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NASA’s Implementation Activities for Critical Cyber-Based Infrastructure Assets–Phase II
September 30, 2002
How Safe Is Our Critical Infrastructure?
U.S. Senate, Committee on Governmental Affairs
NASA’s Mission Support Consolidation Efforts Remain Incomplete and Lack Metrics to Measure Success
NASA’s bold missions on Earth and beyond require critical support services, including information technology, financial resources, human resources, legal services, and infrastructure management. In 2017, the Agency launched its Mission Support Future Architecture Program (MAP) to streamline and centralize these essential business functions. Today, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit assessing the […]
NASA’s Mission Support Future Architecture Program
To enhance the operational efficiency of mission support services, such as information technology, financial resources, human resources, legal services, and infrastructure management, NASA initiated the Mission Support Future Architecture Program (MAP) in 2017 to move from a center-focused approach to an interdependent agency-wide model. While MAP consolidated Agency mission support services and enabled a more […]
Report to Congress Highlights Oversight Activities and Achievements
Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OlG) released its Semiannual Report to Congress, highlighting its accomplishments and activities between April 1 and September 30, 2025. By conducting thorough audits and investigations, the OIG helps NASA achieve maximum potential with minimum waste. During this reporting period, the Office of Audits issued 8 reports and made […]
NASA Cybercrime Sleuths Aid Nation-Wide Investigation to Expose North Korean Ransomware Scheme
In late 2021, news of a critical security flaw in a common piece of computer code swept the globe. This software vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, gave hackers easy access to numerous applications and online services. Reports of cyber espionage surged as bad actors, including foreign governments, exploited Log4Shell to take control of computer networks, leak […]
Revitalizing the Deep Space Network to Support NASA’s Growing Space Exploration Program
How do you communicate with a spacecraft 15 billion miles away from Earth? NASA launched the historic Voyager 1 probe nearly half a century ago, and since then it has ventured farther than any other mission. Today, it takes over 22 hours and five gigantic radio antennas to detect Voyager 1’s faint signal and receive […]
Keeping Our Eyes on the International Space Station
In a science laboratory orbiting 250 miles above Earth and traveling at 17,500 mph… astronauts and cosmonauts are working and living aboard the International Space Station. To ensure astronauts’ safety and scientific progress, NASA must continue to monitor its aging infrastructure. As part of our oversight, we examined NASA’s initiatives to maintain this research facility.
NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program
NASA uses rocket propulsion test (RPT) sites to see how engines and components will react in launch conditions and in space and address any issues before launch. Much of NASA’s RPT infrastructure is aging and requires significant funding to maintain, while demand for NASA’s large-scale RPT facilities is in decline and funding is insufficient to […]
Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audits
As the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Brian Mullins is responsible for directing numerous audit teams, producing reports, and managing between 70 and 90 employees. Mullins’s oversight portfolio covers a wide range of topics across NASA including human exploration, International Space Station research, commercial space transportation, science and aeronautics research, information technology governance and […]