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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Dear Envirosensors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">I am writing to remind you of our monthly cluster call, which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4th, at 5:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm PDT). We hope that you can join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">Using Roadblocks in the Federal Register to Better our Sensing Capabilities<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">Daniel Fuka VT/Ronin Inst., Shelton Colton ARS-USDA, Dryw Wade Spark<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:#212121">Much of the new sensing capabilities our<span class="apple-converted-space"> ESIP </span>Clusters have been discussing rely on inexpensive Internet of Things (IoT) devices, yet most of these inexpensive IoT solutions have components
manufactured in China. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.204-24, creates a roadblock for Federal Agencies buying these devices, as most are manufactured within China. While this became a roadblock for several of our USDA research projects, our team
has been able to take this roadblock and combine it with the implementation difficulties discussed in<span class="apple-converted-space"> ESIP </span>Cluster calls to create a FAR 52.204-24 compliant foundational sensing capability that is affordable and more
easily field customizable for Environmental Sensing Applications. We will use some slides to help create an informal discussion within our cluster call, gathering the cluster participants' thoughts to help us review our progress thus far.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Open to all who are interested:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://esipfed-org.zoom.us/j/85237873060?pwd=YXJpSldadkdGR3hGL1EwR3NQcTVFUT09" title="https://esipfed-org.zoom.us/j/85237873060?pwd=YXJpSldadkdGR3hGL1EwR3NQcTVFUT09"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0078D7">ZOOM
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<p class="MsoNormal">Topic: Envirosensing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time: Apr 4, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">James (Jake) Gearon, M.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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