Board Plans FGIS Meeting to Address Key Issues

AAGIWA Board members will meet with FGIS Deputy Administrator Randall Jones on February 24 at the Tech Center in Kansas City to discuss a variety of issues of concern to the association.  With the rapid pace of retirements from FGIS, AAGIWA President Larry Kitchen said "we are pleased Mr. Jones will meet with us to discuss plans for the agency's future direction - we all have a vested interest in a smoothly functioning, professional inspection system."

Kitchen said the meeting would also afford an opportunity for an update on initiatives connected with the new FGISOnline system including Inspection Data Warehouse (IDW), Quality Assurance and Control (QAC), Licensing, and Inspection, Testing and Weighing (ITW).  Many of the topics will likely serve as a prelude to more extensive discussions at AAGIWA's annual meeting.   Kitchen noted some AAGIWA members are concerned whether FGIS has sufficient resources - both financial and personnel - to successfully implement the programs envisioned with the FGISOnline initiative.  (To view the January 11 letter from AAGIWA to FGIS requesting the meeting click here: http://bit.ly/9wUWH0)