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GAO-23-106496 1 (2023-05-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaoooz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G = U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 3, 2023 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 update you on the overall status of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) implementation of our recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2022, we reported that, government-wide, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NASA's recommendation implementation rate was 80 percent. As of January 2023, NASA had 53 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our July 2022 letter, NASA has implemented one of our nine open priority recommendations.3 Specifically, NASA documented the process to determine the program and technical management practices and tools that it will apply to the Artemis Ill and later missions.4 By determining the management practices and tools needed to guide mission-level decisions and oversight, NASA is better positioned to reduce the risk that it will discover gaps late in development. We ask your continued attention to the remaining eight priority recommendations. We are also adding one new recommendation related to NASA defining and documenting the role of the senior agency official for privacy or other designated privacy official. This brings the total 1Priority recommendations are those that we believe warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, 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 2022, GAO-23-900398 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2022). 3GAO, Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, GAO-22-105726 (Washington, D.C.: July 20, 2022). 4GAO, NASA Lunar Programs: Significant Work Remains, Underscoring Challenges to Achieving Moon Landing in 2024, GAO-21-330 (Washington, D.C.: May 26, 2021). GAO-23-106496 NASA Priority Recommendations Page 1

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