How will FAA use the OEP?
To Provide a Cross-Agency View of Implementation OEP will provide an executive-level, big picture view of FAA’s NextGen implementation. OEP will have a portfolio focus, detailing how activities from various FAA lines of business integrate to produce new capabilities. This is critical, because we can’t afford a case where the right side of the agency doesn’t know what the left side is doing. Participation by all relevant FAA executives ensures that the full range of activities (technology, training, policy, certification, and procedures) will come together at the right time to achieve operational benefits. To Prioritize Resources OEP will provide a single entry point for new NextGen initiatives to enter the FAA capital budget portfolio. It will provide an integrated view of the programs, systems and procedures that are being developed across all lines of business and are critical to transforming the system. It will reveal the interdependencies of these activities, so we’ll understand ho