United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-11-09 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-142R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R P0b002ee18039f9be f:d07142r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R GAO-07-142R Aerospace research Contract administration Data collection Federal procurement Reporting requirements Subcontracts Procurement policy Policy evaluation Correspondence A63184 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 Congressional 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R.pdf GAO-07-142R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-142R Correspondence GAO-07-142R; NASA's System for Tracking Foreign Contracts and Subcontracts; Aerospace research Contract administration Data collection Federal procurement Reporting requirements Subcontracts Procurement policy Policy evaluation Public Law 109-115 Public Law 109-155 Public Law 109-282