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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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Preface

P.1 Purpose

a. In accordance with the National Aeronautics and Space Act, NASA will "provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof." Unless a determination is made that public dissemination of information will be prohibited or restricted (pursuant to U.S. statute, regulation, or Agency policy), NASA information is broadly made available to the public. NASA's responsibility is to not only broadly disseminate STI but also to safeguard sensitive and restricted STI and to protect (archive) this information to ensure its access and use for the future.

b. This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) identifies requirements for approving (via the NASA Form 1676, Document Availability Authorization (DAA)), publishing, and disseminating NASA scientific and technical information (STI) under the policy set forth in NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 2200.1.

P.2 Applicability

a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers, and to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). This NPR is applicable to other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to cooperative agreements only to the extent specified in their contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements.

b. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

c. Treatment of NASA STI produced under NASA contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements will be in accordance with Federal and NASA regulations, including the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR), the NASA FAR Supplement 1835, 2 CFR 1800, 14 CFR 1274, and the Grant & Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM), except in the case of approved waivers and exemptions.

d. All NASA STI and NASA-funded STI, if it is released by or on behalf of NASA, should be reviewed and approved by the DAA process (via NASA Form (NF) 1676 or NF-1676B for those Centers that use the Agency Electronic DAA (EDAA) system, or another Center-specific form), including NASA STI produced by NASA contractor or grantee authors if the NASA STI is released by or for NASA.

e. NASA contractors and grantees whose contract, grant, or cooperative agreement contains a pre-review requirement will have all NASA STI reviewed and approved by NASA regardless of whether the contractor or grantee releases the STI for or on behalf of NASA or for or on behalf of their own company or institution.

f. This NPR applies to all STI published, disseminated, and presented containing NASA-sponsored or -funded STI except as excluded in this directive.

g. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

P.3 Authority

a. National Aeronautics and Space Act, 51 USC § 20113(a).

b. NPD 2200.1, Management of NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI).

P.4 Applicable Documents and Forms

a. Subject Matter of Copyright: United States Government Works. 17 USC § 105.

b. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, as amended, 29 U.S.C § 794d.

c. Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-62, 107 Stat. 285 (1993).

d. Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, 2 CFR 200.

e. Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 2 CFR 1800.

f. Cooperative Agreements with Commercial Firms, 14 CFR 1274.

g. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 CFR 120-130.

h. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR 730-744.

i. NASA Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Supplement, §§ 1835.010, 1835.011, 1835.070, 1852.235-70, 1852.235-73, 1852.235-74.

j. OMB Circular A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources (11/28/2000).

k. NPD 1490.1, NASA Printing, Duplicating, and Copying Management.

l. NPD 2190.1, NASA Export Control Program.

m. NPD 2210.1, External Release of NASA Software.

n. NPD 2230.1, Research Data and Publication Access.

o. NPR 1441.1, NASA Records Management Program Requirements.

p. NPR 1450.10, NASA Correspondence Management and Communications Standards and Style.

q. NPR 1600.1, NASA Security Program Procedural Requirements.

r. NPR 2190.1, NASA Export Control Program.

s. NPR 2210.1, Release of NASA Software.

t. NPR 2810.1, Security of Information Technology.

u. NPR 7120.7, NASA Information Technology and Institutional Infrastructure Program and Project Management Requirements.

v. NPR 8621.1, NASA Procedural Requirements for Mishap and Close Call Reporting, Investigating, and Recordkeeping.

w. NASA Interim Directive 1600.55, Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Controlled Information.

x. NASA Standard (NASA STD) 2820, Encryption and Digital Signature Standards.

y. NASA Publications Guide for Authors, NASA/SP-2015-7602 (Rev. 2).

z. NASA Scientific and Technical Information Standards, NASA/SP-2006-6114.

aa. NASA Grants and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM).

bb. NASA Procurement Information Circular (PIC) 03-03.

cc. NASA Grant Information Circular (GIC) 07-02.

dd. NF-1676, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Document Availability Authorization, Electronic Form.

ee. NF-1676B, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Document Availability Authorization, Hardcopy Form.

ff. American National Standards Institute/National Information Standards Organization (ANSI/NISO) Z39.18, Scientific and Technical Reports - Preparation, Presentation and Preservation.

gg. ANSI/NISO Z39.23, Standard Technical Report Number Format and Creation.

P.5 Measurement/Verification

a. In assessing whether NASA is achieving the STI policies set forth in this NPR (based on Government Performance and Results Act reporting requirements), the Agency will measure, on an annual basis, the following performance trends to determine the value of the STI Program:

(1) Capture of NASA STI - NASA collects NASA STI from a variety of sources to facilitate the use of such information by scientists, engineers, researchers, businesses, universities, and the public.

(2) This activity will be measured by the number of STI items that are collected and input into the STI database on an annual basis (tracked monthly).This measurement will be tracked and analyzed by the Scientific and Technical Information Program Office (STIPO).

(3) Access to STI-NASA will increase the number of STI documents that it makes available in electronic format.

(a) This activity will be measured by the STIPO by the number of electronic documents it makes available via its STI systems.

(b) This measurement will be tracked annually by the STIPO.

(4) Dissemination of STI - NASA will track the number of primary electronic distributions or accesses of STI, including electronic searches (Web page views), to determine the usage of its products and services.

(a) This activity will be measured annually (tracked monthly) by the number of Web page accesses in addition to the number of usages, such as STI downloaded, of STI products and services.

(b) This measurement will be tracked and analyzed by STIPO.

(5) Customer satisfaction-NASA (by STIPO and based on inquiries to the Information Desk) will analyze comments and suggestions received from internal users and user groups (especially NASA, NASA contractors, and NASA grantees) and external users (when received on a voluntary basis) to improve its STI services and products. This information will be tracked annually by the Agency STI Program. (6) Effectiveness of the STI review process-NASA will measure the effectiveness of the STI review process in the NF1676 through the results of the annual compliance review and associated reports to the Center Directors.

(7) Protection of STI-this assessment of NASA will be based on the accreditation designations of systems that support acquiring, processing, storing, transmitting, and maintaining its information and on the protection of the information.

(8) Effectiveness of STI protection-the evaluation of NASA information protection will be evaluated based on the number and degree of security incidents reported and adjudicated by the NASA Security Operations Center.

(9) On a yearly basis, STI metrics will be presented at the Baseline Performance Review (BPR).

P.6 Cancellation

NPR 2200.2C, Requirements for Documentation, Approval, and Dissemination of NASA Scientific and Technical Information, dated April 19, 2011.

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