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Space-related Reports

General Management

• Space Acquisitions: Actions Needed to Expand and Sustain Use of Best Practices GAO-07-730T, April 19, 2007
• Space Acquisitions: Improvements Needed in Space Systems Acquisitions and Keys to Achieving Them, GAO-06-626T, April 6, 2006
• Space Acquisitions: Stronger Development Practices and Investment Planning Needed to Address Continuing Problems, GAO-05-891T, July 12, 2005
• NASA: Compliance with Cost Limits. GAO-05-492R, April 8, 2005.
• NASA's Space Vision: Business Case for Prometheus 1 Needed to Ensure Requirements Match Available Resources. GAO-05-242, February 28, 2005.
• NASA: Lack of Disciplined Cost-Estimating Processes Hinders Effective Program Management. GAO-04-642, May 28, 2004. [PDF 2.4MB]
• NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Significant Actions Needed to Address long-standing Financial Management Problems (GAO-04-754T), May 19, 2004 [PDF 274 Kb]
• NASA: Compliance with Cost Limits. (GAO-04-648R), April 2, 2004 [123 Kb]
• Business Modernization: Disciplined Processes Needed to Better Manage NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program (GAO-04-118) November 21, 2003 [PDF 407 Kb]
• Business Modernization: NASA's Challenges in Managing Its Integrated Financial Management Program (GAO-04-255) November 21, 2003 [PDF 194 Kb]
• Business Modernization: NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program Does Not Fully Address Agency's External Reporting Issues (GAO-04-151) November 21, 2003 [PDF 611 Kb]
• Information Technology: Architecture Needed to Guide NASA's Financial Management Modernization (GAO-04-43) November 21, 2003 [PDF 1.03 Mb]
• Defense Acquisitions: Improvements Needed in New Space Systems Acquisition Policy to Optimize Growing Investment in Space, by Robert E. Levin, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Senate Committee on Armed Services, (GAO-04-253T), November 18, 2003 [PDF 297 Kb]
• Defense Acquisitions: Improvements Needed in Space Systems Acquisition Management Policy, (GAO-03-1073), September 15, 2003 [PDF 613 Kb]
• Kennedy Center: Improvements Needed to Strengthen the Construction Process, by Mark L. Goldstein, acting director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, (GAO-03-1141T), September 10, 2003 [PDF 1.03 Mb]
• Kennedy Center: Improvements Needed to Strengthen the Management and Oversight of the Construction Process, (GAO-03-823), September 5, 2003 [PDF 1.6 Mb]
• NASA: Major Management Challenges and Program Risks , by Allen Li, director, acquisition sourcing and management, before the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2003 (GAO-03-849T) [PDF 179 Kb]
• Business Modernization: Improvements Needed in Management of NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program, April 30, 2003 (GAO-03-507) [PDF 1.58 Mb]
• Major Management Challenges and Program Risks:National Aeronautics and Space Administration, January 30, 2003, (GAO-03-114) [PDF 987 Kb]

• Human Capital Legislative Proposals to NASA’s Fiscal Year 2003 Authorization Bill, November 15, 2002, (GAO-03-264R) [PDF 109 Kb]
• NASA MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES: Human Capital and Other Critical Areas Need to be Addressed -- Statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, July 18, 2002 (GAO-02-945T) [PDF 1.03 Mb]

• NASA: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges, (31-JUL-01, GAO-01-868). [PDF 4.02 Mb]
• Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (Letter Report, 01/01/2001, GAO/GAO-01-258).

• Privatization and Competition: Comments on H.R. 716, the Freedom From Government Competition Act. T-GGD-97-185. 17 pp. September 29, 1997. [PDF Version]
• NASA: Major Management Challenges. T-NSIAD-97-178. 8 pp. July 24, 1997
• Telecommunications: Competition Issues in International Satellite Communications. RCED-97-1. 57 pp. plus 3 appendices (19 pp.) October 11, 1996. [PDF Version 948 Kb]

• NASA Facilities: Challenges to Achieving Reductions and Efficiencies(Testimony, 09/11/96, GAO/T-NSIAD-96-238)
• NASA Infrastructure: Challenges to Achieving Reductions and Efficiencies (Letter Report, 09/09/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-187). [PDF Version]
• NASA Chief Information Officer: Opportunities to Strengthen Information Resources Management (Letter Report, 08/15/96, GAO/AIMD-96-78). [PDF Version]
• NASA Personnel: Challenges to Achieving Workforce Reductions (Letter Report, 08/02/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-176). [PDF Version]
• NASA Budget: Carryover Balances in Selected Programs (Testimony, 07/18/96, GAO/T-NSIAD-96-207). [PDF Version]
• NASA Budget: Carryover Balances for Selected Programs (Letter Report, 07/16/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-206)
• Satellite Control Capabilities: National Policy Could Help Consolidation and Costs Savings (Letter Report, 05/02/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-77). [PDF Version]
• Telecommunications Network: NASA Could Better Manage Its Planned Consolidation (Letter Report, 04/09/96, GAO/AIMD-96-33). [PDF Version]

• NASA Budgets: Gap Between Funding Requirements and Projected Budgets Has Been Reopened (Briefing Report, 05/12/95, GAO/NSIAD-95-155BR). [PDF Version]
• NASA Procurement: Contract and Management Improvements at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Letter Report, 12/30/94, GAO/NSIAD-95-40)
• Overhead Costs: Unallowable Costs Charged by Rockwell Corporation, Rocketdyne Division (Letter Report, 12/09/94, GAO/NSIAD-95-41). [PDF Version]

• NASA Contract Management: Improving the Use of DCAA's Auditing Services(Letter Report, 09/30/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-229). [PDF Version 2.1 Mb]
• NASA Procurement: Challenges Remain in Implementing Improvement Reforms(Chapter Report, 08/18/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-179). [PDF Version 4.3 Mb]

• NASA Contract Management - GAO/HR-93-11 [December 1992]. [PDF Version 2.8 Mb]
• NASA Issues - Transition Series GAO/OCG-93-27TR [ December 1992 ]