National Operations Branch is an operational unit that is responsible for the regulatory oversight of air navigation service providers and certain national air carriers. Its oversight responsibilities include assessments, inspections, safety promotion, and when necessary, audits and enforcement action. The branch enhances the oversight program through quality assurance activities and data analysis, which identify strategic and tactical issues critical to aviation safety. In addition, National Operations, through the Civil Aviation Contingency Operations (CACO) Division, has responsibilities for contingency planning and occurrence reporting in both the national and regional regulatory and operational fields of Civil Aviation and is also the Civil Aviation focal point for emergency preparedness activities.
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