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B-161939 1 (1974-04-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafru0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL Or TH UNITED STATES WASHINGTUN, D.C. 20548 B-161939 LM095921 The Honorable Walter F. Mondale /.i United States Senate rL Dear Senator Mondale: This is in response to your letter of November 7, 1973, requesting us to furnish you with the epeiditurs Wihe Naional Aeonautics anLSpace AdministrationL$ f ublicel os - e vities. As examples of such expenditures, you specifically referred to (1) amounts spent for printed and visual publicity materials, (2) cost of public relations ap- pearances by astronauts, and (3) cost of bringing public officials and guests to space launches. We obtained most of the information for this report while performing work for another Member of Congress. We obtained written comments from NASA on that work and none of the comments pertain to information contained in this report. PUBLIC AFFAIRS COSTS The public affairs activities in NASA are managed by personnel of the headquarters staff in Washington, D.C., and by personnel at the 10 NASA field centers. The NASA headquarters staff for public affairs is organized into four operating divisions in addition to administrative and management func- tions and other related programs. Although the 10 field centers are not organized in the same manner, they report costs in a format that corresponds to program activities and functions of the four headquarters divisions. Total public affairs costs for fiscal year 1973 were approximately $8.6 million. NASA public affairs costs reached a peak in fiscal year 1970 when the first manned lunar landing was made and public interest in the space program was apparently at its highest level. In that fiscal year about $10.2 million was spent for public affairs. These figures were furnished by NASA, and we did not verify them. BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE

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