NASA Contract Payments
GAO-02-642R
Published: May 23, 2002. Publicly Released: May 23, 2002.
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This report examines whether the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had significant problems with overpayments to its contractors. GAO did not find that NASA had a significant or systemic problem with overpayments or underpayments during fiscal year 2001. The controls that NASA put in place to prevent and detect payment errors appeared to be properly designed.
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Accounting errorsContractor paymentsInternal controlsOverpaymentsData errorsPurchase ordersUnderpaymentsProcurementBilling systemsContracting officers