Applicability and Scope

This NPG is applicable to NASA Headquarters offices and Centers and to NASA contractors and grantees who elect or are required under the terms of their contracts or grants to have their reports reviewed by and/or published by NASA.

This NPG applies to all STI published and/or disseminated by or on behalf of NASA that contains NASA-sponsored STI, except as excluded by paragraph P.2.3 of this NPG.

This NPG does not apply to documents containing proposal information furnished to NASA by contractors or grantees with notice regarding the confidentiality thereof. Such documents may be used or disclosed only to the extent authorized by the submitter and are not to be added to the NASA STI Database or disseminated without express written approval of the submitter. Any questions regarding such documents, or the appropriateness of notice regarding the confidentiality thereof, should be referred to the NASA Headquarters or Center Intellectual Property or Patent Counsel.

PURPOSE

This NASA Procedures and Guidelines (NPG) prescribes specific guidelines, procedures, and standards for creating, acquiring, organizing, publishing, and disseminating scientific and technical information (STI) under the policy set forth in NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 2220.5, "Management of NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI)." STI is the collected set of facts, analyses, and conclusions resulting from scientific, technical, and related engineering research and development efforts, both basic and applied. Information published in policy documents such as NASA directives and NASA Technical, Engineering, or Safety Standards (draft NPD 8070, "Technical Standards") such as NASA Safety Standard (NSS) 1740.15, "NASA Oxygen Safety Standard;" and NSS 1740.09, "NASA Safety Standard for Lifting Devices and Equipment;" or information published as a result of mishap investigations (NASA Management Instruction (NMI) 8621.1, "Mishap Reporting and Investigating") are excluded from this NPG. This NPG encompasses the following STI-associated activities.