TRANSPORTATION ISSUES

The General Accounting Office has prepared a series of reports summarizing major policy, management, and program issues facing agency heads in the new administration. This report, on the Department of Transportation, describes concerns about (1) meeting transportation challenges through strong secretarial leadership, (2) revising the plan to modernize the air traffic control system, (3) improving the Federal Aviation Administration's effectiveness, (4) improving management of transportation infrastructure, including bridges, highways, mass transit systems, and airports, and (5) reassessing the Coast Guard's role.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?recflag=&rptno=OCG-89-25TR
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transition Series.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 1988-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Airports; Bridges; Highways; Infrastructure; Management; Policy; Public transit; Transportation departments
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Transportation; U.S. Federal Aviation Administration; United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: Programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Management policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478179
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO/OCG-89-25TR
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1988 12:00AM