Appendix-A-Major-Recommendations--By-Agency NATIONAL-AERONAUTICS-AND-SPACE-ADMINISTRATION NASA01 Improve NASA Contracting Practices This recommendation outlines several steps NASA can take to improve its contracting procedures, including greater use of performance standards, contracting out for data instead of hardware whenever appropriate, and using cooperative research agreements to more quickly exploit high performance computing techniques. cbe cbe NASA02 Increase NASA Technology Transfer Efforts and Eliminate Barriers to Technology Development NASA should expand its technology transfer efforts and promote the development of new technologies. na na NASA03 Increase NASA Coordination of Programs with the U.S. Civil Aviation Industry NASA should develop a closer relationship with the U.S. civil aviation industry to ensure industry input is received early and throughout the technology development process. na na NASA04 Strengthen and Restructure NASA Management NASA program management should be aggressively overhauled. This recommendation outlines a number of steps the agency should take, both in overall management and in the management of the space station program. -1,982.0 0.0 NASA05 Clarify the Objectives of the Mission to Planet Earth Program This recommendation suggests a number of steps needed to improve the management and performance of the Mission to Planet Earth program. na na