NASA OIG Weighs In On NASA Performance and Challenges

NASA Inspector General: NASA’s Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges

“As required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, these are our views of the most serious management and performance challenges facing NASA. Over the past year, NASA has been working to address these challenges and improve Agency programs and operations through various initiatives and by implementing recommendations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and other evaluative bodies, such as the Government Accountability Office (GAO). An overarching challenge concerns how NASA integrates diverse programmatic and institutional functions across geographically dispersed operations. Each of the five challenges listed below, and summarized in the enclosure, is colored by this overarching challenge.”

NASA Inspector General: Audit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Statements

“In the Report of Independent Auditors (Enclosure 1), E&Y disclaimed an opinion on NASA’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. The disclaimer resulted from NASA’s inability to provide E&Y auditable financial statements and sufficient evidence to support the financial statements throughout the fiscal year and at year-end.”