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Budget Issues: Cost Escalation on Three Major Department of Transportation Projects

AFMD-86-31 Published: Jul 17, 1986. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 1986.
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GAO examined the U.S. Coast Guard's Short Range Recovery Helicopter Program, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Surveillance Radar Program, and the Urban Mass Transportation Administration's (UMTA) Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System to determine the reasons for cost growth between the latest estimates for the projects and the initial estimates provided to Congress.

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