Air Traffic Control Operations

01.17.2013

Letter to Congressman Neugebauer Regarding FAA's Decision To Realign the Abilene, TX TRACON Functions Into the Dallas/Ft. Worth TRACON
12.21.2012

Audit Initiated of Air Traffic Controller Productivity Initiatives
11.05.2012

Contract Towers Continue To Provide Cost-Effective and Safe Air Traffic Services, but Improved Oversight of the Program Is Needed
10.18.2012

Audit Initiated of FAA's Surface Surveillance Programs for Runway Safety
07.19.2012

Long Term Success of ATSAP Will Require Improvements In Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency
07.18.2012

Update on the Safety and Cost Aspects of the Federal Aviation Administration's Contract Tower Program
07.17.2012

The Success of FAA's Long-Term Plan for Air Traffic Facility Realignments and Consolidations Depends on Addressing Key Technical, Financial, and Workforce Challenges
05.31.2012

Audit Initiated of FAA's Air Traffic Controller Scheduling Practices
05.31.2012

Progress and Challenges With FAA's Facility Consolidation Effort
04.23.2012

Status of Transformational Programs and Risks to Achieving NextGen Goals
02.07.2012

Audit Initiated to Follow-up on FAA's ATCOTS Contract Challenges
02.03.2012

Audit Initiated of FAA's Controller Facility Training Program
10.05.2011

Federal Aviation Administration's Progress and Challenges in Developing and Transitioning to the Next Generation Air Transportation System
08.04.2011

FAA Oversight Is Key For Contractor-Owned Air Traffic Control Systems That Are Not Certified
06.15.2011

FAA's Approach To SWIM Has Led To Cost And Schedule Uncertainty And No Clear Path For Achieving NextGen Goals
06.09.2011

FAA Needs to Strengthen Controls Over the 2009 FAA/NATCA Collective Bargaining Agreement
05.24.2011

Air Traffic Control Safety Oversight
05.11.2011

Audits Initiated of FAA's Metric to Track Air Traffic Losses of Separation and Implementation of Air Traffic Safety Action Program
04.15.2011

Quality Control Review on the Vulnerability Assessment of FAA's Operational Air Traffic Control System
04.06.2011

Audit Initiated of FAA's Contract Tower Program
03.30.2011

FAA Must Improve Its Controller Training Metrics To Help Identify Program Needs
01.31.2011

Audit Initiated of FAA’s Air Traffic Facility Realignment
12.21.2010

Letter to Chairmen Oberstar and Costello and Ranking Members Mica and Petri Regarding FAA's Efforts to Implement RTCA Task Force Recommendations for NextGen
12.10.2010

FAA Needs To Implement More Efficient Performance-Based Navigation Procedures and Clarify the Role of Third Parties
10.22.2010

Audit Initiated of Controller Staffing and Training at Critical Air Traffic Control Facilities
10.12.2010

FAA Faces Significant Risks in Implementing the Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast Program and Realizing Benefits
09.30.2010

FAA's Air Traffic Controller Optimum Training Solution Program: Sound Contract Management Practices are Needed to Achieve Program Outcomes
08.30.2010

Audit Announcement for the Vulnerability Assessment of the Federal Aviation Administration's Operational Air Traffic Control System
08.19.2010

Letter to Representatives Mica and Petri Regarding ATC Web Security
06.30.2010

Letter to the Idaho Congressional Delegation Regarding the Review of FAA’s Business Case for Moving Terminal Radar Approach Control Services from Boise, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah
06.17.2010

Letter to Chairmen Oberstar and Costello Regarding the 2009 FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure Outage
04.01.2010

Review of Screening, Placement, and Initial Training of Newly Hired Air Traffic Controllers
03.16.2010

Audit Initiated of the Costs and Controls Associated With the 2009 FAA/NATCA Contract
12.08.2009

Audit Initiated of Security and Controls of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast System
11.18.2009

Audit Announcement Initiated on the Review of FAA’s Efforts To Improve Its System for Tracking Controller Training
11.02.2009

Review of FAA’s Progress in Enhancing Air Traffic Control Systems Security
10.28.2009

Actions Needed to Meet Expectations for the Next Generation Air Transportation System in the Mid–Term
10.27.2009

Audit Initiated of FAA’s Progress in Developing and Implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System Transformational Programs
10.21.2009

Audit Initiated of FAA’s Revised National Airspace Certification Procedures
10.21.2009

Status of the Aviation Rulemaking Committee’s 77 Initiatives for Reducing Delays in the New York Area
06.29.2009

Air Traffic Control: Potential Fatigue Factors
06.11.2009

Regional Air Carriers and Pilot Workforce Issues
06.10.2009

The Federal Aviation Administration's Role in Safety Oversight of Air Carriers
06.08.2009

Training Failures Among Newly Hired Air Traffic Controllers
04.23.2009

Controller Staffing at Key California Air Traffic Control Facilities
03.24.2009

Audit Initiated of FAA's Air Traffic Controller Optimum Training Solution Program
02.20.2009

Audit Initiated of the Oversight of RNP Third-Party Agreements Federal Aviation Administration
02.11.2009

Key Issues for Reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration
12.15.2008

FAA's Management and Maintenance of Air Traffic Control Facilities
11.19.2008

Audit Initiated of FAA's Process for Screening, Placing, and Training Newly Hired Air Traffic Controllers
08.29.2008

Audit Initiated of the System-Wide Information Management Program
06.18.2008

Audit Initiated of Air Traffic Controller Staffing at FAA Facilities in California
06.11.2008

Key Issues Facing the Federal Aviation Administration's Controller Workforce
06.05.2008

Review of the Air Traffic Controller Facility Training Program
04.17.2008

Key Safety and Modernization Challenges Facing the FAA
04.09.2008

Letter to Senator Lautenberg on Low Fuel Declarations at Newark Liberty International Airport
02.13.2008

Actions Needed To Improve Runway Safety
02.07.2008

FAA's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request: Key Issues Facing the Agency
01.25.2008

Review of FAA's Final Monitor Aid Tool at Denver's Terminal Radar Approach Control Center
01.07.2008

Audit Initiated of Potential Controller Fatigue Factors at Chicago Air Traffic Control Facilities
11.05.2007

Audit Initiated of the FAA's Process for Investigating and Reporting Operational Errors
10.10.2007

The Conversion of Flight Service Stations From FAA to Contract Operations
06.18.2007

Review of Reported Near Mid-Air Collisions in the New York Metropolitan Airspace
05.24.2007

Progress Has Been Made in Reducing Runway Incursions, but Recent Incidents Underscore the Need for Further Proactive Efforts
05.21.2007

Audit Initiated of FAA's Air Traffic Controller Facility Training Program
05.10.2007

Letter to Chairman Oberstar regarding a follow-up review of staffing at FAA control towers
05.09.2007

Actions Needed To Reduce Risk With the Next Generation Air Transportation System
03.22.2007

Letter to Senator Boxer regarding Runway Incidents at Los Angeles International Airport
03.16.2007

Review of Staffing at FAA's Combined Radar Approach Control and Tower With Radar Facilities
02.09.2007

FAA Continues to Make Progress in Implementing its Controller Workforce Plan, But Further Efforts are Needed in Several Key Areas
07.25.2006

Perspectives on the Progress and Actions Needed to Address the Next Generation Air Transportation System
07.17.2006

Audit Initiated of FAA's Air Traffic Control Modernization Efforts
07.11.2006

Review of FAA's Actions To Address Mold at the Detroit Metropolitan Air Traffic Control Tower Facility
06.14.2006

Audit initiated of FAA's Progress in Implementing Key Elements of Controller Workforce Plan
05.19.2006

Review of FAA Compliance with Anti-Lobbying and Appropriations Act Restrictions
05.08.2006

Controls Over the Federal Aviation Administration's Conversions of Flight Service Stations to Contract Operations
12.07.2005

FAA Has Opportunities To Reduce Academy Training Time and Costs by Increasing Educational Requirements for Newly Hired Air Traffic Controllers
07.29.2005

Follow-Up Audit Announced of FAA’s Management of and Controls over Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)
06.24.2005

Alleged Cover-up of Operational Errors at DFW TRACON
06.22.2005

FAA’s Air Traffic Organization Controls over Credit Hours
06.21.2005

The OIG plans to conduct an audit of the FAA’s Controller-in-Charge (CIC) program.
06.02.2005

Statement on FAA’s New York TRACON Assessment
05.26.2005

Report on Controller Staffing: Observations on FAA's 10-Year Strategy for the Air Traffic Controller Workforce
04.14.2005

Next Steps for the Air Traffic Organization
09.20.2004

Report on FAA Controls Over the Reporting of Operational Errors
08.17.2004

Audit initiated of FAA's Initiatives To Address Air Traffic Controller Staffing
06.15.2004

Addressing Controller Attrition: Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Federal Aviation Administration
06.02.2004

Opportunities To Improve FAA's Process for Placing and Training Air Traffic Controllers in Light of Pending Retirements
09.12.2003

FAA’s Management of Memorandums of Understanding with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
09.04.2003

Safety, Cost, and Operational Metrics of the Federal Aviation Administration's Visual Flight Rule Towers
03.25.2003

Audit Initiated of Air Traffic Controller Training
07.01.2002

Letter Response to John Carr, NATCA, on the Operational Stability and Security of FAA's new Cru-X System for ATC Facilities
03.13.2002

FAA's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Request
02.28.2002

Acquisition of FAA's Weather and Radar Processor
11.26.2001

Review Announced of FAA's Air Traffic Services' Workers' Compensation Program
10.30.2001

FAA Air Traffic Services Planned Labor Distribution Reporting
09.07.2001

DOT Information Security Program
08.17.2001

Actions to Enhance Capacity and Reduce Delays and Cancellations
05.03.2001

Actions to Improve the Performance of the National Aviation System
05.01.2001

Notification of Audit of Subcontracted Tower Operations
10.23.2000

Remarks by the DOT Inspector General to the Washington, DC International Aviation Club regarding Delays, Cancellations, Customer Service, ATC Modernization, Airport Infrastructure, and Safety
10.13.2000

FAA’s Actions to Expand the Controller-in-Charge Program
04.12.2000

Contract Towers: Observations on FAA's Study of Expanding the Program
05.04.1999

Expanding FAA's Contract Tower Program
04.05.1999

The Year 2000 Technology Challenge
11.16.1998

Staffing: Supervisory Reductions will Require Enhancements in FAA's Controller-in-Charge Policy
08.25.1998

The Year-2000 Computer Problem and Computer Security Challenges
08.03.1998

Liaison and Familiarization Training
05.18.1998

Federal Contract Tower Program
01.20.1998

Air Traffic Controller Workforce Labor Agreements
11.26.1997

Management Advisory on the Year-2000 Computer Problem
02.12.1997

Management Advisory Memorandum on FAA Service Agreement, JFK Control Tower
01.13.1997

Resource Requirement Planning for Operating and Maintaining the National Airspace System

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