Is NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System Doomed? (Update)

Keith’s 7 May update: I just got a note from NASA PAO: “The May 5 Federal Register notice regarding the Aviation Safety Reporting System, which NASA manages for the Federal Aviation Administration, was a routine renewal of information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.” This routine Federal Register posting uses lots of boilerplate language and has been used in previous years. So … there is not any formal linkage to other efforts to eliminate things across the government per se. Keith’s original 5 May note: Looks like DOGE is debating whether the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and Related Voluntary Safety Reporting Systems (VSRS) are worth keeping: “The NASA Ames Research Center, Human Systems Integration Division, manages voluntary safety reporting systems to collect and share safety information including, but not limited to, the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS). Both systems are voluntary reporting systems for the reporting of safety incidents, events, or situations.” … “Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the information collected has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology.”