title: NASA Group Achievement Award
text: # NASA Group Achievement Award
  
  The NASA Group Achievement Award (GAA) is an award given by NASA to groups of government or non-government personnel in recognition of group accomplishments contributing to NASA's mission. The criteria for earning the Group Achievement Award are:
  
  * The quality of results and the Agency or multi-Center level of impact on programs or operations;
  * Effective management of cost and schedule;
  * Customer satisfaction;
  * Team growth and capacity for future contribution (Government personnel only); and
  * Additional credit for development of innovative approaches, use of and contributions to lessons-learned data banks, and/or
  * Success in responding to unforeseen crises.
  