NASA OIG: NASA’s Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges “Through various Agency initiatives and by implementing recommendations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and other evaluative bodies, such […]
Financial Management
OIG on NASA Finances: Significant Weaknesses and Deficiencies
NASA OIG: Audit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Statements (Report No. IG-09-006) “In the “Report of Independent Auditors”, E&Y disclaimed an opinion on NASA’s […]
Getting Cheaper iPods for NASA
Commentary: NASA’s new tenets for doing business, Federal Times “As the new assistant administrator for procurement, I have tried to take a fresh look at NASA’s procurement practice based on […]
GAO Reviews NASA Payment Systems
Improper Payments: Weaknesses in USAID’s and NASA’s Implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act and Recovery Auditing, GAO“While both USAID and NASA took steps to assess their payment activities for […]
No NASA Experience: A Good Thing?
Marshall Space Flight Center names deputy chief financial officer, WAFF“Previously, Brown was executive director of finance operations for ConAgra Food Ingredients of Omaha, Neb., a $1 billion specialty food ingredients […]
IEMP Update
NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale’s Blog: Integrated Enterprise Management Program (IEMP) – Gap Analysis “Last week and this week, I have been going into a fair amount of detail on […]
Improper Credit Card Transactions at NASA
Internal Controls to Detect and Prevent Unauthorized and Potentially Fraudulent Purchase Card Transactions at Four NASA Centers Needed Improvement, NASA OIG“Internal controls designed to detect and prevent unauthorized and potentially […]
NASA OIG On GSFC Procurement Waste
Final Memorandum Addressing Unneccessary Subcontract Costs and Other Deficiencies in GSFC’s Multiple Award Schedule Procurement Process, NASA OIG“We found that Goddard personnel involved in the MOBIS schedule 874 procurement process […]
Integrated Enterprise Management Program Upgrades
NASA Internal Memo: Message From the Deputy Administrator – IEMP SVU and CMM Projects“The Integrated Enterprise Management Program (IEMP) has two major projects, which will become operational on Nov. 13, […]
More IEMP Stumbles
NASA’s SAP Launch Drags – Inspector general blasts the $116M financial systems upgrade , Computer World“A major upgrade to the core financial systems of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]
