PURPOSE

a. In accordance with the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, NASA shall 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 shall be prohibited or restricted, NASA information is made available to the public.

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

APPLICABILITY

a. This NPR shall apply to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers, and to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified in their contracts, grants, or agreements.

b. Treatment of NASA STI produced under NASA contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements shall be in accordance with Federal and NASA regulations, including the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR), the NASA FAR Supplement, and NPR 5800.1, except in the case of approved waivers and exemptions.

c. All NASA STI and NASA-funded STI, if it is released by or on behalf of NASA, shall be electronically reviewed and approved by the NASA Form (NF) 1676 or NF-1676A (for those Centers that use the Agency E-DAA system), including NASA STI produced by NASA contractor, grantee, and cooperative agreement authors if the NASA STI is released by or for NASA.

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