPORTING AND ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC DATA STORED IN MS ACCESS, SQL SERVER, AND ORACLE DATABASES. MAINTAIN INSTRUMENT/DEPLOYMENT-INVENTORY SYSTEM UTILIZING PROGRAMMING PERL SCRIPTS, AND CGI SCRIPT WEB PAGES. EVALUATE SOFTWARE RELATIVE TO CRITERIA PROVIDED BY OAR. 2.1.2 DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS SUPPORT: THE CONTRACTOR(S) WILL INTERFACE WITH A PROJECT TEAM OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS WORKING WITH UNIQUE OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA ACQUISITION INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE TSUNAMI, NOPP, ATLAS, FOCI, AND VENTS PROGRAMS AT THE PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (PMEL). THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE POSITIONS REQUIRE STRONG WEB BASED SKILLS BOTH FOR THE RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION AND BASIC COMMUNICATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COMPONENT OF THE TASK IS TO SUPPORT AND FACILITATE THE COLLECTION, TEMPORARY STORAGE, TRANSMISSION, PERMANENT STORAGE, ARCHIVING, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING OF THE OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA WHICH IS INTEGRAL TO THE PMEL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS. EXAMPLES OF THE WORK ITEMS THAT MAY HAVE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN SUPPORT OF THIS TASK COMPONENT ARE: PROVIDE FUNCTIONAL AND IT ANALYSIS, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE ON MICROPROCESSOR BASED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS. MAINTAIN MICROPROCESSOR BASED DATA ACQUISITION INSTRUMENTATION THROUGH TESTING, TROUBLESHOOTING, REPAIRING AND CALIBRATING PRIMARILY UTILIZING SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS VIA A LAPTOP LINK (RS232 FORMAT) TO THE INSTRUMENT. DOCUMENT THE MODIFICATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS MADE TO THE INSTRUMENTATION USING AUTOCAD. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE PERFORMED AT PMEL AS WELL AS IN THE FIELD (SHIPBOARD). MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM AND DATA INTEGRITY OF THE PARTS AND COMPONENTS INVENTORY SYSTEM. PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF SOFTWARE, SENSOR INTERFACE, CIRCUIT BOARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND TROUBLE SHOOTING OF HARDWARE. DATA PROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA ACQUISITION FROM MOORED INSTRUMENTS DATA DOWNLOAD AC AND DC ELECTRICITY; DIGITAL; COMPONENT ID; SOLID STATE UPGRADING MODULES; AND CONFIGURATION COMMANDS.