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Space Development Agency is working with the Government Accountability Office to achieve a fast, accurate, and equitable resolution to the protests.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeOrg RelationshipNov 10, 2020Satellite contract awards by SDA under scrutiny

The Government Accountability Office has to issue a decision on the protests by 2021-02-11.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 10, 2020Satellite contract awards by SDA under scrutiny

Airbus U.S. Space and Defense filed its protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2020-10-28.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 6, 2020Airbus, Raytheon protest Space Development Agency satellite contract awards

The Government Accountability Office has until 2021-02-11 to issue a decision on the protests.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 6, 2020Airbus, Raytheon protest Space Development Agency satellite contract awards

Raytheon filed its protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2020-11-03.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 6, 2020Airbus, Raytheon protest Space Development Agency satellite contract awards

A U.S. Government Accountability Office report published in April estimated the SLS development cost at $8,750,000,000 and the EGS development cost at $2,330,000,000 as of January.

Mentioned as: U.S. Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductAug 28, 2020NASA increases cost estimate for SLS development

The 2020-05-29 letter argues that the Air Force and the Government Accountability Office have indicated the national security launch manifest cannot support three or more launch providers.

Mentioned as: government accountability officeTechnical ProductJun 9, 2020Political fight continues over Air Force launch services procurement

A Government Accountability Office report in January concluded a launch in March 2021 may not be feasible given the amount of work remaining and the rate at which the project was using up schedule reserves.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductJun 3, 2020Work on JWST ramps up again

The Government Accountability Office identified approximately 60 organizations across the Department of Defense, the White House, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies that oversee military space.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductMay 20, 2020Raymond: DoD needs unified organization for space acquisitions

A 2016 Government Accountability Office study found fragmentation and overlap in Department of Defense space acquisition management.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductMay 20, 2020Raymond: DoD needs unified organization for space acquisitions

The Government Accountability Office released its annual assessment of NASA’s major projects on 2020-04-29.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductApr 30, 2020GAO warns of continued cost growth on NASA exploration programs

Senators Tammy Duckworth and Brian Schatz asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to exempt satellite constellations from environmental review in an 2020-04-02 letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.

Mentioned as: U.S. Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductApr 10, 2020Senators ask GAO to review FCC oversight of satellite constellations

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on 2020-01-28 concluding it was unlikely that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope would launch on schedule in 2021-03-01 and that a delay of several months was possible.

Mentioned as: government accountability officeTechnical ProductJan 28, 2020GAO warns of more JWST delays

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 directed the Government Accountability Office to review the Department of Defense’s Wideband AoA.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductDec 19, 2019GAO: DoD has no clear plan to acquire satellite-based wideband communications

The final version of the Wideband AoA was delivered to the Government Accountability Office in June 2019 and was never publicly released.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeNarrative GeneralDec 19, 2019GAO: DoD has no clear plan to acquire satellite-based wideband communications

The U.S. Air Force will release a revised request for proposals for the procurement of national security launch services in response to a Government Accountability Office ruling dated 2019-11-18.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductDec 5, 2019Air Force soon to release revised launch solicitation in response to GAO’s ruling

The Government Accountability Office issued its decision on Blue Origin’s protest on 2019-11-18 and released a redacted version of the full decision on 2019-11-22.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 23, 2019In protest decision, GAO negates Blue Origin’s claim that Air Force launch procurement favors incumbents

Blue Origin filed a pre-award protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2019-08-12 challenging the Air Force’s RFP evaluation criteria.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 21, 2019Air Force to revise selection criteria for launch procurement in wake of Blue Origin’s successful protest

Blue Origin filed its formal pre-award protest with the Government Accountability Office on 2019-08-12.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 18, 2019GAO sides with Blue Origin in protest of Air Force launch contract rules

The Government Accountability Office sustained Blue Origin’s protest of the Air Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 2 request for proposals on 2019-11-18.

Mentioned as: Government Accountability OfficeTechnical ProductNov 18, 2019GAO sides with Blue Origin in protest of Air Force launch contract rules
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