$94,000,000

[babylonsister]

It's your money, or was.

$94,000,000
July 27th, 2007 by Karina

This week, the General Accountability Office (GAO) released a report requested by Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) lack of monitoring and control over their $35 billion of property, plant, and equipment. NASA has reported a loss of over $94 million in equipment in the last ten years.

The GAO noted that they have reported on NASA’s lack of property control “for years” and that NASA themselves undertook an internal study but “instead of tightening controls, as recommended by the agency’s 2002 equipment loss study, when faced with equipment losses, NASA raised its threshold for tracking and controlling nonsensitive equipment items from $1,000 to $5,000. This essentially eliminated control over all nonsensitive equipment costing less than $5,000.”

The GAO report explains that “NASA management was unresponsive to prior equipment management recommendations, frequently did not investigate equipment losses, and was reluctant to hold employees accountable for loss” citing the following examples:




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[Zywiec]

1. I love the story about the laptop thrown overboard the ISS

That is classic.

[Ian David]

2. They're diverting equipment to build Bush a secret space station

[WilliamPitt]

3. Two anti-NASA stories in 24 hours...hmmm...

I smell budget cuts coming.

Gotta fund the war, y'know.

[babylonsister]

4. This came from Pelosi's office, so I don't know if that'd be her motive.

Maybe she/they think the whole program is a waste.

[kimmerspixelated]

5. I hope Nasa doesn't get the axe!

We need the space program to stay intact!

[babylonsister]

6. Huh? nt

[razors edge]

7. This is one program

I would be willing to see go private. Perhaps start a much smaller one focused on a simpler mission like charting meteors and comets or some thing that would directly benefit us.

[Bitwit1234]

8. Since the sneaky snake rove was in charge of reconstruction of New Orleans

from Katrina...what in the hell did he DO WITH IT...REMEMBER bush crap put the wilted turd in charge. Just like Laura was put in charge of teen gangs in this country, and I was wondering what she was doing about that.