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 2006-05-04 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-738T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T P0b002ee180398400 f:d06738t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T GAO-06-738T Air traffic control systems Cost control Enterprise architecture Internal controls Performance management Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Strategic planning Systems conversions Technology modernization programs FAA Air Traffic Control System Next Generation Air Transportation System Testimony A53242 Over a decade ago, GAO listed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) effort to modernize the nation's air traffic control (ATC) system as a high-risk program because of systemic management and acquisition problems. Two relatively new offices housed within FAA--the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) and the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)--are now primarily responsible for planning and implementing these modernization efforts. Congress created ATO to be a performance-based organization that would improve both the agency's culture, structure, and processes, and the ATC modernization program's performance and accountability. Congress created JPDO, made up of seven partner agencies, to coordinate the federal and nonfederal stakeholders necessary to plan a transition from the current air transportation system to the "next generation air transportation system" (NGATS). This statement is based on GAO's recently completed and ongoing studies of the ATC modernization program. GAO provides information on (1) the status of ATO's efforts to improve the ATC modernization program, (2) the status of JPDO's planning efforts for NGATS, and (3) actions to control costs and leverage resources for ATC modernization and the transformation to NGATS. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T.pdf GAO-06-738T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-738T Testimony GAO-06-738T; Air Traffic Control: Status of the Current Modernization Program and Planning for the Next Generation System; Air traffic control systems Cost control Enterprise architecture Internal controls Performance management Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Strategic planning Systems conversions Technology modernization programs FAA Air Traffic Control System Next Generation Air Transportation System