PURPOSE

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) document establishes requirements for conducting audits, reviews, and assessments to verify compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local safety and health statutes and regulations and NASA Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) requirements as required by NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 1000.3, The NASA Organization and NPD 8700.1, NASA Policy for Safety and Mission Success in accordance with NPD 1210.2, NASA Surveys, Audits, and Reviews Policy.

APPLICABILITY

This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

This NPR applies to any NASA program, project, institution, operation, or facility that is responsible for the application or implementation of SMA requirements.

This NPR applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to other contractors, and national or international partners to the extent specified or referenced in applicable contracts, grants, or agreements.

In this NPR "shall" denotes a mandatory requirement, "may" or "can" denotes a discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice, and "will" denotes an expected outcome.

Unless otherwise indicated, definitions of all words and terms used in this NPR are per NASA-STD-8709.22, Safety and Mission Assurance Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Definitions.