NASA Usually Ignores Whatever GAO Asks Them To Fix

GAO: Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, GAO
“In April 2020, GAO identified 12 priority recommendations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Since then, NASA has implemented one of those recommendations when it calculated the Space Launch System program’s developmental cost growth using a baseline adjusted to reflect the scope of work planned for its first mission.
GAO also closed two recommendations as not implemented. Since GAO’s June 2019 recommendation to update the Orion crew vehicle’s cost estimate to reflect the April 2023 baseline launch date for the first mission to carry crew, that mission’s launch date has been delayed. There is no longer an opportunity for NASA to take action on this recommendation now that the program no longer expects to launch in April 2023.
The second recommendation, closed as not implemented, was for NASA to develop and maintain a contingency plan for ensuring a presence on the International Space Station until a Commercial Crew Program contractor was certified. NASA took actions to maintain a U.S. presence on the space station and provided GAO periodic updates on considerations for maintaining a continued presence, but did not develop and maintain a contingency plan. NASA certified a Commercial Crew program contractor in November 2020. As a result, there is no longer an opportunity for NASA to take action on this recommendation.”