National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG

Our Semiannual Report to Congress covering the period April 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, features highlights of the OIG’s audit and investigations accomplishments during the past 6 months.

In this year’s report, we identified three key challenges for NASA—improving the management of major programs and projects, partnering with commercial industry, and enabling mission critical capabilities and support services.

We contracted with the independent public accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP to audit NASA’s fiscal year 2024 financial statements. This audit resulted in a “clean” or unmodified opinion.

The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act requires Inspectors General to conduct periodic assessments of agency purchase and travel card programs to analyze the risk of illegal, improper, or erroneous transactions. For fiscal year 2024, we concluded the risk for these transactions was low, and...

For nearly 25 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked onboard the International Space Station. As the Station ages, NASA will be challenged to ensure the safety of astronauts aboard and to sustain continuous operations, which includes conducting science and research and maintaining the...

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...