Space Launch System: Management Tools Should Better Track to Cost and Schedule Commitments to Adequately Monitor Increasing Risk, GAO “The cost and schedule estimates for the National Aeronautics and Space […]
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GAO Progress Report on CASIS: Disappointing
International Space Station: Measurable Performance Targets and Documentation Needed to Better Assess Management of National Laboratory, GAO “- CASIS, however, has not been able to fulfill its responsibility in the […]
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GAO Reviews NASA Large Scale Projects
GAO Report: NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects “In 2015, five of NASA’s largest, most complex projects, several of which are at critical points in their development, are expected to […]
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GAO Rules Against Sierra Nevada Corp.
Statement on Sierra Nevada Bid Protest Decision, GAO “On January 5, 2015, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest filed by Sierra Nevada Corp., of Louisville, Colorado, challenging […]
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GAO: Webb Continues To Experience Significant Delays
GAO: James Webb Space Telescope: Project Facing Increased Schedule Risk with Significant Work Remaining “With just under 4 years until its planned launch in October 2018, the James Webb Space […]
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Congress and GAO Have Doubts About SLS Costs
Letter to NASA Administrator Bolden from House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Republicans, 27 August 2014 “Will NASA be able to fly the SLS for Exploration Mission-1 in calendar […]
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OIG, GAO, and Congress Ding NASA on Export Control
NASA Security: Assessing the Agency’s Efforts to Protect Sensitive Information, NASA OIG “Before highlighting two of the audits and describing the Langley investigation and another special review involving foreign nationals […]
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NASA Knows What SLS/Orion Will Cost – The Rest of Us Do Not
GAO: True Cost of SLS, Orion Unclear, Space News “NASA has not released comprehensive, long-term cost estimates for SLS and Orion. The reason is to avoid giving Congress sticker shock, […]
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GAO Cites NASA Technology Access Issues
Export Controls: NASA Management Action and Improved Oversight Needed to Reduce the Risk of Unauthorized Access to Its Technologies “Weaknesses in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) export control […]
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GAO Sees Through NASA's SLS/Orion Smoke and Mirrors
Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Assess Long-Term Affordability of Human Exploration Programs, GAO “- The SLS estimate is based on the funding required to develop and operate the initial […]