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ORDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHANGE
1240.15 CHG 1 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Effective Date: National Policy Sept. 20, 2022 SUBJ: Federal Aviation Administration International Governance Structure and Technical Assistance Request Process 1. Purpose. Order 1240.15 formalized the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) International Advisory Board (IAB) and International Steering Committee (ISC) as the cross- FAA bodies accountable for overseeing the agency’s international policy, positions, and engagement and the Technical Assistance Request Process (TARP) for prioritizing and approving/denying new requests for FAA international technical assistance. This change removes the international governance structure, IAB, and ISC, from the order. A separate notice, N 1110.IGB, FAA International Governance Board , will address the agency’s international governance structure.
2. Who this change affects. All FAA organizations that are involved in international activities.
3. Disposition of Transmittal Paragraph. Retain this transmittal until superseded by a new version or cancellation of the order.
PAGE CHANGE CONTROL CHART Remove Pages Dated Insert Pages Dated 1 (thru 3) 12/8/17 1 (thru 2) 09/20/22 APPENDIX A 12/8/17 APPENDIX A 09/20/22 APPENDIX B 12/8/17 APPENDIX B 09/20/22 APPENDIX C 12/8/17 APPENDIX C 09/20/22 4. Explanation of Policy Changes. This change removes the FAA’s international governance structure from Order 1240.15. The TARP remains in effect.
Billy Nolen Acting Administrator Distribution: Electronic Initiated By: APL-1 09/20/22 1240.15 CHG 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ORDER FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 1240.15 National Policy Effective date: 12/08/17 SUBJ: Federal Aviation Administration Technical Assistance Request Process 1. Purpose of This Order. This order formalizes the Technical Assistance Request Process (TARP) for prioritizing and approving/denying new requests for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) international technical assistance. The TARP was developed with the goal of making data- informed, transparent, and collaborative decisions among FAA organizations on technical assistance requests to ensure FAA commitments align with the International Strategy and other priorities.
2. Audience. All FAA organizations that are involved in international activities.
3. Where Can I Find This Order. You can find this order on the Directives Management System (DMS) website: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/orders_notices / .
4. Scope. This order formalizes the TARP for prioritizing and approving/denying new requests for FAA international technical assistance.
5. TARP. As part of its global engagement, the FAA provides technical assistance to facilitate the delivery of aviation expertise and knowledge to aviation authorities around the world. The TARP is critical for the FAA to appropriately coordinate, review, and track all international requests for technical assistance and to document FAA responses to such requests. The TARP was developed to provide a standard approach to technical assistance assessments that is data-informed, collaborative across FAA organizations, transparent to FAA leadership, and provides a record of why technical assistance was accepted or rejected.
a. The TARP applies to all FAA employees and organizations that receive international requests for FAA technical assistance. Incoming technical assistance requests must be forwarded to a central intake email box maintained by the Office of International Affairs (API).
Upon receipt, API will assign the technical assistance request to the responsible Desk Officer, who will initiate action to process the request.
b. The responsible Desk Officer will coordinate with Lines of Business/Staff Offices (LOB/SOs) that are responsible for performing the proposed technical assistance and/or have the expertise as subject matter experts in the technical assistance topic. The objective is for the API Desk Officer and the relevant LOB/SOs to coordinate and document the evaluation to support or reject requests for international technical assistance.
c. The TARP applies to specific requests for international assistance, including but not limited to the performance of the technical assistance and responsibility for delivery of those services that are the subject of the technical request. This process applies to all requests for technical assistance that Distribution: Electronic Initiated By: APL-1 09/20/22 1240.15 CHG 1 are performed under an international reimbursable agreement or contract. This includes, but is not limited to: Temporary Duty Assignments, Training (e.g., In-Country training, formal training, workshops, and seminars), Flight Inspections, Loan of Equipment, Supply Support, Instrument Flight Procedures, and collaborative agreements for technical assistance. It also includes requests made by foreign governments or international entities (standard requests) and those made by U.S.
Government entities (special requests). This process does not apply to the informal sharing of technical materials such as, but not limited to, general presentations or papers.
d. Decisions to support or reject requests for international technical assistance shall be addressed by API and the relevant LOB/SOs as per the directions in the FAA Technical Assistance Request Process Instructions, as referenced in Appendix A of this order.
e. It is recommended that all LOBs engaged in international work have internal processes for executing TARP, in line with the Technical Assistance Request Process Instructions, as referenced in Appendix A.
f. API will maintain a record of all TARP Forms received and the rationale for decisions to support (or reject) all requests for international technical assistance.
6. Authority to Change This Order. The Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs and Environment is authorized to issue changes to this order and its appendices. The related publications and orders identified in the appendices to this order may be modified as necessary by the responsible organizations.
7. Related Publications. Refer to Appendix A of this order.
8. Related Orders. Refer to Appendix A of this order.
9. Forms. Refer to Appendix C of this order.
Billy Nolen Acting Administrator 09/20/22 1240.15 CHG 1 Appendix A Appendix A. Related Publications Technical Assistance Request Process Instructions (TARP Instructions). The TARP Instructions can be found on MyFAA.gov . API will maintain a central intake email box for incoming international technical assistance requests and/or questions at: 9-API-tech - assist@faa.gov .
A-1 09/20/22 1240.15 CHG 1 Appendix B Appendix B. Related Orders FAA Order 2100.16, Third Party Funding of Technical Assistance to Foreign Aviation Authorities FAA Order 8430.24A, International Aviation Safety Assessment Program FAA Order 8020.17, FAA Procedures for Handling FAA and International Safety Recommendations FAA Order VS 1240.1, AVS International Doctrine FAA Order 1600.61, International Travel Security Program (ITSP) FAA Order 8120.13A, International Cooperative Supplier Surveillance Program (ICSSP) Procedures FAA Order PI 1910.1, Emergency Operations Plan for the Asst. Admin. For Policy, Planning, and International Aviation FAA Order 4250.7B, International/Interagency Supply Support FAA Order 1240.9, International Aviation Programs FAA-Order 1240.13, FAA Export Control Compliance FAA-Order 1200.22E, External Requests for National Airspace System (NAS) Data B-1 09/20/22 1240.15 CHG 1 Appendix C Appendix C. Technical Assistance Request Process Form C-1 09/20/22 1240.15 CHG 1 Appendix C C-2