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 2005-04-01 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-333SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP P0b002ee18037b083 f:d05333sp DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP GAO-05-333SP Air traffic control systems Cost analysis Cost control Cost overruns Future budget projections Performance measures Program evaluation Schedule slippages Strategic planning Systems conversions Program goals or objectives Program implementation FAA Air Traffic Control Modernization Program Other Written Product A21558 In 1981, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a program to modernize the national airspace system and a primary component, the air traffic control (ATC) system. The ATC component of this program, which is designed to replace aging equipment and accommodate predicted growth in air traffic, has had difficulty for more than two decades in meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets. The performance-based Air Traffic Organization (ATO) was created in February 2004 to improve the management of the modernization effort. On October 7, 2004, GAO hosted a panel to discuss attempts to address the ATC modernization program's persistent problems. Participants discussed the factors that they believed have affected FAA's ability to acquire new ATC systems. Participants also identified steps that FAA's ATO could take in the short term to address these factors, as well as longer term steps that could be taken to improve the modernization program's chances of success and help the ATO achieve its mission. The participants included domestic and foreign aviation experts from industry, government, private think tanks, and academia. They are recognized for their expertise in aviation safety, economics, and engineering; transportation research and policy; and government and private-sector management. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP.pdf GAO-05-333SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-333SP Other Written Product GAO-05-333SP; National Airspace System: Experts' Views on Improving the U.S. Air Traffic Control Modernization Program; Air traffic control systems Cost analysis Cost control Cost overruns Future budget projections Performance measures Program evaluation Schedule slippages Strategic planning Systems conversions Program goals or objectives Program implementation FAA Air Traffic Control Modernization Program Public Law 104-50 Public Law 106-181