Aviation weather
Subtitle: agencies need to improve performance measurement and fully address key challenges : report to congressional requesters
Contributors: Powner, David A.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight; United States. National Weather Service; United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Air traffic control; Weather forecasting; United States. National Weather Service; United States
Other titles: Agencies need to improve performance measurement and fully address key challenges
Description: "The National Weather Service's (NWS) weather products are a vital component of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control system. In addition to providing aviation weather products developed at its own facilities, NWS also provides on-site staff at each of FAA's en route centers - the facilities that control high-altitude flight outside the airport tower and terminal areas. NWS's on-site staff is called a center weather service unit. For several years, NWS and FAA have been exploring options for improving the aviation weather services provided at en route centers. GAO agreed to (1) determine the status of the agencies' efforts to restructure aviation weather services, (2) assess the agencies' progress in establishing performance baselines in order to measure the effect of any changes, and (3) evaluate plans to address key challenges. To do so, GAO evaluated agency progress and plans and compared agency efforts with leading practices"--Highlights.
Notes: Title from title screen (GAO, viewed on Feb. 18, 2011).

Signed: "David A. Powner"--P. 23.

"[report to] The Honorable Bart Gordon, Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives; The Honorable Brad Miller, Chairman, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives"--P. 1.

"September 2010."

Includes "Highlights of GAO-10-843."

"GAO-10-843."

Includes bibliographical references.

Text documents ([31] p. : col. ill.) as PDF files.

Available online from the U.S. Government Accountability Office Web site (U.S. GAO).

Online version: Mode of access Internet (U.S. Government Accountability Office Web site (U.S. GAO)).

System requirements: Internet accessible device; Internet browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF reader.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: NWS and FAA officials agreed to improve services, but this agreement is not fully defined; title: NWS made progress in measuring center weather service unit performance but has not yet established performance baselines or reported on key measures; title: NWS and FAA have not fully addressed key challenges; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendations for executive action; title: Agency comments and our evaluation; title: Appendix I : Objectives, scope, and methodology; title: Appendix II : Key FAA concerns and NWS steps to address them; title: Appendix III : Comments from the Department of Commerce; title: Appendix IV : GAO contact and staff acknowledgments; title: Tables.