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 2007-03-29 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-693T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T P0b002ee180392b93 f:d07693t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T GAO-07-693T Air traffic control systems Air transportation Commercial aviation Concept of operations Enterprise architecture Interagency relations Program evaluation Research and development Strategic planning Systems conversions Transportation planning Policies and procedures Program implementation Next Generation Air Transportation System Testimony A67445 The skies over America are becoming more crowded every day. The consensus of opinion is that the current system cannot be expanded to meet projected growth. In 2003, recognizing the need for system transformation, Congress authorized the creation of the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO), housed within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to lead a collaborative effort of federal and nonfederal aviation stakeholders to conceptualize and plan the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)--a fundamental redesign and modernization of the national airspace system. JPDO operates in conjunction with its partner agencies, which include FAA; the Departments of Transportation, Commerce, Defense, and Homeland Security; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. GAO's testimony focuses on the progress that JPDO has made in planning the NextGen initiative and some key issues and challenges that JPDO continues to face. This statement is based on GAO's November 2006 report to this subcommittee as well as ongoing work. In our November 2006 report, we recommended that JPDO take actions to institutionalize its collaboration and determine if it had the involvement of all key stakeholders. JPDO said it would consider our recommendations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T.pdf GAO-07-693T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-693T Testimony GAO-07-693T; Joint Planning and Development Office: Progress and Key Issues in Planning the Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System; Air traffic control systems Air transportation Commercial aviation Concept of operations Enterprise architecture Interagency relations Program evaluation Research and development Strategic planning Systems conversions Transportation planning Policies and procedures Program implementation Next Generation Air Transportation System Public Law 108-176