Audits – Issued Reports
Audit of NASA’s High-End Computing Capabilities
March 14, 2024
Audit of the Mars Sample Return Program
February 28, 2024 The Mars Sample Return Program is one of the most complex, demanding, and ambitious robotic science missions…
NASA’s Privacy Program
December 19, 2023 Like other federal agencies, NASA collects personally identifiable information, or PII. The Agency’s high-profile mission and broad…
NASA’s Management of the Artemis Supply Chain
October 19, 2023 NASA’s Artemis campaign involves multiple programs and projects, more than a dozen major prime contractors, and thousands…
NASA’s Efforts to Demonstrate Robotic Servicing of On-Orbit Satellites
October 4, 2023 Poor contractor performance and technology development issues threaten to push NASA’s On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1…
NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder Program
September 7, 2023 NASA established this program nearly 30 years ago to spur new science to help monitor climate change.…
NASA Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2023
August 17, 2023 Cybersecurity remains one of NASA’s top management challenges. While NASA’s information security program maintained a consistently implemented…
Audit of NASA’s Deep Space Network
July 12, 2023 NASA’s Deep Space Network transmits scientific and communications data between dozens of spacecraft and Earth. However, the…
NASA’s Management of the Space Launch System Booster and Engine Contracts
May 23, 2023 NASA is adapting heritage hardware from the Space Shuttle era, including solid rocket boosters and RS-25 rocket…
NASA’s Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Research and Development Efforts
May 17, 2023 We assessed NASA’s progress in developing new technologies and sustainable energy options for aircraft propulsion.
Audit of NASA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2022
May 16, 2023 Congress enacted the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) in 2019 to help agencies identify and reduce improper…
NASA’s Management of Its Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
May 3, 2023 NASA is a leader in AI usage across the federal government including on experiments in low Earth…
NASA’s Efforts to Increase Diversity in Its Workforce
April 20, 2023 In our new report, we found that despite senior Agency support and multiple initiatives to increase diversity,…
NASA’s Management of Its Radioisotope Power Systems Program
March 20, 2023 NASA is developing advanced nuclear power system technologies, generally plutonium-238-based radioisotope power systems, to expand solar system…
NASA’s Compliance with Federal Export Control Laws
February 6, 2023
Fiscal Year 2022 Report on Status of Charge Card Audit Recommendations
January 30, 2023 The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012, Public Law 112-194, as implemented by Office of…
NASA’s Partnerships with International Space Agencies for the Artemis Campaign
January 17, 2023 NASA’s plan to land humans on the Moon by the end of 2025 and send a crewed…
NASA’s Software Asset Management
January 12, 2023 NASA utilizes thousands of software products from hundreds of vendors, enabling Agency scientists and engineers to drive…
NASA Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Evaluation Report for Fiscal Year 2022
December 19, 2022 The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 requires the OIG to conduct an annual evaluation of…