Provides a list of open recommendations to help solve problems in areas GAO designated as major management challenges in its Jan. 1999 Performance and Accountability Report Series. It focuses on the areas that are most important to solving the problem (generally 10-12 per management challenge), and briefly summarizes the other recommendations. The report addresses the Depts. of Agriculture, Commerce, DoD, Education, Energy, HHS, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and VA; Agency for International Development; EPA; NASA.; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Social Security Admin.; and USPS. Includes dozens of tables.

Contents: (1) Background; (2) Legislative Status; (3) Proposed Funding Authorization Levels; (4) Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act: Budgetary Effects Determination; (5) Aviation System Finance; (6) Airport Financing; (7) Spending Guarantee Mechanisms; (8) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Management and Organizational Issues; (9) System Capacity; (10) Aviation Safety; (11) Environmental and Energy Issues; (12) Airline Industry Issues; (13) Airline Passenger Rights Issues. Charts and tables.

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