NASA OIG On NASA Heliophysics

NASA OIG: NASA’s Heliophysics Portfolio
“To improve NASA’s management of its heliophysics portfolio, we recommended the Associate Administrator for Science direct the HPD Director to (1) require that all JCL analyses include all discrete development risks including important risks managed outside of the project–such as a project’s launch vehicle–with potential cost and/or schedule impacts; (2) complete implementation of NSWAP tasks; (3) reassess HPD’s capabilities and resources and update its roadmap for implementing 2013 Decadal recommendations with expected completion dates based on the Division’s updated budget and priorities over the next 5 years; and (4) establish a formal mechanism to increase collaboration with DOD and the commercial space industry regarding heliophysics research and space weather modeling and forecasting efforts.”