Committee Hears Of Management Problems, Cost Increases
Federal auditors, including the Inspector General of the
Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO), testifying before Congress Wednesday
pointed to problems and rising costs in the FAA's critical NextGen
air traffic control modernization effort. Witnesses said that
FAA’s poor management continues to delay NextGen progress,
and the agency has failed to develop adequate benchmarks and a
long-term plan for implementing the multi-billion dollar project to
transition the nation’s air traffic control system from
ground-based radar and antiquated 1950s technology to a modern
satellite-based system.
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