NASA Procedures and Guidelines
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NPR 2190.1B Eff. Date: December 27, 2011 Cancellation Date: September 13, 2017	NASA Export Control Program
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Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 General

1.1.1 This NPR provides basic procedures and requirements for fulfilling NASA's obligation to comply with all U.S. export control laws and regulations in its transfers of commodities, software, or technologies to foreign parties (including foreign contractors) in the course of approved international activities. It is the responsibility of every NASA employee to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations. The NASA Headquarters Export Administrator (HEA), the Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations, the NASA General Counsel, the Mission Directorate Associate Administrators and the Mission Support Associate and Assistant Administrators, the Headquarters' Officials-in-Charge, Center Directors, Center Chief Counsel, Center Export Administrators (CEAs), the Headquarters and Center Export Counsel (HEC/CECs), the NASA Program/Project Managers, the Contracting Officers (CO), the Grant Officers (GO), and Contracting Officers' Technical Representatives (COTR), and the Transportation Officers (TO) are the key personnel charged with ensuring NASA's adherence to those laws and regulations.

1.1.2 Questions regarding the execution of responsibilities set forth in this NPR are to be directed to the HEA. Suggestions for improvements in the content of this NPR are welcome and should be made in writing to the attention of the NASA HEA, Office of International and Interagency Relations, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546. A flow chart of the steps and considerations to be undertaken before implementing an export is found in the Export Processing Template at Appendix C.

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