NASA officials under-reported conference costs by 70 percent

By Kelly Cohen

Published July 23, 2013 4:00am ET

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NASA officials under-reported conference costs by 70 percent — National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials reported the costs of a 2011 employee conference 70 percent lower than what was actually spent on the event, according to the agency’s inspector general. Though originally projecting the conference would cost $1,176,307, NASA reported after the 2011 “IT Summit Conference” in San Francisco that the bottom-line bill was […]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials reported the costs of a 2011 employee conference 70 percent lower than what was actually spent on the event, according to the agency’s inspector general.

Though originally projecting the conference would cost $1,176,307, NASA reported after the 2011 “IT Summit Conference” in San Francisco that the bottom-line bill was $1,291,889. In fact, the IG said it found the conference cost almost $2 million.

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