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	  **Released on   Aug 17, 2023**
          National Transportation Safety Board: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management and Operations
    GAO-23-105853
      Published:   Aug 17, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Aug 17, 2023
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    The National Transportation Safety Board investigates and reports on the probable causes of transportation accidents and issues recommendations to improve safety. NTSB reports having about the same number of employees as it had 20 years ago. But the transportation sector has experienced tremendous growth and technological advancement in that time. While NTSB has taken steps to improve its management and operations, it needs to do...
      **Released on   Mar 25, 2020**
          Aviation: FAA Needs to Better Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Fraud and Abuse Risks in Aircraft Registration
    GAO-20-164
      Published:   Mar 25, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 25, 2020
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    The Federal Aviation Administration manages the U.S. aircraft registry, which maintains information on about 300,000 civil aircraft. Accurate registry information can help investigators combat illegal activities such as drug trafficking or purchasing an aircraft as part of a money laundering scheme. We found FAA generally relies on self-certification and doesn’t verify key information such as applicant identity or aircraft ownership. Shell company or limited liability...
      **Released on   Mar 23, 2020**
          National Transportation Safety Board: More Detail Could Increase the Understanding of Selections for the Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements [Reissued with revisions on Mar. 19, 2020.]
    GAO-20-395
      Published:   Mar 18, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 23, 2020
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    The National Transportation Safety Board issued its 2019 “Top 10 Most Wanted Safety Improvements” to help prevent accidents and save lives. But how did NTSB choose these particular issues? NTSB had a systematic method to determine what makes the list, but in some cases, it’s unclear how they used their criteria to make the selections. If advocacy groups, industry associations and others don’t know why...
      **Released on   Jul 18, 2018**
          Civil Penalties: Certain Federal Agencies Need to Improve Inflation Adjustment Reporting
    GAO-18-519
      Published:   Jul 18, 2018
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 18, 2018
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      **Released on   Apr 18, 2018**
          Gas Pipeline Safety: Stakeholders' and Officials' Views on Federal Odorizing Requirements
    GAO-18-409
      Published:   Apr 18, 2018
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 18, 2018
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    A sulfur-like odor can be added to natural gas to help people detect leaks and prevent explosions. Gas is odorized in certain pipelines according to risk-based federal requirements. Half of stakeholders and 2/3 of state officials we spoke to said that more transmission pipelines should be odorized. These are the pipelines that run between gas processing plants and more populated areas. Federal officials and the...
      **Released on   Mar 13, 2018**
          Freedom of Information Act: Agencies Are Implementing Requirements but Need to Take Additional Actions
    GAO-18-452T
      Published:   Mar 13, 2018
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 13, 2018
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