Keith’s 15 Nov note: NASA used to be plague by awful financial audits. Then it cleaned up its act. You’d think that such good news would be worthy of some smart media placement i.e. so the story can get into the publication process well before the deadlines are reached and maximum eyeballs can see it. Or maybe on the following Monday when it would have a week to be seen. Guess again. NASA sent this media release out at 5:27 pm EST today “NASA Receives 14th Consecutive ‘Clean’ Financial Audit Opinion“. As I post this 4.5 hours later NASA has still made no mention of the stealth news at @NASA for its 83.7 million followers. @NASAOIG posted a tweet at 5:23 pm for its 7,000 or so followers to see. No mention on the main home page at NASA.gov unless you know to dig for it. Here is the actual report. Again, this is good news, right Marc Etkind? Or are y’all just phoning things in now – since who cares? 18 Nov update: well @NASA just tweeted a link at 5:00 pm EST – thus losing one media day.

Audit of the NASA Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Statements (IG-14-006) “The audit resulted in an unmodified opinion on NASA’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 financial statements. An unmodified or “clean” audit opinion means that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and the results of the entity’s operations in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. PwC also issued its reports on internal control and compliance […]

NASA Receives Clean Audit Opinion “NASA has released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR), which provides a summary of the agency’s annual performance and financial information. This year’s report marks an important financial milestone for the agency — a “clean” audit opinion. This is NASA’s first clean financial statement audit opinion in nine years.”

NASA Financials Get Clean Bill Of Health “It marked the first time since the 2002 fiscal year that independent auditors issued a qualified opinion, with no material weaknesses, rather than a disclaimer of opinion on NASA’s financial statements.” NASA Administrator’s Internal Memo: FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report “Going forward, I am confident that we will remain vigilant in maintaining the public trust through safeguarding our assets, promoting integrity in […]