By Justin Katz NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. NASA is aiming to correct longstanding cybersecurity management issues identified in a recent inspector general report through a unified IT contract that was scheduled to publish a request for proposals this month. "Attacks on NASA networks are not a new phenomenon, although attempts to steal critical information are increasing in both complexity and severity," according to a May 18 report by NASA's inspector general. "We found that NASA's ability to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyber-attacks is limited by a disorganized approach to Enterprise Architecture." The IG links most of the agency's problems to its "enterprise architecture," or in other words, the core framework for how it manages IT. NASA, according to the watchdog, has for years had a "fragmented approach" to IT with multiple lines of authority.