scope:

APPLICABILITY

a. This NPD is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities, Technical and Service Support Centers, and to all non-NASA facilities that manage NASA-owned institutional scientific collections. This NPD applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). This NPD applies to contracts, cooperative agreements and/or other NASA supported agreements which do/may generate what are or will become NASA-owned institutional scientific collections, and may apply to grants.

d. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required; "will" denotes expected outcome; and, "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

e. In this NPR, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.