The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

International Trade: Current Government Data Provide Limited Insight into Offshoring of Services

Business & Money

Yager, Loren

Hite, Randolph C.

Nilson, Sigurd R.

International

Diane Pub Co.

During the last year, certain Air Traffic Control centers have experienced a series of major outages, some of which were caused by the Display Channel Complex (DCC) -- a mainframe computer system that processes radar & other data into displayable images on controllers' screens. This report determines: the portion of the outages experienced at the 5 DCC-equipped en route centers that were attributable to DCC; whether DCC was meeting its system availability requirement; & FAA's projections of future DCC outages & availability. Charts & tables.

Air Traffic Control: Good Progress On Interim Replacement For Outage-plagued System, But Risks Can Be Further Reduced

Science & Math

Rhodes, Keith A.

McIntyre, Heather W.

Technology

Reviews the FAA's air traffic control modernization software acquisition maturity and improvement activities. FAA plans to spend billions of dollars replacing its existing air traffic control (ATC) systems upon which it will rely to ensure safe, orderly, and efficient air travel well into the 21st century. Software is the most expensive and complex component of these systems. However, the FAA has a history of performing poorly when acquiring these software-intensive systems. This report determines: the maturity of FAA's ATC modernization software acquisition processes, and the steps FAA has planned to improve these processes. Tables.

Air Traffic Control: Immature Software Acquisition Processes Increase Faa System Acquisition Risks

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