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GAO-22-105726 1 (2022-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaonkg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States July 20, 2022 The Honorable Bill Nelson Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration 300 E Street Southwest Washington, DC 20546 Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dear Administrator Nelson: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2021, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NASA's recommendation implementation rate during this period was 100 percent. As of May 2022, NASA had 49 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our June 2021 letter on open priority recommendations, NASA has implemented four of our 11 open priority recommendations.3 Specifically, NASA established a time frame to develop an inventory and documentation of electronic information systems used to store agency records that includes all of the required elements in the Managing Government Records Directive.4 NASA also identified an application that would be used for the entire agency's inventory of electronic information systems. These actions will better position NASA to reduce the heightened risk of records being lost and not identified and scheduled in accordance with agency records schedules. 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operation, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2021, GAO-22-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2021). 3GAO, Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, GAO-21-574PR (Washington, D.C.: June 21, 2021). 4The Managing Government Records Directive (M-12-18) jointly issued by the Office of Management and Budget and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), started a government-wide effort to reform federal records management. GAO, Information Management: Selected Agencies Need to Fully Address Federal Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements, GAO-20-59 (Washington, D.C.: Feb. 27, 2020). GAO-22-105726 NASA Priority Recommendations Page 1

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