The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the investigative arm of Congress, also known as the "congressional watchdog." It supports Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. GAO provides reports and assessments on various government programs, including those related to the Department of Defense (DOD), NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), offering oversight on space acquisitions, programs, and related activities.
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Blue Origin filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2021-04-26 seeking to overturn the HLS Option A award.
The bipartisan leadership of the House Science Committee requested the Government Accountability Office to investigate NASA’s cybersecurity activities in a 2021-05-27 letter.
Congress removed weather satellites from the Government Accountability Office’s 'high risk' defense programs list in March 2019 based on progress since 2017.
The Government Accountability Office identified that the U.S. Space Force plans to acquire billions of dollars worth of new satellites over the coming years.
The Government Accountability Office is reviewing protests filed by Blue Origin and Dynetics about NASA’s selection of SpaceX for the single Human Landing System award, with a decision due by 2021-08-04.
The Global Positioning System ground system and missile warning satellites are examples of acquisition programs identified as problematic by the Government Accountability Office.
Dynetics filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2021-04-26 over NASA’s decision to make a single Human Landing System Option A award to SpaceX.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed Sierra Nevada Corporation’s 2014 protest in January 2015.
Blue Origin filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office on 2021-04-26 over NASA’s decision to select only SpaceX for the Human Landing System program.
On 2021-03-19, the Government Accountability Office began a review of the Air Force’s methodology and scoring that led to the decision to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed Raytheon’s last protest on 2021-12-22.
Raytheon filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 awards.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed Airbus’ protest on 2021-11-30.
Raytheon filed two additional protests with the Government Accountability Office related to the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 awards.
Airbus filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 awards.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed both Airbus’ and Raytheon’s protests on 2021-11-30.
The Government Accountability Office dismissed Raytheon’s 2021-12-17 protest on 2021-12-22.
Airbus filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2020-10-28 challenging the Space Development Agency’s 2020-10-05 contract awards to L3Harris and SpaceX.
Raytheon filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2020-11-03 challenging the Space Development Agency’s 2020-10-05 contract awards to L3Harris and SpaceX.
Raytheon filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging the Space Development Agency’s 2020-10-05 contract awards.