NASA NPR 1441.1 REV E W/CHG 3
NASA Records Management Program Requirements (Updated w/Change 3 - 04/14/2021)
| Publication Date: | 29 January 2015 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 65 |
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Purpose
a. This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) directive establishes procedural requirements in accordance with 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Chapter XII, Records Management, and NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 1440.6, NASA Records Management. It provides overall, high-level direction to NASA Centers for implementation and ongoing operation of an effective Records Management (RM) program at the Agency level and within each Center, while allowing flexibility for establishment and implementation of local procedures and processes to meet specific needs of Center-level directorates, mission programs, and offices.
b. It establishes minimum requirements for managing NASA record information throughout its life cycle -- from creation/collection,
c. It also establishes the procedural requirements for development, maintenance, and use of NASA Records Retention Schedules contained in a separate publication, NRRS 1441.1, NASA Records Retention Schedules (NRRS), published in NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) under "other documents," that govern the length of records retention and their final disposition.
Applicability
a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters (HQ) and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. These requirements apply to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the suitable contracts, grants, or agreements.
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 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.
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