Aviation Acquisition: A Comprehensive Strategy Is Needed for Cultural Change at FAA

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Acquisition Problems Acquisition Process Acquistion Management Air Traffic Control Equipment Attitudes Contract Administration Federal Aviation Administration Federal Government Agencies Group Dynamics Management And Organization Organizational Culture Psychological Aspects Recommendations

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-96-159
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404002
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) timely acquisition of new air traffic control equipment has become increasingly critical for aviation safety and efficiency. However, persistent acquisition problems raise questions about the agency's ability to field new equipment within cost, schedule, and performance parameters. Concerned about recurring problems with FAA's acquisitions, Congress asked General Accounting Office (GAO) to review the agency's management of the acquisition process to (1) determine whether the organizational culture1 contributed to FAA's acquisition problems and (2) identify how FAA could improve its management of acquisitions through cultural change, if culture is a contributing factor. This report contains the GAO's findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f74d9e94be58b812a59931f41ceafb8ae53a49311874e74df1d0ecc71213a04f6730b010df664cb1de1a9549ba949ae2eaa56f40358dd10c447db66dfb892a16
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12626/dot_12626_DS1.pdf
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