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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Faces Schedule Delays, Cost Increases, and Safety Challenges
(Page) Excerpt - 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…
Investigations Impact Areas
(Page) Excerpt - The Office of Investigations (OI) spearheads cases where employees, grantees, contractors, or others threaten NASA’s mission. To hold wrongdoers accountable, OI identifies crime indicators and offers recommendations to Agency leadership.…
NASA's Efforts to "Rightsize" its Workforce, Facilities, and Other Supporting Assets (IG-17-015)
(Page) Excerpt - March 21, 2017 The Office of Inspector General evaluated NASA's ongoing efforts to manage its technical capabilities (workforce, facilities, and other assets) to ensure the Agency is prepared for current…
NASA Office of Inspector General Issues Spring Semiannual Report
(Page) Excerpt - Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OlG) released its Spring 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress, which highlights the OlG's accomplishments between October 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. During…
NASA OIG Identifies Over $100 Million in Potential Cost Savings and $10 Million in Investigative Returns
(Page) Excerpt - Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Semiannual Report to Congress, which highlights the OIG’s accomplishments between April 1 and September 30, 2024. During this period, the…
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Audit of NASA's Historic Property (IG-19-002)
(Page) Excerpt - October 22, 2018 The Office of Inspector General examined NASA's management of its historic property, including the processes used to identify, account for, and maintain real and personal property; the…
NASA's Management of Electromagnetic Spectrum (IG-17-012)
(Page) Excerpt - March 9, 2017 The Office of Inspector General examined NASA's efforts to manage its electromagnetic spectrum allocation to communicate with space and science missions amid increasing demands for bandwidth sharing.…
Managing the Growing Safety Risks of NASA's 50-Year-Old Spacesuit Design
(Page) Excerpt - Imagine exploring the cosmos in your own personal spacecraft with oxygen to breathe, water to drink, waste management, cooling, ventilation, and health monitoring. NASA astronauts wear puffy, white spacesuits that…
NASA’s Management of Its Radioisotope Power Systems Program
(Page) Excerpt - NASA is developing advanced nuclear power system technologies, generally plutonium-238-based radioisotope power systems, to expand solar system exploration where conventional solar or chemical powered space flight is less effective. In…
Hotline
(Page) Excerpt - Submit a Hotline Complaint Pursuant to NASA policy, any NASA federal employee who observes crime, fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement or receives an allegation of crime, fraud, waste, abuse, or…
NASA's Construction of Facilities (IG-21-027)
(Page) Excerpt - NASA manages more than 5,000 buildings and structures, a $2.66 billion deferred maintenance backlog, and a $357 million annual facility construction budget. In this audit, we assessed whether NASA is…
Review of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Funding (IG-21-024)
(Page) Excerpt - This audit examined if NASA appropriately expended and managed CARES Act funding to meet congressionally mandated, federal, and NASA guidance.
Artemis Status Update (IG-21-018)
(Page) Excerpt - April 19, 2021 This report updates NASA's progress in achieving milestones for the major programs that support the Artemis mission, NASA's most ambitious and costliest ongoing activity that seeks to…
COVID-19 Impacts on NASA's Major Programs and Projects (IG-21-016)
(Page) Excerpt - March 31, 2021 This snapshot presents a summary of pandemic-related impacts to 30 of the Agency's major programs and projects at the end of fiscal year 2020 with an estimated…
NASA's Management of Hazardous Materials (IG-21-006)
(Page) Excerpt - December 3, 2020 The Office of Inspector General evaluated NASA's processes and procedures regarding the acquisition, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials.
NASA's Management of its Acquisition Workforce (IG-21-002)
(Page) Excerpt - October 27, 2020 The Office of Inspector General assessed NASA's strategic workforce planning, training, and certification of its acquisition workforce.
NASA's Management of Distributed Active Archive Centers (IG-20-011)
(Page) Excerpt - March 3, 2020 The Office of Inspector General examined NASA's management of the data centers it uses to manage Earth science data collected from satellites, aircraft, field measurements, and other…
NASA's Security Management Practices (IG-20-001)
(Page) Excerpt - October 21, 2019 The Office of Inspector General assessed the effectiveness of NASA's physical security operations across the Agency.
Final Memorandum, Ames Research Center Protective Services Contract (IG-19-017)
(Page) Excerpt - April 25, 2019