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NASA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2025
(Page) Excerpt - The Payment Integrity Information Act was enacted to improve efforts to identify and reduce federal improper payments—payments the federal government should not have made or made in an incorrect amount…
Inspector General Spotlights Mission Oversight and Fraud Detection in Semiannual Report
(Page) Excerpt - As NASA charts a course for the Moon, Mars, and beyond, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) safeguards the resources and public trust needed to go the distance. Today, the…
Semiannual Report to Congress Spring 2026
(Page) Excerpt - As required by the Inspector General Act of 1978, the NASA Office of Inspector General issues its Semiannual Report to Congress summarizing the OIG’s activities and accomplishments from October 1,…
NASA’s Management of Elevated Privileges for Information Systems
(Page) Excerpt - Elevated privileges grant users broad authority to modify configurations, access sensitive data, and control critical system functions of NASA information systems. IT privileges can pose security risks if not properly…
Kanawha County Woman Pleads Guilty to $83,332 COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
(Page) Excerpt - Charleston, West Virginia—McCayla Myers, 27, of Cabin Creek, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting theft of government money. Myers admitted to a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program…
Examining the Commercial Lander Services Powering NASA’s Return to the Moon
(Page) Excerpt - The race to establish a permanent outpost on the Moon is accelerating. NASA recently announced a multi-phase plan to ramp up lunar deliveries, test cargo and crew landers, and develop…
Optimizing the Business of NASA Spaceflight and Blasting off as a Data Analytics Intern
(Page) Excerpt - When Michael Moussalli pictured himself at NASA, he didn’t aspire to be an astronaut performing spacewalks, an engineer designing rovers, or a planetary scientist mapping distant moons. Instead, he wanted…
Raleigh County Man Sentenced and Ordered to Pay More than $1.5 Million for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
(Page) Excerpt - Beckley, West Virginia—Ross Jay Bailey, 50, of Cool Ridge, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including two years on home detention, and ordered to pay $1,596,301.46 in…
NASA Investigators Expose a Chinese National Phishing for Defense Software
(Page) Excerpt - For years, NASA employees and research collaborators thought they were simply sharing software with colleagues. Instead, they were emailing sensitive defense technology to a Chinese national who was impersonating U.S.…
Spacesuit Development Delays Could Impact Artemis Timeline and ISS Operations
(Page) Excerpt - https://youtu.be/Avb2njLZm48?si=37bAOAJDSTUYyJf4 To ensure humanity’s successful return to the Moon and continue performing spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS), NASA needs next-generation spacesuits with enhanced capabilities. Today, the Office of…
Suiting up for Success: Assessing NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits for Artemis and the ISS
(Page) Excerpt - https://youtu.be/Avb2njLZm48?si=lS8qCdOXTt2qRAtT After nearly two decades, NASA's next-generation spacesuits remain incomplete. Today, the Agency continues to face delays and is reliant on Axiom Space to develop both the Artemis lunar suits…
NASA's Acquisition of Next-Generation Spacesuit Services
(Page) Excerpt - NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace in 2022 to compete to provide next-generation spacesuits for Artemis lunar missions and ISS operations. However, NASA and Collins agreed to…
Desk Review of NASA Exchanges’ Fiscal Year 2024 Audit Reports Issued by Various Public Accounting Firms
(Page) Excerpt - NASA Exchanges operate cafeterias, gift shops, and other businesses to generate funds used to promote and manage employee morale activities like child development and fitness centers. Exchanges are required to…
Dauphin County Man Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Scheme
(Page) Excerpt - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Ardavan Alamoutinia, 33, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Juan R. Sánchez on one…
Former Wheeling Business Owner Admits to COVID Fraud
(Page) Excerpt - Wheeling, West Virginia—A former Wheeling business owner has admitted to fraud totaling nearly $300,000 in COVID relief funds, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Bradley Temple, 48, of Delray Beach,…
Artemis Lander Program Faces Schedule Delays and Unmitigated Crew Safety Risks
(Page) Excerpt - https://youtu.be/DpLsS_P4Tq4?si=50dHQEUblV5e5JrK The Artemis campaign aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. To accomplish this feat, NASA has partnered with commercial vendors to…
To the Moon and Back: NASA’s Management of the Artemis Human Landing System Contracts
(Page) Excerpt - https://youtu.be/DpLsS_P4Tq4?si=QHwxf0abcc4XT7sB NASA has partnered with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers for Artemis missions. Our new audit examined the Agency’s management of these contracts and made recommendations to…
NASA’s Management of the Human Landing System Contracts
(Page) Excerpt - NASA is working with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers that will enable crew to descend to the lunar surface, temporarily live and work there, and ascend back…
Former President of Eastern Iowa Business Convicted of Bankruptcy Crimes
(Page) Excerpt - The former president of a defunct Eastern Iowa telecommunications infrastructure business, who concealed assets and otherwise made false statements under penalty of perjury in his personal bankruptcy proceeding, was convicted…
Whistleblower Form
(Page) Excerpt - Initial Complaint & Questionnaire for Whistleblowers