Hydrographic surveying, NOAA needs better cost data and a strategy for expanding private sector involvement in data collection : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Planning--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Hydrographic surveying--United States--Costs--Data processing.

Hydrographic surveying.

Hydrographic surveying--United States--Planning--Data processing.

Hydrographic surveying--Contracting out--United States--Data processing.

Information services--United States--Management--Evaluation.

Information services.

Data curation.

Ocean--Maps--Data processing.

Ocean.

Planning--Evaluation.

Genre:

Online resources.

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 33 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Hydrographic surveying, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration needs better cost data and a strategy for expanding private sector involvement in data collection : report to congressional requesters

NOAA needs better cost data and a strategy for expanding private sector involvement in data collection

GAO-17-510, NOAA's hydrographic survey data

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.

Summary:

NOAA is responsible for collecting hydrographic data--that is, data on the depth and bottom configuration of water bodies--to help create nautical charts. NOAA collects data using its fleet and also procures data from the private sector. The Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 requires NOAA to acquire such data from the private sector "to the greatest extent practicable and cost-effective." This report examines (1) how NOAA determines its hydrographic survey priorities, (2) NOAA's efforts to compare the costs of collecting its own survey data to the costs of procuring such data from the private sector, and (3) the extent to which NOAA has developed a strategy for private sector involvement in hydrographic data collection. GAO recommends that NOAA (1) ensure that its efforts to improve its cost comparison reports include actions to fully track asset and maintenance costs and (2) develop a strategy for expanding private sector involvement in the hydrographic survey program.

Notes:

"June 2017."

"GAO-17-510."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed June 20, 2017).

OCLC:

990302695