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1、UnitedStatesGeneralAccountingOfficeGAOReporttotheChairman,SubcommitteeonTransportationandRelatedAgencies,CommitteeonAppropriations,HouseofRepresentativesAugust1996AVIATIONACQUISITIONAComprehensiveStrategyIsNeededforCulturalChangeatFAAGOAyears1921-1996GAO/RCED-96-159UnitedStatesG
2、AOGeneralAccountingOfficeWashington,D.C.20548Resources,Community,andEconomicDevelopmentDivisionB-265985August22,1996TheHonorableFrankR.WolfChairmanSubcommitteeonTransportationandRelatedAgenciesCommitteeonAppropriationsHouseofRepresentativesDearMr.Chairman:Inresponsetoyourrequest
3、,thisreportdiscusseshoworganizationalculturehascontributedtothepersistentacquisitionproblemsattheFederalAviationAdministration(FAA).ThereportalsopresentsarecommendationtotheSecretaryofTransportationonthestepsthatFAAcantaketostrengthenitsacquisitionmanagementbychangingitsorganiza
4、tionalculture.WearesendingcopiesofthereporttotheSecretaryofTransportationandinterestedcongressionalcommittees.Wewillalsomakecopiesavailabletoothersuponrequest.Icanbereachedat(202)512-2834ifyouoryourstaffhaveanyquestions.MajorcontributorstothisreportarelistedinappendixV.Sincerely
5、yours,JohnH.Anderson,Jr.Director,TransportationIssuesExecutiveSummaryInlightofthesteadygrowthinairtrafficoperationsandthefailuresofPurposeagingequipmentintheairtrafficcontrol(ATC)system,theFederalAviationAdministration's(FAA)timelyacquisitionofnewATCequipmenthasbecomeincreasingl
6、ycriticalforaviationsafetyandefficiency.FAAestimatesthatitwillneed$13billionoverthenext7yearstocontinueitsmodernizationprogram.However,persistentacquisitionproblemsraisequestionsabouttheagency'sabilitytofieldnewequipmentwithincost,schedule,andperformanceparameters.Concernedabout
7、recurringproblemswithFAA'sacquisitions,theChairman,SubcommitteeonTransportationandRelatedAgencies,HouseCommitteeonAppropriations,askedGAOtoreviewtheagency'smanagementoftheacquisitionprocessto(1)determinewhethertheorganizationalculture1contributedtoFAA'sacquisitionproblemsand(2)i
8、dentifyhowFAAcouldimproveitsmanagementofacquisi
