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Welcome <\/span><\/strong>to the NARFE Configuration Advisory Board (CAB)<\/strong> microsite! CAB is made up of 10 members, one from each region, who represent chapters and federations. Contact CAB<\/a><\/strong> to voice your opinions, document complaints or offer suggestions for improving online data services.<\/p>\n

CAB Meeting Summaries<\/strong> \u2013 NARFE CAB Calendar<\/a><\/h4>\n

CAB meets on the second Monday<\/span><\/strong> of the month. We discuss member suggestions and complaints and attempt to resolve issues as soon as possible. Meeting Summaries<\/a><\/strong>, updated monthly, are available for members online.<\/a><\/p>\n

CAB Requests for Changes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

When suggestions are submitted on the Contact CAB<\/strong><\/a> page, a CAB Request is created. \u00a0These requests are discussed by CAB and a Request Index<\/strong>, updated monthly, is maintained on the Important Links<\/strong><\/a> page. \u00a0This EXCEL spreadsheet hyperlinks to the source document and the recommendations reached by CAB.<\/p>\n

CAB Issues \u2013 Backlog Reports<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Complaints or \u201cbugs\u201d reported on the Contact CAB<\/strong><\/a> page are tracked by CAB using Backlog<\/strong>. Issues, assigned to staff, are categorized, dated, and tracked until they fixed or a case file is created with Protech (AMS) or Higher Logic (FEDHub). The Issues Index, <\/strong>updated monthly, is posted on Important Links<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAB Tasks<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tasks assigned to CAB participants during monthly meetings are tracked for follow-up. Meeting Summaries list these tasks, and a Task Index<\/strong>,\u00a0 tracking task completions in Excel format, is available on the Important Links<\/strong><\/a> page.<\/p>\n

CAB Projects<\/strong><\/h4>\n

CAB members conduct research, investigate topics, explore ideas \u2013 whatever it takes to help NARFE members engage with technology.<\/p>\n

CAB Tutorials<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tutorials are the heart-and-soul of the NARFE microsite. This is where the written tutorials and links to YouTube videos are stored. LEARN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Configuration Advisory Board (CAB) of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) provides technology assistance to members and facilitates communications between members, chapters, federations, regions, national officers and staff. CAB provides resources for members and creates tutorials as needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3872,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/3872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/cab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}