Former University of Arkansas Professor Sentenced To One Year In Federal Prison For Lying to Federal Agents About Patents in China
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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United States
What to Report to the OIG Hotline
If you are aware of fraud, waste, abuse or misconduct relating to NASA programs and operations, including NASA employees, contracts, subcontracts, grants and sub-grants, you may disclose such information to the NASA OIG Hotline.
NASA OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving civil servants (generally the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has primary jurisdiction in this area), contractor and subcontractor employees, grantee and sub-grantee employees and personal services contractors.
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
Equal Employment Opportunity complaints. These may be filed with the NASA Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity at https://www.nasa.gov/offices/odeo/complaints-efile.
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Whistleblower Protection Page
NASA’s Management of the Earth Science Disasters Program
2022
IG-22-013
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA’s Earth Science Disasters Program uses observations from Earth-observing satellites to provide data and information products to U.S. and global entities to help predict, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural, human-caused, and technological disasters. In this report, we assessed...
NASA’s Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Contract
2022
IG-22-012
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA awarded a $383 million contract in 2019 to Bechtel National, Inc. to design and build a second mobile launcher—the ground structure that will assemble, process, transport, and launch a larger variant of the SLS rocket and Orion capsule to the Moon beginning with the Artemis IV mission. In this...
Semiannual Report: October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022
2022
Semiannual Report
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
South Bay Resident Charged With Smuggling And Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University
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Investigative Press Release
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NASA’s Cost Estimating and Reporting Practices for Multi-Mission Programs
2022
IG-22-011
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This audit examined the Agency’s processes for estimating, tracking, and reporting life-cycle costs and questioned whether current practices support transparency and accountability.
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission
2022
IG-22-010
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Prior to landing humans on the Moon as part of the Artemis program, NASA is developing new science instruments to explore the lunar surface including VIPER, a rover that will survey the Moon’s water ice to see if people can “live off the land.” In this report, we assessed NASA’s management of the...
Former Founder And Ceo Of Nanotechnology Company Convicted Of Multimillion-Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme
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Investigative Press Release
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University of Arkansas Professor Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agents About Patents in China
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Investigative Press Release
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NASA’s Management of Its Astronaut Corps
2022
IG-22-007
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ensuring that NASA has an adequate number of astronauts with the skills needed for missions to the International Space Station and the Moon is critical to meeting the Agency’s ambitious space exploration goals. In this report, we examined NASA’s management of its astronaut corps.