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.
February 2013
Washington — Review of NASA’s Environmental Remediation Efforts at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
February 2013
Washington — NASA’s Efforts to Reduce Unneeded Infrastructure and Facilities
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.