The Federal Aviation Administration seeks an estimated 1,400 new air traffic control specialists and will accept entry-level candidate applications for the position from Aug. 8 to 15.

The new ATCS will undergo an intensive training program in their first months of employment at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma to prepare them for their future tasks of managing air traffic across the U.S. airspace, the agency said Tuesday.

They will control live air traffic within the designated airspace around an air route traffic control center, air traffic control tower or radar approach control facility.

The job vacancy announcement for the ATCS-trainee position will be available on the government’s official job site USAJobs.gov and FAA expects to receive at least 25,000 applications.

Candidates who are graduates of a Collegiate Training Initiative program are asked to provide proof of graduation and a recommendation from the CTI institution, while veteran candidates should provide a certificate of release or discharge from active duty within 120 days after the close of the application period.

FAA works to regulate the aviation industry to support the safety of passengers as they travel through the country’s airspace.

A new Congressional Budget Office report projects the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s multiemployer program to become bankrupt by 2025 under current law.

CBO said Tuesday PBGC would be unable to pay $3 billion of the total $9 billion worth of projected claims for financial aid filed with the multiemployer program from 2017 through 2026.

PBGC’s multiemployer program insures the benefits of approximately 10 million people that are covered by pension plans provided by groups of employers.

CBO projects PBGC to face a cash shortfall of $34 billion from 2017 through 2036 between the claims filed with the program and available resources to meet such insurance obligations.

According to the report, the multiemployer program’s total financial assistance claims would reach $101 billion on a fair-value basis over the next 20 years.

CBO suggested several policy changes that aim to help PGBC build up its capacity to pay for projected claims under the multiemployer program.

These measures include the introduction of changes to insurance terms and pension plans’ funding rules, provide $10 billion in federal funds to PBGC to help the government-owned corporation create partitions for troubled pension plans and assist PBGC to pay financial assistance claims through recapitalization, according to the report.

NASA has appointed Patricia Sanders, an independent aerospace consultant, to succeed Vice Adm. Joseph Dryer as chairperson of the space agency’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.

The advisory committee works to provide safety performance reports to NASA and Congress, the space agency said Tuesday.

Sanders has worked in the federal government for 34 years and served as a former executive director of the Missile Defense Agency, where she was in charge of operations, safety, quality control, strategic planning, external communications, legislative affairs and associated personnel administration functions.

She joined the U.S. Army in 1974 and has since handled the Defense Department‘s acquisition programs, worked on space system and aircraft avionics testing with the Air Force Operational Test Center and served as the chief scientist of the Command, Control and Communications Countermeasures Joint Test Force and U.S. Space Command director of analysis.

Sanders has also worked for the Office of the Secretary of Defense as director of test, systems engineering and evaluation before she joined MDA.

“Pat’s background and experience make her an excellent choice to lead this important advisory group,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

“I look forward to her leadership and counsel as we continue to push forward on our journey of exploration.”