NASA Procedures and Guidelines
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NPR 2200.2D Eff. Date: September 07, 2016 Cancellation Date:	Requirements for Documentation, Approval and Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Information
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Chapter 1. Publication and Dissemination of NASA Scientific and Technical Information

1.1 Purpose of and Caveats for this NASA Procedural Requirements Document

1.1.1 This chapter defines STI, delineates responsibilities associated with the publication and dissemination of STI, and provides an overview of NASA's process for approving, publishing, and disseminating the results of NASA's STI activities. The associated requirements are detailed in the following chapters. See Appendix A for definitions and Appendix B for acronyms used in this NPR.

1.1.2 Any restrictions or limitations placed on NASA contractors and grantees regarding the publication, dissemination, or presentation of STI produced under a contract or grant will be consistent with 48 CFR Chapter 18 for contracts and with 14 CFR §1260 for grants and cooperative agreements.

1.1.3 Information protected for national security reasons under appropriate security classification should be treated in accordance with NASA Interim Directive (NID) 1600.55 and NPR 2810.1. NASA Centers are responsible for handling and storing classified NASA STI.

1.1.4 Declassified STI publications will be sent to NASA STI Program with a properly completed and signed DAA form (see also Section 4.5). The declassified STI should be properly marked as unclassified (revised cover, title page, and page markings) and be accompanied by documentation authorizing the declassification as outlined in NPR 1600.2. (For information on NASA STI Program, see http://www.sti.nasa.gov.)

1.1.5 For additional procedures that relate to technology commercialization materials and computer programs, see NPD 2210.1 and NPR 2210.1.

1.1.6 For additional procedures that relate to export-controlled information and for STI that is to be disseminated to foreign persons, see NPD 2190.1 and NPR 2190.1.

1.1.7 Throughout this NPR, references to NASA Centers include NASA Headquarters, Component Facilities, Technical and Service Support Centers, and JPL.

1.1.8 References to Center positions, offices, and job titles include the equivalent position at NASA Headquarters, Component Facilities, Technical and Service Support Centers, and JPL.

1.1.9 In all matters relating to STI, NASA directives and the requirements of JPL's prime contract apply to JPL.

1.1.10 Terminology across Centers varies for offices, job titles, and position titles. This NPR uses terminology developed by the STI Program Office but does not preclude Centers from using their own equivalent terms and titles.

1.1.11 STI will be reviewed for Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) and other sensitive or restricted information and marked according to specified requirements for those categories.

1.1.12 Information quality guidelines and handling Influential and Highly Influential Scientific Assessments are outlined in the NASA Guidelines for Quality of Information (https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocio/qualityinfo/index.html) and managed by the NASA Information Quality Officer.

1.2 NASA Scientific and Technical Information Defined

1.2.1 STI is defined as the results (the analyses of data and facts and resulting conclusions) of basic and applied scientific, technical, and related engineering research and development.

1.2.2 NASA STI is STI derived from NASA activities, including those generated by NASA-sponsored or -funded research and development and related efforts, where NASA has the right to publish or otherwise disseminate the STI. NASA STI may be produced directly by NASA or under NASA contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. For example, NASA STI includes STI authored by a NASA employee as part of the employee's official duties, STI co-authored by a NASA employee and a non-NASA employee, and STI authored by an employee of a contractor or grantee funded by NASA in which NASA has the right to publish or otherwise disseminate the STI.

1.2.3 NASA STI is published or disseminated using mechanisms that include the NASA STI Report Series, NASA Web sites, and non-NASA scientific and technical channels such as professional society journals, books and/or book chapters, conference presentations, or conference proceedings. NASA STI may include, but is not limited to, technical publications and reports; preprints, as-accepted manuscripts, and journal articles; meeting, workshop, and conference publications and presentations; conference proceedings; and preliminary or non-published STI, including any of these examples that will be loaded to a public Web site or are in multimedia formats. NASA disseminates STI almost exclusively in online formats via the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS).

1.2.4 The following information is excluded from the requirements of this NPR:

a. Information published in policy documents such as NASA directives and NASA technical, engineering, or safety standards (NPD 7120.4).

b. Information published as a result of mishap investigations (NPR 8621.1).

c. Proposal information marked with confidentiality notices furnished to NASA by contractors or grantees.

d. New Technology Reports (NTR)/Invention Disclosures. Note that although NTRs are not defined as STI, STI may include information that discloses an invention, so it will be handled according to Invention Disclosure processes.

e. Raw and processed scientific and technical data and data sets independent of the analysis of the data and resulting conclusions. A DAA review is not required for these data, but they may require export control approval outside of the DAA. However, STI publications or presentations that include data are subject to this directive, and the author shall provide a link to the data, if possible.

f. All software, including research, technical, development, operational, and off-the shelf software. See https://software.nasa.gov.

g. Tech Briefs and Technical Support Packages (TSPs).

h. STI derived from NASA-funded contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements when published or released by the contractors or grantees on their own behalf without direction from NASA.

i. Scientific and technical documents exchanged with NASA international partners under established international agreements with foreign governmental entities. (Individual documents may require review by the Center Export Administrator prior to release. NASA employees transferring export-controlled technical data under a NASA international agreement will reference the international agreement clause "Transfer of Goods and Technical Data" requirements and consult with the Center Export Administrator for specific guidance).

j. STI released or published by NASA civil servants when the STI is produced on their own behalf, using information (NASA or otherwise) already available in the public domain, and not part of their official Government duties (such as in the case of graduate coursework, theses, or dissertations).

k. Individual photos or imagery, unless they contain analysis of research and data. They, however, may require export control approval outside of the DAA review.

l. Public affairs, outreach, informational, and educational materials created from information (NASA or otherwise) already available in the public domain.

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