Under Title 49 of the United States Code § 44702, Congress gave the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the ability to delegate to qualified members of the public the authority to certify aircraft and people on behalf of the FAA Administrator. These qualified members of the public are called...
Airmen certification is the process by which airmen, as defined by 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 44703, submit applications to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to apply for airmen certificates. In support of this process, the FAA has developed two integrated systems to receive, manage...
Section 203 of the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 (hereafter called the “Act”), Pub. L. 111-216, requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to create a database to provide air carriers and other operators (hereafter collectively called “...
Assistant Secretary for Administration
As Assistant Secretary for Administration, Dr. Anne Byrd provides Departmental leadership in human resources, security, acquisitions, grants, information services, facilities, and space management. This leadership includes establishing...
The Railroad Safety Information System (RSIS) is a self-contained, government-owned and operated information technology (IT) system that houses the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) principal monitoring system for railroad safety. Information includes records and statistics on railroad...