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video iconNASA OIG Testifies before Congress

February 2013

Inspector General Paul Martin testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Oversight regarding the top challenges facing NASA.


video iconReview of NASA’s Environmental Remediation Efforts at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory

February 2013

Washington — Review of NASA’s Environmental Remediation Efforts at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory


video iconNASA’s Efforts to Reduce Unneeded Infrastructure and Facilities

February 2013

Washington — NASA’s Efforts to Reduce Unneeded Infrastructure and Facilities


video iconSemiannual Report to Congress

November 2012

Washington — The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Semiannual Report to Congress highlighting the OIG’s activities and accomplishments from April 1 –September 30, 2012.


video iconNASA's 2012 Top Management and Performance Challenges

November 2012

Washington — NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin released the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) 2012 report identifying what it views as the top management and performance challenges facing NASA: the Future of U.S. Space Flight; Project Management; Infrastructure and Facilities Management; Acquisition and Contract Management, and Information Technology Security and Governance.


video iconNASA’s Challenges to Meeting Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals

September 2012

Washington — The NASA Office of Inspector General issued a report examining the major challenges facing NASA as it seeks to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals on its science and space projects.


video iconNASA's Leasing Practices

August 2012

Washington - NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that examines NASA's leasing practices for its underutilized facilities. The report found that while NASA has made improvements, the Agency faces significant challenges to maximizing the potential benefits of its leasing program.


video iconReview of Actions by Members of a NASA Advisory Committee

August 2012

Washington - NASA Inspector General (IG) Paul K. Martin today released a report that summarizes an investigation into allegations that members of a NASA-supervised advisory committee violated Federal conflict of interest laws. In the report, the IG recommended that NASA adopt additional procedures to help advisory committee members identify potential conflicts of interest.


video iconNASA's IT Security Efforts

March 2012

Washington -- NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight concerning challenges facing NASA in protecting the Agency's information and computer networks against cyber attacks.


video iconNASA's 2011 Top Management and Performance Challenges

November 2011

Washington -- NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin released the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) report on the top management and performance challenges facing NASA. For 2011, the OIG identified the following issues: the Future of U.S. Space Flight; Project Management; Infrastructure and Facilities Management; Acquisition and Contract Management, and Information Technology Security and Governance.


video iconReview of NASA's Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters

August 2011

Washington -- NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that examines NASA’s process for choosing permanent display locations for the retired Space Shuttle Orbiters. The review found that although Agency staff made several errors during the evaluation process of prospective Orbiter recipients, NASA complied with federal law and was not improperly influenced by political considerations when it chose the Smithsonian and sites in Los Angeles, New York City, and at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


video iconChallenges Facing NASA in its Transition to Commercial Crew Transportation Services

June 2011

Washington - NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that examined the significant challenges NASA must address as it seeks to acquire transportation services from commercial companies to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit. These challenges include selecting the optimal acquisition strategy, modifying existing human-rating requirements to make them applicable to commercially developed systems, and establishing the appropriate insight/oversight model for commercial partner vehicle development.


video iconReview of NASA's Management of Its Small Business Innovation Research Program

January 2011

Washington — The NASA Office of Inspector General released a report that found significant weaknesses in NASA's oversight and monitoring of awards made under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. In particular, the audit found that SBIR awards made by NASA in 2008 contained an estimated $2.7 million in unallowable and unsupportable costs.


video iconOIG Identifies NASA's Top Management and Performance Challenges

November 2010

Washington — NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin released the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) views on the most serious management and performance challenges facing NASA. In its report, the OIG identified six primary challenges.