RELATED July 10, 2024 Persistently Vacant: Critical federal leadership positions go unfilled for years June 27, 2024 Making the Federal Government an Employer of Choice for Early Career Professionals June 10, 2024 The State of Public Trust in Government 2024 Back to Reports NASA Management Challenges: Human Capital and Other Critical Areas Need to be Addressed July 18, 2002 This report discusses and offers recommendations for the four major management challenges that GAO identified at NASA in our latest Performance and Accountability Series report. These challenges include: (1) strengthening human capital; (2) controlling International Space Station costs; (3) implementing a faster, better, cheaper approach to space exploration; and (4) correcting weaknesses in contract management. Download (418k)