OIG Is Looking Into NASA's management of the Ground and Flight Application Software
OIG announces an audit that will evaluate NASA’s management of the Ground and Flight Application Software.
— NASA OIG (@NASAOIG) February 26, 2019
OIG announces an audit that will evaluate NASA’s management of the Ground and Flight Application Software.
— NASA OIG (@NASAOIG) February 26, 2019
This only relates to SLS/Orion, or is it something broader?
There is nothing about this on the OIG web site other than the tweet. Have they adopted the Trump method of communicating plans and policy?
Probably Commercial Crew since they indicated earlier they were auditing it.
I don’t think so. The OIG has a web page, and it lists open audits. It doesn’t give anything but a title, but…
“A-19-008-00 NASA’s Ground and Flight Application Software
The overall objective of this audit will be to evaluate NASA’s management of GFAS development relative to achieving technical objectives, meeting milestones, and controlling costs.
A-19-007-00 NASA’s Management of Crew Transportation to the International Space Station
This audit will examine NASA’s plans for transporting astronauts to the International Space Station.”
I’ll guess 19-007 and -008 mean the seventh and eighth audits opened in 2019. In any case, it looks like this is completely separate from commercial crew, even though the timing was close.
On the local level, at least here in Florida where I live, investigation by various departments happens only at the behest of resident inquiries. The planning department doesn’t send folks around looking at stuff, for the most part.
I wonder how OIG begins an audit? Do they sniff around or do they respond to complaints (likely from Congress)?
I’ve never looked into the details for NASA’s OIG, but many large organizations open audits based on complaints or requests, not just poking around on their own. But those complaints and requests can come from multiple sources. Anything from a concerned employee to a whistleblower to a congressman, and potentially any random member of the general public. Of course, that means a huge number of requests or suggestions for an audit, and they don’t have the resources to conduct all of them. So they prioritize, and I suspect a request from a congressman would have a much higher priority than me picking up the phone.