Financial Management

NASA HQ IFM Newsletter 29 March 2005“Inspector General announces audit of the Integrated Asset Management (IAM) Project: … The IG maintains its record-breaking run on the investigation of the IFM […]

GAO High Risk Series: An Update (NASA Excerpts) GAO-05-207“One of NASA’s most formidable barriers to sound contract management is the lack of an integrated financial management system. In 2003, GAO […]

24 September 2004: NASA OIG: NASA’s Travel Module Lacks Management Control Structure and Compliance With Federal Requirements (IG-04-027)“… because of the reporting and integration limitations, it was impossible to determine […]

23 June 2004: NASA: Lack of Disciplined Cost-Estimating Processes Hinders Effective Program Management GAO-04-642, GAO “NASA has limited ability to collect the program cost and schedule data needed to meet […]

21 June 2004: Senator Bill Nelson requests expedited probe of NASA contractors for unpaid taxes “Spurred in part by a new recommendation to the president that NASA allow more private […]

20 May 2004: NASA’s bookkeeping system still won’t fly, Orlando Sentinel “Nearly 2 1/2 years after NASA chief Sean O’Keefe vowed to straighten up the agency’s bookkeeping, the effort continues […]

18 May 2004: Updated NSSC Site Seletion Process and Q&A 01 18 May 2004: NASA Shared Services Center Industry Day, NASA “NASA will hold a two-day industry day to provide […]

14 May 2004: NASA’s finances in disarray; auditor quits, Reuters “PriceWaterhouseCoopers and NASA parted ways earlier this year, according to the space agency’s inspector general, Robert Cobb. PriceWaterhouseCoopers declined to […]

13 March 2003: Important Notice to all NASA LaRC Contractors “The Center’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Finance has determined that it is prudent to make early payments prior to […]

11 March 2003: NASA OIG: NASA’S Reduction of Undefinitized Contract Actions, NASA OIG (link to full report) “We found that NASA had significantly reduced both the number and dollar amount […]