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Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) provides responsibilities, procedures and requirements for the conduct of all NASA employees doing public appearances and the operation of the NASA Speakers Bureau Program and the Astronaut Appearances Program. It establishes procedures, requirements, and criteria for the acceptance of public speaking engagements by NASA personnel, including astronauts, in order to ensure the widest practicable dissemination of information about NASA and its programs as described in NPD1385.2, Public Appearances if NASA Personnel, Including Astronauts.

Applicability

a. For the purposes of this NPR, NASA personnel includes all employees.

b. This NASA Procedural Requirement is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

c. This language applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements.

d. 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 not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

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