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Description of Driving Event:

Changes to an approved LV/SC ICD are submitted via an Interface Revision Notice (IRN) document. The existing formal approval process requires the signatures of NASA-GSFC (SC), NASA-KSC (LV), and the LV contractor on all IRN submittals. Noticeably absent from the formal process is the SC contractor. NASA-GSFC and the SC contractor have an informal agreement whereby the change is reviewed and concurrence is documented via e-mail correspondence. During the GOES-L "Red Team" review process the omission of the SC contractor in the formal review/ approval process raised the question of legal/liability issues.