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Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) applies to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program activities in the equal employment opportunity (EEO) context. The NPR establishes procedures and operating principles for Agency-wide EEO ADR activities. These procedures also are intended to ensure the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulatory requirements and NASA policy directives are met and to ensure for consistency across NASA Centers. These procedures do not establish or expand any rights to administrative or judicial review or establish a remedy for any NASA employee, applicant for employment, contractor, or other person separate from existing rights under applicable Federal laws and EEOC regulations.

Applicability

a. This directive is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This directive applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) and other contractors only to the extent specified or referenced in the applicable contracts or established in applicable Federal laws.

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

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

d. This directive is applicable to NASA directives developed or revised after the effective date of this NPR.

e. Unless otherwise indicated, use of the word Center(s) in the text of this NPR includes NASA Headquarters and the NASA Shared Services Center. Any reference to Center Director(s) includes the Executive Director for the Office of Headquarters Operations and the Executive Director, NASA Shared Services Center. Any reference to Center EO Directors, includes EO Directors at NASA Headquarters, and NASA Shared Services Centers.