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 2008-06-19 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-899T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T P0b002ee18038bc27 f:d08899t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T GAO-08-899T Climate Climate change Contract negotiations Cost analysis Cost control Cost overruns Data collection Earth resources satellites Earth sciences data systems Environmental monitoring Interagency relations Operational testing Procurement planning Program evaluation Program management Risk assessment Risk management Satellites Schedule slippages Strategic planning System vulnerabilities Systems analysis Systems conversions Systems integration Systems testing Technology Weather forecasting National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Testimony A82435 The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is a tri-agency acquisition--managed by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)--which has experienced escalating costs, schedule delays, and technical difficulties. These factors led to a June 2006 decision to restructure the program thereby decreasing its complexity, increasing its estimated cost to $12.5 billion, and delaying the first two satellites by 3 to 5 years. GAO was asked to summarize a report being released today that evaluates progress in restructuring the acquisition, assesses the status of key program components and risks, and assesses the agencies' plans for obtaining the data originally planned to be collected by NPOESS sensors, but eliminated by the restructuring. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T.pdf GAO-08-899T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-899T Testimony GAO-08-899T; Environmental Satellites: Polar-orbiting Satellite Acquisition Faces Delays; Decisions Needed on Whether and How to Ensure Climate Data Continuity; Climate Climate change Contract negotiations Cost analysis Cost control Cost overruns Data collection Earth resources satellites Earth sciences data systems Environmental monitoring Interagency relations Operational testing Procurement planning Program evaluation Program management Risk assessment Risk management Satellites Schedule slippages Strategic planning System vulnerabilities Systems analysis Systems conversions Systems integration Systems testing Technology Weather forecasting National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Public Law 109-163 Public Law 109-364