FAA Information Technology: Complete Cost Data not Provided to OMB

Abstract

To facilitate oversight, OMB requires federal agencies to annually collect and report data on the costs associated with the acquisition, operation, and use of information technology. However, FAA has not provided required data on information technology supporting the air traffic control system, because agency officials believed that these resources did not need to be reported. The absence of data on air traffic control systems does not allow decisionmakers in the Department of Transportation, OMB, and the Congress to focus needed attention on information technology and understates the level of Department-wide and government-wide activity in this area. At the conclusion of our review, FAA officials agreed to start reporting cost data on air traffic control systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA270497

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Investments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Processing Equipment
  • Procurement
  • Transportation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis