United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-02-14 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-01-443T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-443T P0b002ee18037844a f:d01443t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-443T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-443T GAO-01-443T Risk management Accountability Internal controls Safety standards Transportation operations Transportation safety Air traffic control systems Performance measures Financial management Coast Guard Deepwater Project FAA Air Traffic Control Modernization Program FAA Safer Skies Initiative Testimony The Department of Transportation (DOT) faces critical challenges in achieving its goals of ensuring the safe and efficient movement of people and goods and in making cost-effective investments in the nation's transportation infrastructure. Many of the challenges GAO identified at DOT are long-standing and will require sustained attention by the new administration and Congress. While the Department has initiatives under way to address the shortcomings of its programs, these activities have not been fully implemented. Their success will depend on a strong commitment from DOT's new leadership and a sustained effort to identify and address critical human capital issues. Finally, as they address the problems facing each of the individual components, given the myriad of demands for new resources, the new administration and the Congress must think and act so as to ensure that their transportation decisions reflect an intermodal transportation strategy that addresses the most pressing national needs in a cost-beneficial manner. This testimony summarized the January report, GAO-01-253. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-443T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-443T.htm GAO-01-443T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-443T Testimony GAO-01-443T; Performance and Accountability: Challenges Facing the; Risk management Accountability Internal controls Safety standards Transportation operations Transportation safety Air traffic control systems Performance measures Financial management Coast Guard Deepwater Project FAA Air Traffic Control Modernization Program FAA Safer Skies Initiative