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GAO-24-107387 1 (2024-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqln0001 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 June 17, 2024 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 continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2023, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 75 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NASA's recommendation implementation rate was 84 percent. As of June 2024, NASA had 34 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2023 letter, NASA has implemented four of our nine open priority recommendations.3 Specifically: * NASA established baselines necessary for tracking cost and schedule performance for several Artemis program capability upgrades, which addressed three of our open recommendations.4 Specifically, in August 2021, NASA updated its space flight program and 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 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 2023, GAO-24-900483 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2023). 3GAO, Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, GAO-23-106496 (Washington, D.C.: May 3, 2023). 4GAO, NASA: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Assess Long-Term Affordability of Human Exploration Programs, GAO-1 4-385 (Washington, D.C.: May 8, 2014); Space Launch System: Resources Need to be Matched to Requirements to Decrease Risk and Support Long Term Affordability, GAO-1 4-631 (Washington, D.C.: July 23, 2014); NASA Human Space Exploration: Significant Investments in Future Capabilities Require Strengthened Management Oversight, GAO-21-105 (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 15, 2020). GAO-24-107387 NASA Priority Recommendations Page 1

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