"… three years, General Accountability Office investigations have shown that NASA projects are frequently approved without evidence of a sound business case …"

"… requirements and resources—which increases the cost and time of projects.NASA currently does not provide cost and schedule information about the develop …"

"… lity of a proposed project before letting it proceed to the next phases of NASA’s development process. GAO found that if design stability is not achieve …"

"… tly re-designs and unforeseen challenges are more likely to occur.“While NASA has undertaken several initiatives aimed at improving its acquisition mana …"

"… ents in their development of the technology. (GAO) …"

"… ar. Questionable costs included unauthorized travel and equipment expenses.NASA officials lacked adequate control and procedures to ensure applicants’ p …"

"… pector general blamed the wastefulness on the lack of due diligence by the NASA employees awarding contracts and estimated that the agency could put $13.3 …"

"… ter use in the upcoming years if proper controls are implemented.“Unless NASA adopts additional internal controls, the NASA Small Business Innovative Re …"

"… atches, and system components configured in a way that is not secure (OIG). …"

"… e future science missions, a Government Accountability Office report found.NASA has shared the Delta II infrastructure costs with the U.S. Air Force until …"

"… e more than $45 million annually, the GAO said.Looking ahead through 2020, NASA says about 40 percent of its science missions will need a medium-class roc …"

"… of its science missions will need a medium-class rocket like the Delta II. NASA wants to leverage its investments in the Falcon 9 and Taurus II – unmann …"

"… is attempting to sell material from the retired Space Shuttle program. But NASA risks releasing sensitive information because it didn’t have proper vett …"

"… didn’t have proper vetting in place, according to its inspector general.NASA did not require staff to ensure that the property for sale had been review …"

"… not foreigners or had been denied export privileges. Slips have occurred—NASA was preparing to sell a laptop last December which had information subject …"

"… igners without prior approval from the Departments of State or Commerce.“NASA’s need to dispose of this large amount of property coincides with increa …"

"… partment of Energy Inspector General) …"

"… erable to computer hackers and cyber attacks, according to an audit by the NASA inspector general.The inspector general found vulnerabilities on six compu …"

"… hey can use a compromised computer to exploit other weaknesses and cripple NASA operations. The audit found six network servers that revealed encryption k …"

"… ble through the Internet, which could then lead to further access on other NASA networks.“A security breach of a moderate- or high-impact system or proj …"

"… yed seven people who were banned from federal health care programs. (OIG) …"

"… s and given others multiple contracts for doing the same job, according to NASA’s inspector general.The agency watchdog said in a recent report it “id …"

"… nts that bring into question the effectiveness of the internal controls in NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.”The nearly 30-yea …"

"… to give small companies funding for research with commercial applications. NASA is currently negotiating with 309 small firms to award contracts for resea …"

"… error, this time involving the 116 golf cart-sized electric vehicles that NASA employees use to tour the agency’s grounds. In response to the errors, a …"

"… ��s ability to track government assets.According to the 2010 fleet report, NASA’s tiny electric vehicles cost the federal government $29.62 per mile to …"

"… te the 103 golf cart-sized electric vehicles at the Department of Interior.NASA was dumbstruck by the GSA numbers.Sonja Alexander, a spokeswoman for the s …"

"… keswoman for the space agency, said the GSA numbers in no way reflect data NASA provided to the agency for the fleet report. “We are not sure how GSA go …"

"… ure — had returned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).” Poor communication of safety information, a culture that stifled prof …"

"… report said. Years of cost-cutting and pressures to do more with less led NASA management to cut corners, investigators concluded. Ultimately, this led t …"

"… that the Orbiter was in trouble and take corrective action.”Follow-up:A NASA spokeswoman told the Center, “After the accident and before launching th …"

"… d the Center, “After the accident and before launching the next shuttle, NASA spent more than two years doing rigorous testing, engineering analysis, re …"

"… tration’s watchdog at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been far less active than either his predecessor or inspectors genera …"

"… ssor or inspectors general at agencies of similar size. And, at a minimum, NASA’s watchdog, Robert Cobb, created an appearance of being too close to the …"

"… ngs of a probe initiated following a litany of allegations from inside the NASA Inspector General’s office (IG). The investigation was undertaken on beh …"

"… nd safety. In addition, serious questions about Cobb’s independence from NASA’s senior management were raised by HUD investigators. Cobb, for example, …"

"… SA’s obligated contract dollars, the inspector general’s report said. …"

"… given others multiple contracts for doing the same job, according to NASA’s inspector general.The agency watchdog said in a recent report it “id …"

"… nts that bring into question the effectiveness of the internal controls in NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.”The nea …"

"… to give small companies funding for research with commercial applications. NASA is currently negotiating with 309 small firms to award contracts …"