NSF Expenditures for Planning the Overhaul and Conversion of the U.S. Government Ship Glomar Explorer

In response to a congressional request, GAO determined the amount of money that has been spent in planning the conversion of the Glomar Explorer from a mining ship to a mobile scientific deep ocean drilling platform. GAO also gave its opinion of the management controls used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ensure the reasonableness of expenditures and specifically addressed the contract with Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc. for the Explorer project.