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 2007-12-18 monographic deposited born digital 38 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-42 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42 P0b002ee1803a5a8c f:d0842 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42 GAO-08-42 Air traffic control systems Aviation Budget administration Budget controllability Budgeting Commercial aviation Cost control Evaluation criteria Performance measures Program evaluation Reporting requirements Risk assessment Risk management Schedule slippages Strategic planning Civil aviation Program goals or objectives Program implementation GAO High Risk Series Next Generation Air Transportation System Other Written Product A79028 Acquiring new systems on budget and on schedule is critically important in transitioning to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). However, air traffic control modernization has been on GAO's high-risk list since 1995, in part due to acquisitions exceeding budget and schedule targets. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) has responsibility for managing air traffic control acquisitions. GAO was asked to examine (1) ATO's goals, performance measures, and reporting for systems acquisitions; (2) the validity of ATO's performance measures; and (3) the implications of using ATO's performance measures to assess progress in transitioning to NextGen. To address these issues, GAO compared ATO's measures with attributes of successful performance measures, interviewed agency officials, and sought perspectives of aviation experts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42.pdf GAO-08-42 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-42 Other Written Product GAO-08-42; Air Traffic Control: FAA Reports Progress in System Acquisitions, but Changes in Performance Measurement Could Improve Usefulness of Information; Air traffic control systems Aviation Budget administration Budget controllability Budgeting Commercial aviation Cost control Evaluation criteria Performance measures Program evaluation Reporting requirements Risk assessment Risk management Schedule slippages Strategic planning Civil aviation Program goals or objectives Program implementation GAO High Risk Series Next Generation Air Transportation System Public Law 103-355