GAO urges better oversight for air traffic system
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Federal Aviation Administration officials need more oversight of operational systems for the air traffic control system and should do a better job of implementing process improvement methods for information technology projects, congressional auditors said
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The U.S. government may look to financial institutions and other investors to help finance the multibillion-dollar modernization of the air traffic system, a senior Bush administration official said on Thursday.
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Here are three air traffic control facilities where the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers says a high ratio of trainees to fully certified controllers has delayed on-the-job training and left trainees unable to help carry the workload.
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Federal aviation officials expect on Monday to begin introducing a proposal to finance a new air-traffic control system that they say will be needed to keep pace with increasing air travel over the next two decades.
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Air traffic controllers say they have to keep track of more airplanes with fewer people as the Federal Aviation Administration tries to control costs for operating air traffic control facilities.
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An international air traffic controllers' group said on Monday foreign experts should intervene to fix Brazil's chaotic air travel system, which the government has struggled to remedy for almost a year.
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The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday urged policymakers to proceed cautiously on any regulation of high-speed Internet traffic.
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Leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee asked the Defense Department on Friday to have its inspector general&#39;s office investigate the Air Force&#39;s effort to
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President Bush ordered transportation officials to take steps to reduce delays in the nationâs overcrowded airspace.
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The agency investigating a plane crash last summer that killed 49 people has instructed the Federal Aviation Administration to more aggressively enforce new safety recommendations issued after the disaster.
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Congress wants to protect fliers from getting stranded on the tarmac, but industry experts say that could make things worse
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Three years ago, the regulatory overseers at the new Bush administration's    Office of Management and Budget  invited suggestions on which federal rules needed some work -- a tuneup, elimination, or maybe a new rule altogether. The effort was directed by Congress, which wanted the OMB to report to it annually on the costs and benefits of regulation and send along an inventory of ineffective or inefficient rules that should be reformed or killed.
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WASHINGTON -- The government needs to do a better job monitoring and inspecting hazardous materials shipped aboard airlines, according to a report released Friday by the Transportation Department&#39;s inspector general.
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Marion C. Blakey, administrator of commercial space transportation for the Federal Aviation Administration, speaks with reporters following a briefing at the XCOR hangar at Mojave, Calif.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that his concerns over insufficient oversight of private security firms in Iraq led him this week to dispatch a team to the country to investigate the issue, while also instructing commanders to tighten their controls over the armed guards.
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The Transportation Security Administration has announced a series of IT-based pilot programs to bolster airport security, but lawmakers and industry executives are frustrated by a lack of progress in deploying needed technologies.
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In this open letter, columnist Mike Elgan calls upon the FAA, the FCC and the Department of Homeland Security to clear the way for Internet access in flight.