NASA NPR 1600.3 W/CHG 2

Abstract

<strong>Purpose</strong> <br>a. This NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) establishes the Agency-wide personnel security program implementation requirements set forth in NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 1600.2E, NASA Security Policy, as amended. <br>b. This NPR prescribes personnel security program responsibilities and procedural requirements for the investigation, security clearance determination, continuous evaluation, contractor fitness, adjudication, and appeals of NASA Federal and contractor employees. <br><strong>Applicability</strong> <br>a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and all NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This language applies to JPL, other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements. <br>b. This NPR is applicable to all NASA civil service employees, NASA contractor employees, personnel completing work through Space Act Agreements or Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) or Memorandums of Understanding (MOU), those assigned or detailed under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, partners, recipients of grants and cooperative agreements, and visitors. <br>c. In this directive, all document citations are the latest version unless otherwise noted. <br>d. In this NPD, 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 materials.