This standard has been prepared by the NASA Principal Center Integration Team (PCIT) on the authority of the NASA CIO and will be maintained under the auspices of that office.

Applicability.

This standard describes a common IT framework in order to enable consistent and efficient IT practices across NASA programs. This document is intended to be used by NASA IT service providers, management, business and scientific partners and outsourcers.

The intent is to:

▪ Provide a specific technical framework from which the NASA IT environment may be effectively managed from a strategic and a tactical perspective

▪ Provide guidance to those entities that design and deploy IT services in support of the NASA mission

▪ Provide a vehicle through which NASA Programs and Projects may influence the overall NASA IT direction to better support their missions. This assumes that this document not only serves as a technical architecture but serves also as a reflection of current "best practices" and successful IT utilization throughout the Agency.

▪ Serve as a core component of an extended NASA "enterprise architecture" (EA). The NASA EA directly links the Agency IT environment and initiatives to the broader NASA goals, objectives, and business processes.

This Technical Framework (TF) is largely an update of the technology framework as defined in the NASA Integrated Information Technology Architecture (NIITA). Within this document, however, the NIITA TF has been significantly extended to provide more direct and actionable guidance, as well as relevant NASA points of contact, to Agency and partner IT service providers. As such, this document supersedes NASA-Standard-STD-2814.