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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 99 - Boulder - March 2007
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.2 Government Agencies Summary Reports 4.2.1 FAA 4.2.1.1 Tech Center
Title	Tech Center
Presenter	Stanley Pszczolkowski
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Abstract	The FAA met 90% of its organizational goals for fiscal year 2006. However, the safety metrics are under analysis to provide more meaningful indicators. Russ Chew, the FAA Air Traffic Organization’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) resigned effective February 23. Robert “Bobby” Sturgell, the FAA’s Deputy Administrator, assumed the COO duties in addition to his current responsibilities until a replacement for Mr. Chew is named. The proposed Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Act, aka FAA Reauthorization, (www.faa.gov/regulation_policies/reauthorization) was released in February 2007. It replaces “…the decades old system of collecting ticket taxes with a cost-based, stable and reliable funding program that relies on a combination of user-fees, taxes and a federal government contribution to support the development of a new satellite-based, air traffic control system, called NextGen.” Some of the basic principles include revenues based on costs users impose on system, limited new borrowing authority and the establishment of an advisory board of aviation community members for a “… stronger say in how federal funds are invested in aviation while maintaining strong congressional and public oversight” User pays means user says. Proposed funding sources are: 1. User Fees (53%) paid by jet and turboprop flights currently subject to the ticket tax, a limited cost-based congestion fee at the 30 most congested airports, and modest certification service fees. 2. Fuel and International Passenger Taxes (28%) paid by general aviation and piston users based on a detailed cost allocation (updated every 2 years), a domestic commercial and GA fuel tax and a reduced international passenger head tax. These last two will be used for the Airport Improvement and Essential Air Service Programs and FAA R&D. 3. General Fund Contribution (19%) for public good functions - safety regulation, military use of air traffic services and flight service stations. Six NextGen transformational programs have been identified along with their FY-08 and 5 year funding requests. One of these programs is System Wide Information Management (SWIM). It will provide easy access to information by more system users and service providers along with more efficient data management. It replaces a tightly coupled environment that shields data from applications and users. SWIM includes policies, system-wide data distribution and 50% commercial /50% custom software. It is scalable and flexible and built upon the existing telecommunications infrastructure.