“As a test flight, Artemis I was used to examine how the integrated SLS and Orion and associated systems performed in their intended environment, allowing the Agency to confidently mitigate […]
NASA OIG
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OIG: NASA’s High-End Computing Is Disjointed, Oversubscribed, and Overburdened
Keith’s note: According to the NASA OIG Report Audit of NASAâs High-End Computing Capabilities: Despite a history of innovation in HEC, NASA needs a renewed commitment and sustained leadership attention […]
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NASA Finally Kills OSAM-1 Long After It Needed To Be Halted
Keith’s note: According to a late Friday blog post NASA said that it “has decided to discontinue the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project due to continued technical, […]
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OIG Review of NASA STMD Portfolio
“In 2020, STMD began the Strategic Technology Architecture Roundtable (STAR) initiative to prioritize technology gaps within the Directorateâs portfolio. This process uses information from stakeholders to identify priority technology gaps […]
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OIG Report on Bungled NASA Conference Spending
Audit of Selected NASA Conferences in Fiscal Years 2011-2012, NASA OIG “NASA May Have Augmented its Appropriations at the 2011 IT Summit. Donations of goods and services by outside entities […]
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OIG Questions Whether NASA Accepted too much Financial Risk with Orbital Contract
Final Report – IG-13-016 – NASA’s Management of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services and ISS Commercial Resupply Contracts, NASA OIG “The OIG review found that despite an almost 3-year delay in […]
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NASA OIG Report: Advisory Committee and LightSquared
Report of Investigation into Allegations that Members of a NASA-Supervised Advisory Committee Violated Federal Conflict of Interest Laws “In summary, after reviewing hundreds of documents and interviewing more than 20 […]
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LightSquared Complains to NASA OIG over GPS Advisory Board
LightSquared cries foul over GPS advisory board, Reuters “Telecom startup LightSquared is asking for an investigation of a possible conflict of interest by a member of an advisory board that […]
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OIG: NASA Leaves Important Info On Computers It Surpluses
Preparing for the Space Shuttle Program’s Retirement: A Review of NASA’s Disposition of Information Technology Equipment “NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that found significant weaknesses […]
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Media Reaction to Bolden's Ethics Faux Pas
NASA inspector general faults space agency boss, Houston Chronicle “NASA’s chief found himself mired in another controversy Monday, this time for making “inappropriate” contact with an oil company while considering […]