Flight Standards National Field Office

System Approach to Safety Oversight (SASO) Program Office

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The SASO Program Office is responsible for bringing the AFS programs with elements related to certification, surveillance, investigation, and enforcement into alignment. The SASO program will encompass all of the systems and process development activities necessary to migrate from the current approach to a proactive system safety approach to oversight. The SASO Program Office is the focal point for all business process engineering efforts in AFS, requiring dynamic interaction with and all AFS Headquarters divisions. This will allow the SASO Program Office to maintain standardization of processes across the organization. The SASO Program Office:

• Develops the AFS strategic direction for the development of safety-related business processes and information technology systems.


• Develops and administers the SASO requirements management process across AFS lines of business and manages the life-cycle/program under the Acquisition Management System.


• Integrates all safety-related activities of current major AFS programs and initiatives to ensure integration of data repositories with comparable data records and formats.


• Integrates human factor considerations, promotes information sharing with the aviation community, and allows for continual improvement that keeps pace with and uses advances in technology and the changing aviation environment.


• Manages the SASO budget to centralize AFS funding for requirements development of business process engineering, information systems and analysis and decision support tools.


• Serves as the program office for the design, development, and implementation of business requirements for FAA Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS).

Steph Address:
en Foulke, Acting Manager
Federal Aviation Administration
SASO Program Office
45005 Aviation Drive, Suite 240
Dulles, VA 20166

Phone: (703) 661-0532
Fax: (703) 661-0297