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PSAD-80-28 1 (1980-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabafz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .STRICTED-Not to be rel-p -, i, - - - G3SV19oWc*Ut~pSCf Ye~ except *a f~he bas~s ol sPeciic- aPpQVZI 7kythe Office ot 11ge?p 11t o%'r L , 2-,_ .1.. I 71 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCURKMIrNT AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-196826 FEBRUARY 8, 1980 The Honorable William Proxmire '/ Chairman, Subcommittee on HUD- Independent Agencies Committee on Appropriations (2 United States Senate 111579 Dear Mr. Chairman: Your October 4, 1979, letter requested us to investigate an allegation by a former NASA auditor t t the Director, Office of Audit, NASA Headquar- ters had been rsuppressibq# audit reports prepared by the Southwest Region audit staff 1'cated at Johnson Space Ceter. You expressed particular con- cern about an issue in one of the reports that funds spent on Building 37 at Johnson had not been authorized for that purpose. As agreed with your office, we reviewed the audit procedures and workpapers supporting two audit reports--the Public Exhibits Program (SW 5-78, December 13, 1978) and the White Sands Test Facility (SW 9-78, February 9, 1979). Your office was briefed on December 6, 1979, concerning the results of our work. A brief summary follows. We found no support for the allegation concerning suppression of audit reports. The Director, Office of Audit had suggested changes to make the Southwest Region's reports more accurate, objective, and constructive in tone before final publication. Our analysis showed that these suggestions were reasonable and within the authority of the Director. The Southwest Regional Director, however, interpreted these suggestions as attempts to whitewash the reports. Therefore, the Southwest Regional Director uni- laterally chose not to issue the reports, but to await a decision on their issuance by the person who would fill the newly designated NASA Inspector General position. Subsequently, the Inspector General issued the reports as originally drafted. The issue concerning unauthorized expenditures for Building 37 is not a current problem, as one might infer from the Public Exhibits Program audit report. It was presented in the report without benefit of adequate research. The report states the belief that, if they knew about the Building 37 transaction, the Congress would not agree with its funding. However, the Congress was aware of the issue and had taken steps to resolve it many years ago. According to the record of hearings on the NASA authori- zation for fiscal year 1972, the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences PSAD-80-28 (952251)

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