NASA’s Management of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Contracts Funded by the Recovery Act “We found NASA’s Recovery Act internal controls were generally effective in ensuring proper oversight, management, and transparency of Recovery Act funded SBIR/STTR contracts. The contracts we reviewed largely met cost, schedule, and performance milestones. … However, we also found that due to resource limitations NASA did not implement three Recovery Act internal […]
NASA OIG: NASA’s Use of Recovery Act Funding for the James Webb Space Telescope Project “Following multiple schedule delays and substantial cost growth, in 2009 the JWST Project received $75 million in Recovery Act funding intended to sustain the Project’s workforce at a consistent level and maintain the baseline schedule for key development activities. We found that in using these funds, the JWST Project adequately addressed the requirements of the […]
Final Memorandum on Analysis of NASA’s Final Program-Specific Recovery Act Plans NASA OIG: Final Memorandum on Analysis of NASA’s Final Agency-Wide Recovery Act Plan “During our initial review of the five program plans, we found that each had a number of minor compliance issues when compared to the OMB Guidance. Specifically, none of the five program plans included a description of periodic reviews of planned Recovery Act-related activities in the […]