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GAO-07-1165R 1 (2007-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i= i Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 September 21, 2007 The Honorable Tom Davis Ranking Member Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives The Honorable Michael Turner Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives Subject: U.S. Involvement at Major International Air Shows Principally Depends on Agencies' Missions and Aerospace Companies' Resources For years, the U.S. government has participated at international air shows, such as those in Paris, France, and Farnborough, United Kingdom, with federal agencies renting exhibit space to present program information, displaying aircraft, or providing assistance to U.S. aerospace companies seeking to showcase their businesses. Hosted by aerospace industry associations and foreign governments, these shows present opportunities for business networking and often serve as forums for announcing billions of dollars in contract awards. While large U.S. aerospace companies are generally well represented at these shows, the ability of small and medium-sized companies to participate is unclear. On the basis of your interest in understanding U.S. government and company involvement at major international air shows, we (1) identified federal agencies' participation as well as their support to U.S. companies at these shows since 2000 and (2) determined what factors affect small and medium-sized U.S. companies' decisions to participate. Scope and Methodology To identify federal agency participation and support since 2000, we met with officials at the Departments of Defense (DOD), Commerce, and State; the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-the five federal agencies that are involved at major international air shows. We reviewed laws, policies, guidance, and other documentation pertaining to these agencies' participation and support at international air shows. We defined federal agency participation as activities that include transporting, displaying, staffing, or demonstrating exhibits and equipment, as well as agency officials sitting on panels or conducting meetings with company representatives and foreign officials. We defined agency support as providing resources or other assistance to U.S. aerospace companies to enable them to participate at air shows. However, we did not review general attendance at air shows that was not related to participation or support activities. To determine what factors led aerospace companies to participate, we interviewed 20 small and medium-sized companies-which we defined as those GAO-07-1165R International Air Shows

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