August 1, 2007 

Honorable Clay Johnson, III 

Chairman of the President’s Management Council 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, DC 20530 

REF: Executive Order 13392 – Updated Status Report 

Dear Mr. Johnson: 

In accordance with Executive Order 13392, “Improving Agency Disclosure of 

Information” and compliance with the Department of Justice Memorandum, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is providing an update on our noted deficiency, 

which was posted in our FY06 Annual FOIA Report. 

WEB SITE IMPROVEMENT 

1) Brief statement of goal sought: Redeveloping NASA’s FOIA Web page to enhance 

the public’s knowledge of our FOIA process. Redesign all subordinate FOIA web 

pages to incorporate the ‘portal’ design. Finally, consolidate the NASA Electronic 

Reading Room from thirteen (13) sites into one. 

• List of all distinct steps planned to be taken: Work with NASA Internet Services 

to development and design of the ‘portal’ look and feel among all subordinate FOIA 

sites. 

• Means of measurement of success: 100 percent of the NASA Center Web pages 

updated with current information and having the ‘portal’ look and feel. 

2) Deficient Milestone and Original Date: 

• Four of our thirteen (13) NASA FOIA Requester Service Center’s web pages 

were not redesigned in the NASA “portal” look, which was scheduled to be 

completed, in accordance with our FOIA Improvement Plan, no later than December 

31, 2006. 

3) Specific Steps Taken and Dates Completed: 

• Work orders at those four (4) deficient centers were checked for action and 

completion date. During our last status check, as of July 17, 2007, the final center of 
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those four (4) centers web pages were updated and completed. Currently, all thirteen 

(13) FOIA Requester Service Centers are on line with the ‘portal’ look. 

4) Specific Steps to be Taken and Dates of Expected Completion: 

• None; deficiencies completed no further action required. 

FOIA DATABASE 

1) Brief statement of goal sought: Replace current FileMaker Pro database with an 

established commercial-based system which will allow the public to access and track 

the current status of its FOIA request. 

2) Deficient Milestone and Original Date: 

• The initial milestone was met dealing with the interviews and evaluations of 

commercial FOIA database software. However, the decision of which commercial 

package is still pending the procurement and funding process. 

• This was an unfunded mandated action, which our agency’s current budget had no 

funding, during FY07; December 31, 2006. 

3) Specific Steps Taken and Dates Completed: 

• Initial contact with the Chief Information Office has been completed and 

additional evaluation is being conducted to see if this task can be done in house; June 

1, 2007. 

4) Specific Steps to be Taken and Dates of Expected Completion: 

• Seek funding to procure commercial FOIA database software in either end of year 

funds or budgeted for FY08 budget cycle; December 31, 2007. 

• Initiate the procurement process to obtain the FOIA database software; December 

31, 2007. 

NASA will continue to support the President’s FOIA initiatives and work to improve 

public accessibility to Agency records. 

 Sincerely, 

 Original Signed

 

 David Mould 

 Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer 

cc: 

Director, Office of Information and Privacy 

United States Department of Justice