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GAO-07-886R 1 (2007-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavlr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i= i Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 14, 2007 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Chairman The Honorable Ted Stevens Vice Chairman Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable James L. Oberstar Chairman The Honorable John L. Mica Ranking Republican Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives Subject: National Transportation Safety Board: Observations on the Draft Business Plan for NTSB's Training Center The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) opened a training center in 2003 to train its investigators and others from the transportation community on accident investigation techniques. As we reported last year,' NTSB's training center is not cost-effective, as its revenues, when combined with the external training costs NTSB staff avoid by using the center, do not cover its costs. In fact, in fiscal year 2006, costs exceeded revenues by $2.7 million. We concluded that potential strategies to increase revenues or decrease costs could increase the cost-effectiveness of the training center; however, vacating the space may be the strategy that reduces costs the most. As a result, we recommended that NTSB (1) develop a business plan to increase the utilization of its training center or vacate it and (2) submit the plan to Congress. On December 21, 2006, Congress passed Public Law 109-443, requiring NTSB to prepare a utilization plan for the training center that would, among other things, consider other revenue-generating measures, such as subleasing the training center to another entity; include a detailed financial statement covering current training center expenses and revenues and an analysis of the projected expenses and revenues; and submit the plan to us for review and comment within 90 days of passage of the act. 'GAO, National Transportation Safety Board: Progress Made, Yet Management Practices, Investigation Priorities, and Training Center Use Should Be Improved, GA.9O7- 18 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 22, 2006). GAO-07-886R NTSB's Training Center Business Plan

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