National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The NASA Office of Inspector General examined the costs associated with the Station’s continued use and maintenance, risks to its structure, NASA’s utilization of the ISS, and the Agency’s plans for commercialization of low Earth orbit.

This annual report identifies the top management and performance challenges facing NASA in 2021.

In this audit, we assessed the schedule and projected costs for the first several missions of the Artemis program and NASA's ambitious effort to return humans to the Moon and establish a long-term presence.

As required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), we reviewed the Agency’s information security program for fiscal year 2021 and reported the results to OMB.

In this audit, we assessed the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and quality of the Agency's fiscal year 2020, fourth quarter data submission as well as the Agency's implementation and use of government-wide financial data standards.

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 effectively managing its facility construction efforts to modernize, consolidate, and repair its...

In this audit, we examined NASA’s development of next-generation spacesuits for ISS and Artemis missions, specifically the extent to which the Agency is addressing cost, schedule, and performance challenges.

The NASA Office of Inspector General found the Agency appropriately managed those funds to meet congressional mandates as well as federal and Agency guidance.

In this audit, we evaluated NASA’s management of cooperative agreements it had with Universities Space Research Association, specifically management and oversight of 21 active cooperative agreements valued at approximately $476 million.