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GAO-07-142R 1 (2006-11-09)

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       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


         November 9, 2006


         The Honorable Mark Udall
         Ranking Minority Member
         Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
         Committee on Science
         House of Representatives

         The Honorable Jerry F. Costello
         House of Representatives

         Subject: NASA's System for Tracking Foreign Contracts and Subcontracts


         The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the nation's leading
         research and development organization in the fields of space and aeronautics. Each
         year, NASA spends almost 90 percent of its annual budget on the acquisition of
         supplies and services in order to fulfill the agency's mission to pioneer the future in
         space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. NASA purchases
         these supplies and services from both U.S. and foreign contractors. Although most
         contracts were awarded to U.S. contractors, NASA, in fiscal year 2004, also awarded
         contracts to vendors in 23 countries.

         The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005'
         requires the NASA Administrator to annually report to Congress on NASA's contracts
         and subcontracts performed overseas and purchases from foreign entities. The
         report should also indicate contracts and subcontracts and their dollar values for
         goods and services that are only available from foreign sources as well as items and
         their dollar values for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
         obligations of the United States under international agreements. According to the
         reporting requirement, the first annual report is due no later than January 2007.
         Based on your interest in ensuring that NASA will have the data to meet the new
         reporting requirements, we examined how NASA will track contracts and
         subcontracts performed overseas, foreign purchases, and the use of Buy American
         Act exceptions. We also determined whether NASA collects and analyzes data to
         assess its supplier base.


GAO-07-142R NASA Foreign Purchases


'Pub. L. No. 109-155, § 709.


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