Commercial Fixed Wing
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 24
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Procedure
My sector was combined with an R-side and training on the D-side.  I sat down and received two briefings; one from the R-side and one for the D-side as they immediately closed the position.  At no time was there any mention of GPS Jamming that affected my airspace.  A few minutes later; I read all the NOTAMs for my sector and found there was GPS Jamming occurring from XA00Z to XG00Z.  We have numerous GPS and RNAV approaches this could affect and that we must advise the pilots about. I looked over at my sectors SIA board and noticed they did not have GPS Jamming denoted on it.  They were conducting a certification check at R-44 with a supervisor and another controller plugged in since the supervisor was not certified there.  I told them there was GPS Jamming going on.  The controller gave a response of basically - no big deal.  I said it is a big deal; you have an aircraft holding about to be cleared into CXP on a GPS approach and you have not advised him about the possible GPS Jamming.  My area has a real problem with reading NOTAM's.  Half the time; the controllers have the monitors turned backward so they can't even read the screen.  Most controllers in my area never read NOTAM's unless they have an IFR aircraft requesting and approach.  And then they only check the particular airport for the NOTAM's which will not show GPS Jamming.  Most controllers will argue that management should put all the important info on the big SIA board in the area.  This would be nice but it is not realistic.  Things change quickly at times and ERIDS is the best place to find that information.Management needs to force us to read the NOTAM's every time we sit down at a low altitude sector.  Management needs to force all of us to put all important; pertinent information for the sector on the sector SIA board or on the scope.  All controllers who choose to ignore this should be disciplined.
ZOA Controller states that many controllers at his facility are lax in their knowledge of NOTAMs that pertain to the sectors that they are controlling; especially when it comes to GPS jamming NOTAMs.