摘要: |
Within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Airway Transportation Systems Specialists (ATSS) personnel maintain and certify the equipment in the National Airspace System (NAS). According to the definitions set forth by the Office of Management and Budget in Circular A-76, the certification work of ATSS is considered to be inherently governmental; that is, tasks performed to maintain and certify the NAS may only be performed by federal government (in this situation, FAA) employees. The Technical Operations service unit of the FAA includes more than 9,000 employees, two-thirds of whom are ATSS personnel. In fiscal year 2012, Technical Operations had a budget of $1.7 billion. Thus, Technical Operations includes approximately 19 percent of the total FAA employees and less than 12 percent of the $15.9 billion total FAA budget (DOT, 2012). |