National Airspace System : current efforts and proposed changes to improve performance of FAA's air traffic control system

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Airspace (Aeronautics) Air Traffic Control Air Traffic Services Subcommittee Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Government Funding Measures Of Effectiveness Modernization National Airspace System Organizational Effectiveness Oversight Restructuring

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• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. General Accounting Office
• Abstract:
  To accelerate the modernization and improve the performance of the air traffic control system, the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21) created the Air Traffic Services Subcommittee (subcommittee) to oversee the air traffic control system and help the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) address long-standing weaknesses in its modernization program. AIR-21 gave the subcommittee the authority to approve strategic plans, budgets, and procurements over $100 million. In addition, AIR-21 required FAA to hire a chief operating officer to manage the system?s day-to-day operations. AIR-21 mandated that GAO report on the success of the subcommittee in improving the performance of the air traffic control system. However, because the success of the subcommittee is linked to its interactions with the chief operating officer and the new air traffic organization, neither of which is yet in place, GAO analysis was limited to the actions of the subcommittee, and not the performance of the new structure as a whole. Accordingly, as agreed with Congress, this report addresses the following questions:
  
  ? What has the subcommittee done to carry out its oversight responsibilities, and what obstacles has it encountered in attempting to do so?
  
  ? What changes to the subcommittee?s organization and oversight responsibilities have been proposed to improve the performance of the air traffic control system?
  
  4 Appendices, 2 figures, 30 pages.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:70e8cb55fcdf0dcc9399ac5edbdae1dcec49b3fab9634a392b56237ad47f9121
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34016/dot_34016_DS1.pdf
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