Purpose

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Procedures and Guidelines (NPG) 4300, "NASA Personal Property Disposal Procedures and Guidelines" serves as a guide to achieve the policy held within the NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 4300.1. This document offers procedural guidance to NASA Centers for the utilization and disposal management of NASA-owned excess, surplus, and exchange/sale personal property. Centers are encouraged to customize disposal management procedures to meet local requirements. This document should be viewed as a supplement to the Federal Regulations and procedures for utilization, donation, and sales, by which all Federal agencies must comply.

Applicability

This document applies to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities, to JPL and other NASA contractors to the extent specified in contracts, and to NASA-owned personal property wherever located. When the provisions of this NASA document covering property utilization and disposal conflict with specific provisions of Federal personal property laws, international agreements, or Federal Governmentwide policy or procedures (i.e. Executive Orders, Federal Property Management Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Office of Management and Budget Circulars) the provisions of the latter documents will prevail.