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Kennedy Space Center: Decision on Photographic Requirements Appears Justified

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 23, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-192
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Summary:

GAO reviewed allegations of potentially wasteful duplication of photographic services at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center. NASA's decision to transfer some photography work from the photographic support contractor to the shuttle processing, payload ground operations, and base operations contractors was an attempt to hold the three contractors more fully accountable for accomplishing their missions. Most of the photography in question is a minor duty of quality assurance personnel, who work with easy-to-use cameras. According to NASA's Inspector General, it would be more expensive to have the photographs taken by the contractor. Engineers who use the photographs are generally satisfied with their quality, and, in cases in which NASA believes that it needs professional-quality photographs, it can have the contractor take them.

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