NSF Budget Scrutinized for Inefficiencies

摘要

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education held an oversight hearing in May of the National Science Foundation (NSF), addressing concerns identified by the NSF Office of Inspector General (OIG). Allison Lerner, NSF inspector general, testified that the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) confirmed its finding in 2010 that the proposed $386 million budget for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) contained a total of $88 million in unallowable contingency funds, according to the Office of Management and Budget requirements.