Polar-orbiting environmental satellites : with costs increasing and data continuity at risk, improvements needed in tri-agency decision making : report to congressional requesters

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Polar-orbiting environmental satellites : with costs increasing and data continuity at risk, improvements needed in tri-agency decision making : report to congressional requesters

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with costs increasing and data continuity at risk, improvements needed in tri-agency decision making : report to congressional requesters

Title variation

• Polar orbiting environmental satellites
• With costs increasing and data continuity at risk, improvements needed in tri-agency decision making

Title variation remainder

with costs increasing and data continuity at risk, improvements needed in tri-agency decision making

Creator

• United States, Government Accountability Office.

Contributor

• Powner, David A

Subject

• Satellite meteorology
• National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System -- Management
• United States, Department of Defense -- Rules and practice
• United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Rules and practice
• United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- Rules and practice
• Meteorological satellites -- United States -- Costs

Genre

• Rules and practice

Language

eng

Summary

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is a tri-agency acquisition, managed by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), that has experienced escalating costs, schedule delays, and technical difficulties. As the often-delayed launch of its demonstration satellite draws closer, these problems continue. GAO was asked to (1) identify the status and risks of key program components, (2) assess the NPOESS Executive Committee's ability to fulfill its responsibilities, and (3) evaluate efforts to identify an alternative system integrator for later NPOESS satellites. To do so, GAO analyzed program and contractor data, attended program reviews, and interviewed agency officials. GAO is making recommendations to the Secretaries of Commerce and Defense and to the Administrator of NASA to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Executive Committee

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DID

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federal national government publication

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illustrations

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no index present

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non fiction

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• dictionaries
• bibliography