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PURPOSE. This Goddard Procedures and Guidelines (GPG) establishes policies, procedures and responsibilities for assuring appropriate levels of availability, confidentiality and integrity for Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) information technology (IT) resources and constitutes the GSFC Information Technology Security (ITS) Program.

APPLICABILITY. a. The NASA applicability of this document can be found in NPG 2810.1, paragraph 1.3.

b. This GPG applies to all GSFC employees and GSFC contracts (as provided by the terms and conditions of the contract), where appropriate in achieving Center missions, programs, projects, and institutional requirements. GSFC includes the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Independent Validation & Verification Facility (IVV), and the White Sands Space Complex (WSC).

c. Readers should note that this GPG applies only to the security of unclassified automated information, applications, and computer and telecommunications systems. The processing of classified automated information and secure telecommunications is the responsibility of the GSFC Security Branch (Code 205.1).