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NASA’s Decadal Survey Oversight Is Hindered by Challenges with Internal Processes, Communication, and Progress Tracking
(Page) NASA relies on the scientific community to help shape America’s long-term space, biological, and Earth science priorities. Each decade, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) gathers input…
NASA’s Role in the Decadal Survey Process
(Page) NASA contracts with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to perform decadal surveys and provide recommendations identified by the scientific community on key issues in Earth and space…
Meet Seven Scholarship for Service Interns Strengthening NASA's Digital Infrastructure
(Page) From the launchpad to the laboratory, secure data systems underpin each of NASA’s ambitious missions. Through the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) recruits…
Enterprise Technology Solutions, Inc. Agrees to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Allegations of Small Business Program Fraud
(Page) Washington, DC—A civil settlement agreement with Enterprise Technology Solutions, Inc., Zahid (“Donny”) Sheikh, and Shamela (“Meena”) Sheikh (collectively “ETS”) whereby ETS will pay $2,250,000 to resolve allegations that ETS violated…
Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations
(Person) Michael Graham is the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the NASA Office of Inspector General. He leads the organization’s investigative disciplines, which include procurement fraud and cyber investigations,…
Dauphin County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Scheme
(Page) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Ardavan Alamoutinia, 36, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and restitution of…
Audit of NASA’s Upcoming Twin Satellite Mission Identifies Cost and Schedule Risks
(Page) For nearly 25 years, NASA researchers have used pairs of satellites flying in tandem to track water movement and surface mass changes across Earth. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity (GRACE-C)…
NASA’s Management of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity (GRACE-C) Mission
(Page) The GRACE-C mission will use two satellites to monitor month-to-month changes of Earth's gravity field, enabling researchers to track water movement and surface mass changes across the planet and monitor…
NASA’s Compliance with the Geospatial Data Act for Fiscal Year 2026
(Page) The Geospatial Data Act seeks to foster efficient, government-wide management of geospatial data—information identifying the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on Earth. As required…
One Woman Sentenced and Another Pleads Guilty in COVID-19 Fraud Schemes
(Page) Charleston, West Virginia—On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, McCayla Myers, 27, of Charleston, was sentenced to one year of federal probation and ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be…
Evaluation of NASA’s Information Security Program under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
(Page) The Federal Information Security Modernization Act requires the Office of Inspector General to conduct an annual evaluation of NASA’s information security program. For fiscal year 2026, we rated NASA’s information…
United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia Joins DOJ Fraud Division, SBA, and SBA OIG in Surge Takedown Exceeding $245 Million in COVID-era Loan Fraud
(Page) Charleston, West Virginia—United States Attorney Moore Capito announced a guilty plea today as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small…
Unlocking the Future Space Economy Through NASA’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Transportation Programs
(Page) For a quarter century, humans have continuously lived and worked aboard an orbital outpost circling 250 miles above Earth. The size of a football field, the International Space Station has…
Ohio State University Agrees to $2.1M Settlement to Resolve Allegations that it Failed to Disclose Employees’ Ties to the People’s Republic of China in Applications for Federal Research Funding
(Page) Ohio State University (OSU), a public university in Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay a total of $2,100,000 to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose OSU employees’ affiliations…
Tucson Man Indicted for Lying to Obtain Federal Contract Work While on Active Duty with the Air Force
(Page) Tucson, Arizona—Last week, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned an indictment against Davide Velarde, 44, of Tucson for making materially false statements on background investigation forms to obtain employment…
Cracking the $21 Million NASA Moon Rock Caper
(Page) On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. Exactly 33 years later—on July 20, 2002—undercover agents from the NASA…
SkillBridge Fellowship Accelerates Veteran’s Career at the Intersection of Defense and Discovery
(Page) Securing America’s future in space requires protecting vital assets on Earth and in orbit, while also pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery. Former NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) SkillBridge…
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Faces Schedule Delays, Cost Increases, and Safety Challenges
(Page) https://youtu.be/4Qb0XVOwaKc?si=kyXi2OuJOkv1F3Ff Over the last 15 years, NASA and U.S. private industry have joined forces to develop multiple spacecraft capable of safely ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station…
Destination ISS: Auditing NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
(Page) https://youtu.be/4Qb0XVOwaKc?si=oPfj6GW8bvkxKF87 NASA has partnered with U.S. private industry to safely ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. Our new audit examined the Commercial Crew Program and the Agency's two providers—Boeing…
NASA’s Management of Its Commercial Crew Program
(Page) Under the Commercial Crew Program, SpaceX and Boeing were selected to develop U.S.-based crew transportation capabilities that would be certified by NASA to meet human-rating requirements and begin routine flights…