NASA OIG Monthly Update Report Data2010-07-31T17:30:02-07:00tag:oig.nasa.gov,2010-07-31:/2010/07/31/monthly/17NASA OIG Monthly Update Report Datatag:oig.nasa.gov,2010-07-31:/2010/07/31/monthly/17/entry12010-07-31T17:30:02-07:00Constance Rybickiconstance.h.rybicki@nasa.gov<TABLE><TR><TD>Agency Name:</TD><TD colspan="4">(026) NASA Office of Inspector General</TD></TR><TR><TD>Month End Date:</TD><TD colspan="4">31-Jul-2010</TD></TR><TR><TD colspan="5"></TD></TR><TR><TD>Agency / Bureau</TD><TD>OIG</TD><TD>Sub-Account Code (OPTIONAL)</TD><TD>Total Obligations</TD><TD>Total Gross Outlays</TD></TR><TR><TD>(026-00) NASA Office of Inspector General</TD><TD>(80-0116 2009 \ 2013) OIG Recovery Act </TD><TD></TD><TD>$447998</TD><TD>$447998</TD></TR><TR><TD>(026-00) NASA Office of Inspector General</TD><TD>(80-0109 2009 \ 2010) Non-Recovery Act Funds Used on Recovery Act Activity </TD><TD></TD><TD>$292761</TD><TD>$292761</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Major Completed Actions</TD><TD colspan="4"><ul>
<li>Issued final audit report summarizing site visits to Johnson Space Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center, and Ames Research Center where we reviewed Recovery Act Procurement Actions for 1st Qtr FY 2010.
</li><li>Announced the start of our performance audit of NASA's Cross Agency Support Projects funded by the Recovery Act at Johnson Space Center.
</li><li>Began planning and development of the audit program for our performance audit of NASA's Cross Agency Support Projects funded by the Recovery Act at Johnson Space Center.
</li><li>Report in process on our performance review of the James Webb Space Telescope project, which received $75 million in Recovery Act funding.
</li><li>Issued a response to GAO's audit report entitled "Recovery Act: Contracting Approaches and Oversight at Selected Federal Agencies and States." We concurred with GAO's IG-wide recommendation and plan to assess the need for allocating an appropriate level of audit resources to the non-competitive contracts awarded under the 8(a) program. In fact, at least seven of the NASA contracts that we plan to review during our audit of NASA's Achievement of Recovery Act milestones under the cross-Agency support contracts at Johnson Space Center were awarded under the 8(a) program.
</li></ul></TD></TR><TR><TD>Major Planned Actions</TD><TD colspan="4">
<ul><li>Review NASA's process for monitoring ARRA funds with NASA Team (Ongoing).
</li><li>Participate in Recovery Act-related fieldwork on a NASA OIG audit of developmental efforts and the technological readiness for all Tier 1 Earth Science missions supporting the Decadal Survey.
</li><li>Finalization and issuance of our report on the performance review of the James Webb Space Telescope project.
</li><li>Identify additional projects receiving Recovery Act funds for audit (ongoing).
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