The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization chartered by the US Congress to provide expert advice to government leaders on public management challenges. NAPA conducts studies and assessments of government agencies and programs, including those related to space, and offers recommendations for improvements in areas like space traffic management. It often partners with organizations like MITRE and works with government entities such as the Department of Commerce and NASA. Key focus areas in the space industry include space traffic management, space situational awareness, and ensuring a safe and sustainable space environment.
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Congressional appropriators added $500,000 to the Office of Space Commerce’s 2019 budget of $1,800,000 and directed the office to use it for a National Academy of Public Administration study on the best agency to handle civil space traffic management.
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) study released 2020-08-20 concluded that the Office of Space Commerce was the best agency to perform civil space traffic management, ranking it ahead of the Defense Department, the Federal Aviation Administration, and NASA.
The National Academy of Public Administration published a report on 2020-08-20 concluding that the Commerce Department was the best agency for civil space traffic management compared to NASA, the Department of Defense, and the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
The National Academy of Public Administration released a report on 2020-08-20 concluding that the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce was best suited to take on civil space traffic management and ranked it ahead of NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense.
The report accompanying the House bill rejected the proposed merger of CRSRA into the Office of Space Commerce and the associated $15,000,000 budget increase and requested delivery of a National Academy of Public Administration study on the topic.
The fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill rejected a similar merger and directed a National Academy of Public Administration report to examine which agency would be best suited to handle space traffic management.
The 2020 appropriations bill required the Commerce Department to fund a National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) study to examine which organization is best suited to carry out civil space traffic management.
The fiscal year 2020 spending bill directed the Office of Space Commerce to use the additional $500,000 for an independent study by the National Academy of Public Administration on which organization should have civil space traffic management responsibilities and related funding and regulatory issues.
The Senate report directed the Commerce Department to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to conduct an independent study, originally planned for one year, of the proposed transfer of space traffic management responsibilities.
A study mandated by Congress in the 2017 NASA authorization bill was published in June 2018 by the National Academy of Public Administration and offered a favorable assessment of the NASA Advisory Council.