National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG

Evaluated NASA’s efforts to mitigate the risks posed by orbital debris as well as the Agency’s coordination and communication efforts with international and commercial organizations to address the issue.

To examine the readiness of NASA’s acquisition workforce to respond to current and future contracting needs.

The NASA Office of Inspector General examined whether NASA has implemented an effective insider threat program in accordance with federal policies, its own Agency policies, and cybersecurity leading practices.

With an annual budget of $1.1 billion, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) oversees approximately 2,500 projects. In this audit, we examined the extent to which NASA’s management of its STMD portfolio aligns to space technology needs and whether performance measures and outcomes...

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 requires the OIG to conduct an annual evaluation of NASA’s information security program. In this year’s review, we examined a sample of NASA- and contractor-owned information systems and assessed the effectiveness of information security...

NASA’s plan to land humans on the Moon by the end of 2025 and send a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s rest in part on significant participation and partnerships with international space agencies and their long-term commitments to the Artemis campaign. In this audit, we examined NASA’s efforts to...

NASA utilizes thousands of software products from hundreds of vendors, enabling Agency scientists and engineers to drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, Earth studies, and human and space exploration. In this audit we assessed whether NASA is managing its software assets in an...

NASA manages two Agency-wide contracts with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for robotic space missions and supporting research. In this audit, we examined the Laboratory’s management of its NASA portfolio relative to cost and schedule and NASA’s management of the contracts.

The Geospatial Data Act seeks to foster efficient, government-wide management of geospatial data—information identifying the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on Earth. As required by the Act, we audited NASA’s collection, production...