NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
Statement of Regulatory Priorities
NASA continues to implement programs according to its 2011 Strategic Plan, released in February 2011. NASA's mission is to "Drive advances in science, technology, and exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of the Earth." The 2011 Strategic Plan guides NASA's program activities through a framework of the following six strategic goals:
In the decades since Congress enacted the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, NASA has challenged its scientific and engineering capabilities in pursuing its mission, generating tremendous results and benefits for humankind. NASA will continue to push scientific and technical boundaries in pursuit of these goals.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 48 CFR chapter 1, contains procurement regulations that apply to NASA and other Federal agencies. NASA implements and supplements FAR requirements through the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS), 48 CFR chapter 18. NASA is planning to review and update the entire NFS starting in 2013, and will provide further information on contemplated regulatory actions in the spring 2013 Unified Agenda. Concurrently, we will continue to make routine changes to the NFS to implement NASA initiatives and Federal procurement policy.
Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations
Pursuant to section 6 of Executive Order 13563 "Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review" (Jan. 18, 2011), the following Regulation Identifier Numbers (RINs) have been identified as associated with retrospective review and analysis in NASA's final retrospective plan of existing regulations. Some of the entries on this list may be completed or withdrawn actions, which do not appear in The Regulatory Plan. However, more information can be found about these rulemakings in past publications of the Unified Agenda on reginfo.gov in the Completed Actions section for NASA. These rulemakings can also be found on regulations.gov. NASA's final plan and updates can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/open, under the Compliance Documents Section.
Regulation Identifier Number |
Title |
2700-AD56 |
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook, Delete Requirement for U.S. Citizenship |
2700-AD60 |
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement: Change Procedures for Letter of Credit Advance Payments |
2700-AD81 |
Nonprocurement Rule, Suspension and Debarment |
2700-AD82 |
NASA, Contract Adjustment Board |
2700-AD96 |
Use of NASA Airfield Facilities by Aircraft Not Operated for the Benefit of the Federal Government |
2700-AD97 |
Small Business Policy |
2700-AD98 |
Space Flight |
2700-AD51 |
Inventions and Contributions |
2700-AD61 |
Information Security Protection |
2700-AD63 |
Claims for Patent and Copyright Infringement |
2700-AD71 |
Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act |
2700-AD72 |
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
2700-AD78 |
Removal of Obsolete Regulations |
2700-AD83 |
Collection of Civil Claims of the United States Arising Out of the Activities of NASA |
2700-AD84 |
Research Misconduct |
2700-AD85 |
Accessibility Standards for New Construction and Alterations in Federally-Assisted Programs |
2700-AD86 |
Privacy Act-NASA Regulations |
2700-AD87 |
Space Flight Mission Critical Systems Personnel Reliability Program |
2700-AD88 |
Aeronautics and Space-Statement of Organization and General Information |
2700-AD89 |
Security Program; Arrest Authority and Use of Force by NASA Security Force Personnel |
2700-AD90 |
Inspection of Persons and Personal Effects at NASA Installations or on NASA's Property |
2700-AD91 |
NASA Security Areas |
2700-AD95 |
Delegations and Designations |
2700-AD99 |
Duty-Free Entry of Space Articles |
2700-AE00 |
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program |
Abstracts for regulations to be amended or repealed between October 2012 and October 2013 are reported in the fall 2012 edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulation actions.