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NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Block 1B Development
August 8, 2024 Artemis IV will be the first flight of NASA’s more powerful heavy-lift rocket—the Space Launch System Block 1B. However, Block 1B development efforts have encountered multiple issues including Boeing’s ineffective quality management and inexperienced workforce, continued cost increases and schedule delays, and the delayed establishment of a cost and schedule baseline.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT A-24-03-00-FMD Audit of NASA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2023 This audit will assess NASA’s compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 that seeks to reduce improper payments across federal agencies. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY None Currently MISSION SUPPORT A-24-02-00-MSD NASA’s Compliance with the Geospatial Data Act for Fiscal […]
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Federal Oversight for NASA
NASA OIG Testifies before Congress
January 17, 2024 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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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT A-25-01-00-FMD | Audit of NASA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2024 This audit will assess NASA’s fiscal year 2024 compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA). INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY A-25-03-00-MSD | Evaluation of NASA’s Information Security Program under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act for Fiscal […]
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2023 Report on NASA’s Top Management and Performance Challenges
November 1, 2023 In this year’s report, we identified seven key challenges for NASA—including two that pose significant cost and schedule risks to the Artemis campaign, the Agency’s most ambitious and expensive human space exploration effort since Apollo.
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 network is oversubscribed with demand exceeding supply by 40 percent at times. While NASA is upgrading this critical infrastructure, the effort is costing more and taking longer than planned—challenges that could intensify as more “big […]
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 engines, to power the Artemis campaign’s Space Launch System rocket that will launch the Orion crew capsule to the Moon. This report examines whether NASA is meeting cost, schedule, and performance goals for its Booster […]