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Space Policy Directive 3 issued in 2018 to establish a civil space traffic management/coordination capability to serve the commercial sector free of direct user fees. TraCSS is the Department of Commerce's enterprise solution civil space traffic coordination. TraCSS will ingest, archive, process, and disseminate Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data and products for space safety and sustainability. TraCSS will provide conjunction analysis and warning services to commercial satellite owner/operators to foster economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. commercial space industry.
Agency Department of Commerce
Point of Contact Brian Epley - CIO email 202-482-4797
Investment Type Major IT Investments
Bureau National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mission Support Not Applicable
Shared Service Category Not Applicable
Shared Service Identifier Not Applicable
TMF Initiatives
  • Not Applicable
FY 2025 IT Spending $23.22 M
Current CIO Rating 3
Data As Of: 09/30/2025

Total Projects

2

Cost Variance

  • 2Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Schedule Variance

  • 2Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Cost Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Cost Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Cost Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Cost Variance
Cost Variance: ((Planned Total Costs - Projected or Actual Total Costs) / Planned Total Cost) x 100

Schedule Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Schedule Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Schedule Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Schedule Variance
Schedule Variance: ((Planned Completion Date - Projected or Actual Completion Date) / Project Duration) x 100

Cost and Schedule Variance color coding is based on absolute values. For example, a +40% variance and a -40% variance are both High/Red.
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  • The IT spending visualization below provides the selected IT investment's spending over 5 fiscal years. The IT Investment's spending is further broken down by Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and Development, Modernization, and Enhancement (DME). For each listed fiscal year you will see:
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  • Project Name Project UID Status Planned Total Cost ($M) Cost Variance (%) Planned Start Date Planned End Date Schedule Variance (%) Schedule Variance (Days) TMF Initiative
    Establish TraCSS Cloud Hosting Infrastructure 3013505001 In Progress 2.74 0 2023-08-01 2025-08-01 0 0 Not Applicable
    Build and Deploy TraCSS 3013505002 In Progress 26.88 0 2023-12-01 2025-08-30 0 0 Not Applicable
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  • Metric Description Performance Measurement Category Unit of Measure Reporting Frequency Agency Baseline Capability Measurement Condition Target 2025 CY Latest Actual Result Date of Latest Actual Result Met Target
    Measuring the annual average of the weekly rate of ephemeris submissions from TraCSS system beta users who are satellite owner/operators (o/o) Strategic and Business Results Rate of ephemeris submissions from satellite o/o Annual 100 Over target 100 74 2025-06-25 N/A
    This service metric measures the OSC customer experience with a minimum quarterly rate of one TraCSS beta user stakeholder listening session. Listening sessions are essential for TraCSS system capacity planning, service augmentation, and improving the overall customer experience Customer Satisfaction Number of listening sessions Annual 2 Over target
    This is the percentage of time during the month that the TraCSS system is available to users. Strategic and Business Results Availability Monthly 99.9 Over target 99.9 100 2025-07-31 N/A
    OSC will achieve an annual average of 1 posts to social media per quarter with TraCSS-related strategic communications Strategic and Business Results Number of posts to social media Annual 2 Over target 2 2 2025-06-25 MET
    Measuring the system availability of the TraCSS Conjunction Assessment (CA) operations tool Strategic and Business Results Availability Quarterly 80 Over target 80 98.12 2025-06-25 MET
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