NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 1400.1D Effective Date: February 18, 2007 Expiration Date: February 18, 2012

Subject: NASA Directives Procedural Requirements, with Change 5 (11/19/2009)

Responsible Office: Office of Institutions and Management

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHANGE HISTORY

PREFACE

P.1 Purpose
P.2 Applicability
P.3 Authority
P.4 Applicable Documents
P.5 Measurement/Verification
P.6 Cancellation

CHAPTER 1. NASA Directives

1.1 Overview
1.2 General Provisions Governing NASA Directives
1.3 Description and Hierarchy of NASA Directives

CHAPTER 2. Responsibilities

2.1 Administrator
2.2 Deputy Administrator
2.3 Associate Administrator for Institutions and Management
2.4 OICs of Headquarters Offices
2.5 Center Directors
2.6 NASA General Counsel
2.7 Inspector General
2.8 NASA Chief Financial Officer
2.9 Assistant Administrator for Human Capital Management
2.10 Assistant Administrator for Internal Controls and Management Systems
2.11 Responsible Office
2.12 Directives Managers
2.13 Headquarters Quality Control Liaison
2.14 Agency Records Officer
2.15 Headquarters Executive Secretariat

CHAPTER 3. Requirements for the Content and Structure of NASA Directives

3.1 General
3.2 Requirement Statements in NASA Directives
3.3 Responsibility Statements in Agency-level Directives
3.4 Document Citations in NASA Directives
3.5 Administrative Elements of NASA Directives
3.6 Writing Style
3.7 Content and Structure of NPDs
3.8 Content and Structure of NPRs
3.9 Content and Structure of NASA Interim Directives (NIDs)
3.10 Center Directives

CHAPTER 4. Process and Requirements for Establishing New NASA Directives, Updating Existing Directives, and Establishing Interim Directives

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Waivers from Agency-level Directives
4.3 Establishing A New Policy Directive or Procedural Requirements
4.4 Revising, Revalidating, or Providing Administrative Corrections to an Existing Policy Directive or Procedural Requirements
4.5 Creating a NASA Interim Directive (NID) or Center Interim Directive (CID)
4.6 Hyperlinking Other Documentation to the NODIS Library or Center Directives Library Systems
4.7 Case Files

APPENDIX A. Definitions
APPENDIX B. Acronyms
APPENDIX C. Relationship between Directives and Other NASA Documents
APPENDIX D. Sample Numbering of NPD and NPR Paragraphs
APPENDIX E. Sample NPD and NPR
APPENDIX F. Sample Explanation of Potential Impact

DISTRIBUTION:
NODIS