United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-09-25 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:T-GGD-96-192 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192 P0b002ee1803907b4 f:gg96192t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192 T-GGD-96-192 Site selection Aircraft Historic preservation Museums Inventory control Aircraft maintenance Federal facilities Government facility construction Cost analysis Funds management Dulles International Airport (VA) Testimony GGD GAO discussed its 1995 report on the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum's (NASM) aircraft restoration and preservation efforts, focusing on: (1) the adequacy of aircraft storage facilities; (2) recommendations for improving the care of museum aircraft; and (3) the Smithsonian's response those recommendations. GAO noted that: (1) NASM devoted relatively few resources to aircraft restoration in fiscal year 1994; (2) inadequate storage facilities contributed to the deterioration of previously restored aircraft; (3) NASM must compete with other Smithsonian museums for limited funding; (4) NASM ability to raise $100 million in private funds for the construction of a storage facility is in doubt; (5) NASM has drafted a new mission statement that will focus the museum on its original goal, but it has not established collecting priorities that are linked to that mission statement; and (6) NASM will launch a major capital campaign to raise funds for the Dulles extension facility. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192.pdf GAO/T-GGD-96-192 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-96-192 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-96-192; Smithsonian Institution: Care of National Air and Space Museum Aircraft; Site selection Aircraft Historic preservation Museums Inventory control Aircraft maintenance Federal facilities Government facility construction Cost analysis Funds management Dulles International Airport (VA)