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GAO-01-1000R 1 (2001-08-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamtj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 August 31, 2001 The Honorable Ernest Hollings Chairman The Honorable John McCain Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Sherwood L. Boehlert Chairman The Honorable Ralph Hall Ranking Minority Member Committee on Science House of Representatives Subject: NASA: International Space Station and Shuttle SuDDort Cost Limits Section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (P.L. 106-391) establishes general cost limitations on the international space station and space shuttle programs. Under the act, through substantial completion of the space station, NASA may not obligate more than $25 billion for space station development or more than $17.7 billion for shuttle launches in connection with space station assembly. The act further stipulates that for the purpose of calculating launch costs not more than $380 million per launch shall be used. Finally, the act requires that NASA, as part of its annual budget request, update the Congress on its progress by (1) accounting for and reporting amounts obligated against the limitations to date, (2) identifying the amount of budget authority requested for the future development and completion of the space station, and (3) arranging for GAO to verify the accounting submitted to the Congress within 60 days after the submission of the budget request. In responding to the legislative requirement for verifying NASA's accounting, we planned to (1) assess NASA's methodology for accumulating and allocating amounts obligated against the space station and shuttle limits and (2) audit the underlying obligation data supporting these amounts. Based on discussions with your staffs, we also agreed to (1) evaluate whether NASA's costs, relative to the status of space station completion, were reasonable and (2) assess the significance of amounts not reported against the limits due to exclusions set forth under the act. GAO-01-1000R NASA Cost Limits

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