Grumpy IFM Accountants on the 5th Floor Speak

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 Program by announcing yet another audit, this time they are going to assess the adequacy of NASAs early planning for requirements and life-cycle operations for the IAM Project; specifically focusing on (amongst other things) ensuring we have effective procedures for planning and monitoring the development of the module, identifying all users, and making sure we have the right set of user requirements obtained following the right set of processes.”

Editor’s note: I certainly can’t imagine why the NASA OIG would want to check up on NASA’s financial management system! After all, NASA’s IFM Program has been so amazingly timely, accurate, and ahead of schedule these past few years … Now if only they could pay travel vouchers on time.