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Audit of NASA’s High-End Computing Capabilities

For decades, NASA has been a leader in High-End Computing, also known as supercomputing. But the Agency’s history of innovation is being stymied by disjointed management, as detailed in this report.
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Audit of the Mars Sample Return Program

The Mars Sample Return Program is one of the most complex, demanding, and ambitious robotic science missions ever undertaken. Before authorizing whether to advance the program to its next phase, we recommend that NASA stabilize design for key program elements, ensure cost and schedule estimates fully account for the program’s complexity, and consider all launch scenarios.
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Congressional Testimony

Acting Inspector General George Scott testifies before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics about NASA OIG’s oversight of the Artemis campaign and our efforts to ensure taxpayer funds are spent efficiently and effectively.
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NASA’s Privacy Program

Like other federal agencies, NASA collects personally identifiable information, or PII. The Agency’s high-profile mission and broad connectivity with the public make it susceptible to increased privacy risks. While it has a comprehensive privacy program, NASA needs to take additional steps to better protect individuals’ personal information that it collects, uses, and maintains.
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Semiannual Report to Congress

Our Semiannual Report to Congress covering the period April 1 to September 30, 2023, features highlights of the OIG’s audit and investigations accomplishments during the past 6 months.

Audits

March 14, 2024
Audit of NASA’s High-End Computing Capabilities (IG-24-009)

February 28, 2024
Audit of the Mars Sample Return Program (IG-24-008)

January 09, 2024
Fiscal Year 2023 Report on Status of Charge Card Audit Recommendations (ML-24-002)

December 19, 2023
NASA’s Privacy Program (IG-24-006)

November 15, 2023
Audit of NASA’s Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Statements (IG-24-004)

October 19, 2023
NASA’s Management of the Artemis Supply Chain (IG-24-003)

October 12, 2023
NASA’s Transition of the Space Launch System to a Commercial Services Contract (IG-24-001)

October 4, 2023
NASA’s Efforts to Demonstrate Robotic Servicing of On-Orbit Satellites (IG-24-002)

September 5, 2023
NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder Program (IG-23-018)

August 17, 2023
NASA Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2023 (IG-23-017)

July 12, 2023
Audit of NASA’s Deep Space Network (IG-23-016)

May 25, 2023
NASA’s Management of the Space Launch System Booster and Engine Contracts (IG-23-015)

May 17, 2023
NASA’s Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Research and Development Efforts (IG-23-014)

May 16, 2023
Audit of NASA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (IG-23-013)

May 3, 2023
NASA’s Management of Its Artificial Intelligence Capabilities (IG-23-012)

April 19, 2023
NASA’s Efforts to Increase Diversity in Its Workforce (IG-23-011)

March 20, 2023
NASA’s Management of Its Radioisotope Power Systems Program (IG-23-010)

January 30, 2023
Fiscal Year 2022 Report on Status of Charge Card Audit Recommendations (ML-23-004)

January 17, 2023
NASA’s Partnerships with International Space Agencies for the Artemis Campaign (IG-23-004)

January 12, 2023
NASA’s Software Asset Management (IG-23-008)

December 19, 2022
NASA Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (IG-23-006)

December 19, 2022
Review of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Portfolio (IG-23-005)

November 15, 2022
Audit of NASA’s Fiscal year 2021 Financial Statements (IG-23-003)

October 6, 2022
Summary of Results of Incurred Cost Audits and Agreed-Upon Procedure Engagement (IG-23-002)

October 5, 2022
NASA’s Compliance with the Geospatial Data Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (IG-23-001)

September 29, 2022
NASA’s Management of Its Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Portfolio (IG-22-017)

August 4, 2022
Ames Research Center’s Lease Management Practices (IG-22-015 Redacted)

June 28, 2022
NASA's Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (IG-22-014)

June 14, 2022
NASA’s Management of the Earth Science Disasters Program (IG-22-013)

June 9, 2022
NASA's Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Contract (IG-22-012)

April 07, 2022
NASA's Cost Estimating and Reporting Practices for Multi-Mission Programs (IG-22-011)

April 06, 2022
NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission (IG-22-010)

March 14, 2022
NASA's Insider Threat Program (IG-22-009)

February 03, 2022
NASA's Compliance with Federal Export Control Laws (IG-22-008)

January 11, 2022
NASA's Management of Its Astronaut Corps (IG-22-007)

January 04, 2022
Fiscal Year 2021 Report on Status of Charge Card Audit Recommendations (ML-22-003)

November 30, 2021
NASA's Management of the International Space Station and Efforts to Commercialize Low Earth Orbit (IG-22-005)

November 15, 2021
Audit of NASA's Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Statements (IG-22-004)

November 15, 2021
NASA's Management of the Artemis Missions (IG-22-003)

November 09, 2021
Evaluation of NASA's Information Security Program under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (ML-22-001)

November 08, 2021
Review of NASA's Fiscal Year 2020 Digital Accountability and Transparency Act Submission (IG-22-002)

September 27, 2021
Final Memorandum, Summary of Results of Incurred Cost Audits (IG-21-028)

September 08, 2021
NASA's Construction of Facilities (IG-21-027)

August 10, 2021
NASA's Development of Next-Generation Spacesuits (IG-21-025)

August 09, 2021
Review of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Funding (IG-21-024)

July 14, 2021
NASA's Management of USRA's Cooperative Agreements (IG-21-022)

May 18, 2021
NASA's Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (IG-21-020)

May 18, 2021
NASA's Cybersecurity Readiness (IG-21-019)

April 19, 2021
Artemis Status Update (IG-21-018)

March 31, 2021
Desk Reviews of Fiscal Year 2019 NASA Exchange Audit Reports (IG-21-017)

March 31, 2021
COVID-19 Impacts on NASA's Major Programs and Projects (IG-21-016)

March 24, 2021
Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act Evaluation – A Contractor-Operated Communications System (IG-21-015)

March 02, 2021
Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act Evaluation – A Center Command and Control System (IG-21-014)

February 16, 2021
Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act Evaluation – A Center Communications System (IG-21-013)

February 10, 2021
NASA's Compliance with Federal Export Control Laws (IG-21-012)

January 27, 2021
NASA's Efforts to Mitigate the Risks Posed by Orbital Debris (IG-21-011)

January 14, 2021
Fiscal Year 2020 Report on Status of Charge Card Audit Recommendations (ML-21-001)

December 22, 2020
Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act Evaluation – An Agency Common System (IG-21-010)

December 03, 2020
NASA's Management of Hazardous Materials (IG-21-006)

December 01, 2020
NASA's Challenges to Safely Return Humans to the Moon by 2024 (IG-21-007)

November 16, 2020
Audit of NASA's Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Statements (IG-21-005)

November 10, 2020
NASA's Management of the Gateway Program for Artemis Missions (IG-21-004)

October 27, 2020
NASA's Management of its Acquisition Workforce (IG-21-002)

October 02, 2020
Final Memorandum, Audit of NASA's Compliance with the Geospatial Data Act (IG-21-001)

Investigations

February 29, 2024
Port Charlotte Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Related To NASA’s Space Launch System (PR-2024-C)

December 27, 2023
Former NASA employee and husband charged in mortgage fraud scheme (PR-2024-B)

October 2, 2023
Stanford University Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million to Resolve Allegations That it Failed to Disclose Foreign Research Support in Federal Grant Proposals (PR-2024-A)

September 8, 2023
Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud (PR-2023-E)

June 29, 2023
Florida Contractors and Owner to Pay More than $7.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Procurement of Small Business Contracts (PR-2023-D)

May 4, 2023
Former Founder and CEO of Nanotechnology Company Sentenced to 48 Months In Prison (PR-2023-C)

February 27, 2023
3D Printing Company to Pay Up to $4.54 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Export Violations in Connection with NASA and DOD Contracts (PR-2023-BB)

February 13, 2023
Colorado Laser Technology Company Agrees to Pay More Than $400,000 to Resolve Allegations that it Improperly Used Foreign Subcontractors (PR-2023-B)

November 10, 2022
Ohio State University Pays Over $875,000 to Resolve Allegations that It Failed to Disclose Professor’s Foreign Government Support (PR-2022-I)

September 26, 2022
Riverside Man Ordered to Spend 46 Months in Federal Prison in His Second Federal Case Stemming from Sale of Bogus Aircraft Parts (PR-2022-H)

February 23, 2022
Texas company convicted for supplying potentially tainted rocket fuel to NASA (PR-2022-F)

February 17, 2022
Former Founder and CEO Of Nanotechnology Company Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme (PR-2022-E)

January 21, 2022
University of Arkansas Professor Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agents About Patents in China (PR-2022-D)

December 21, 2021
Information Technology Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $1.3 Million to Settle Federal False Claims Act Allegations of Overbilling (PR-2022-C)

December 20, 2021
EDVA Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud in 2021 (PR-2022-B)

November 30, 2021
Brevard County Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Falsifying Record Related to NASA Investigation (PR-2022-A)

August 4, 2021
Jury Convicts Former NASA Subcontractor of Woman-Owned Small-Business Fraud (PR-2021-H)

July 15, 2021
Senior NASA Employee Sentenced for COVID-19 Related Loan Fraud (PR-2021-G)

June 16, 2021
Senior NASA Scientist Sentenced to Prison for Making False Statements related to Chinese Thousand Talents Program Participation and Professorship (PR-2021-F)

April 19, 2021
Senior NASA Employee Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Related Loan Fraud (PR-2021-E)

April 19, 2021
Pennsylvania Company Agrees to Pay Almost $200k to Resolve Claims It Failed to Meet Federal Contract Obligations (PR-2021-D)

January 13, 2021
Senior NASA Scientist Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements Related to His Support of China's Thousand Talents Program (PR-2021-C)

December 09, 2020
CEO of Nanotech Company Allegedly Faked Connection With NASA and Defrauded Investors of More than $12 Million (PR-2021-B)

November 03, 2020
Engineering Firm in Kansas To Pay $672,352 to Settle False Claims Allegations (PR-2021-A)

August 24, 2020
Texas Professor and NASA Researcher Arrested on Charges Related to China's Talents Program (PR-2020-L)

July 29, 2020
University of Arkansas Professor Indicted for Wire Fraud and Passport Fraud (PR-2020-I)

May 11, 2020
University of Arkansas Professor Arrested for Wire Fraud (PR-2020-H)

May 11, 2020
Pennsylvania State University to Pay $151,000 to Resolve Potential False Claims Liability (PR-2020-G)

April 06, 2020
Woman charged with falsely claiming officer accessed her bank account from International Space Station (PR-2020-F)

February 27, 2020
Researcher at University of Tennessee Arrested for Wire Fraud and Making False Statements about Affiliation with a Chinese University (PR-2020-E)

February 19, 2020
Former Chief Economist for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Pleads Guilty (PR-2020-D)

January 06, 2020
NASA Contractor Agrees to Pay $375,000 to Settle False Claims Act Liability (PR-2020-C)

December 19, 2019
Former Employee of NASA Contractor Convicted for Substituting Foreign Materials for Domestic Materials to be Used by NASA (PR-2020-B)

November 08, 2019
Florida man convicted of fraudulently exploiting programs designed to protect service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and small disadvantaged businesses (PR-2020-A)

August 29, 2019
Former NASA Contractor Employee Convicted for Substituting Foreign Materials for Domestic Materials To Be Used by NASA (PR-2019-L)

May 22, 2019
Penn Yan Man Charged with Falsifying Inspection Reports (PR-2019-K)

May 09, 2019
Chicago Software Developer Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Federal Grant Money (PR-2019-H)

April 23, 2019
Aluminum Extrusion Manufacturer Agrees to Pay Over $46 Million for Defrauding Customers, including the United States, in Connection with Test Result Falsification Scheme (PR-2019-G)

March 27, 2019
Former University of New Hampshire Employee Sentenced for Stealing Government Funds (PR-2019-J)

March 14, 2019
Five Men Charged in 71-Count Indictment for Defrauding Federal Agencies (PR-2019-F)

February 26, 2019
Former NASA Contractor Pleads Guilty To Receipt of Child Pornography (PR-2019-E)

February 25, 2019
Former NASA Contractor Pleads Guilty and Admits to Computer Hacking and Stalking (PR-2019-D)

January 29, 2019
Newark-Based Company and CEO Agree to Pay $2.75 Million to Resolve Allegations of Government Contracting Fraud (PR-2019-I)

December 11, 2018
NASA Facility Chief Guilty of Receiving Illegal Gratuities (PR-2019-C)

November 29, 2018
University Of Puerto Rico Settles Misuse Of Grant Funds Case (PR-2019-B)

October 11, 2018
Former NASA Contractor Pleads Guilty and Admits to Computer Hacking and Stalking (PR-2019-A)

August 24, 2018
Scientist Sentenced To Three Years for Defrauding NASA, U.S. Navy, And Missile Defense Agency (PR-2018-E)

August 10, 2018
NASA Contractor Arrested For Possession of Child Pornography (PR-2018-D)

June 20, 2018
Alabama Computer Store Owner Charged in Fraud Scheme to Acquire, Sell Government Computers Intended for Schools, Nonprofit Organizations (PR-2018-C)

May 03, 2018
MassTech, Richard Lee and Arnold Lee to Pay U.S. $1.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Small Business Innovation Research Awards (PR-2018-B)

February 12, 2018
Federal Jury Finds Scientist Guilty of Defrauding NASA, Navy, and Missile Defense Agency (PR-2018-A)

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