[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18443-18444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07328]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

14 CFR Part 1201

[Document No.: NASA-2014-0004]
RIN 2700-AD88


Statement of Organization and General Information

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: This direct final rule makes nonsubstantive changes by 
removing language related to general information on NASA's 
organizations because the most current information is maintained in 
other regulations and on NASA's Organization Structure Web site. 
Therefore, this regulation will be streamlined to make reference to 
those locations to ensure that the public is provided with the most 
current information accessible on NASA. The revisions to this rule is 
part of NASA's retrospective plan under EO 13563 completed in August 
2011. NASA's full plan can be accessed on the Agency's open government 
Web site at http://www.nasa.gov/open/.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on June 2, 2014. Comments 
due on or before May 2, 2014. If adverse comments are received, NASA 
will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified with RINs 2700-AD88 and may be 
sent to NASA via the Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Please note that NASA will post all comments on the Internet 
with changes, including any personal information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Frederick, 202-358-1188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Direct Final Rule and Significant Adverse Comments

    NASA has determined this rulemaking meets the criteria for a direct 
final rule because it involves clarifications, updating, and 
nonsubstantive changes to existing regulations. NASA does not 
anticipate this direct final rule will result in major changes to its 
organizational structure. However, if NASA receives significant adverse 
comments, NASA will withdraw this final rule by publishing a note in 
the Federal Register in order to revisit the commented-on language. In 
determining whether a comment necessitates withdrawal of this final 
rule, NASA will consider whether it warrants a substantive response in 
a notice and comment process.

Background

    NASA will update appropriate sections of this rule in order to 
provide information that is as current as possible and to provide 
Internet addresses that will provide the public with current, relevant 
data at any given time. These changes will ensure that NASA is in 
compliance with 5 U.S.C. 552 (a)(1) (A), Public information, agency 
rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings, as follows:
    (a) Each agency shall make available to the public information as 
follows:
    (1) Each agency shall separately state and currently publish in the 
Federal Register for the guidance of the public--
    (A) descriptions of its central and field organization and the 
established places at which, the employees (and in the case of a 
uniformed service, the members) from whom, and the methods whereby, the 
public may obtain information, make submittals or requests, or obtain 
decisions.

Statutory Authority

    5 U.S.C. 552 (a)(1) (A).

Regulatory Analysis

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive 
Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulation Review

    Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all 
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive 
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and 
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting 
flexibility. This rule has been designated as ``not significant'' under 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866.

Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires an 
agency to prepare an initial regulatory flexibility analysis to be 
published at the time the proposed rule is published. This requirement 
does not apply if the agency ``certifies that the rule will not, if 
promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial

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number of small entities'' (5 U.S.C. 603). This rule updates section of 
the CFR to align with Federal guidelines and does not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    This direct final rule does not contain any information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.).

Review Under Executive Order of 13132

    Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism,'' 64 FR 43255 (August 4, 1999) 
requires regulations be reviewed for Federalism effects on the 
institutional interest of states and local governments, and, if the 
effects are sufficiently substantial, preparation of the Federal 
assessment is required to assist senior policy makers. The amendments 
will not have any substantial direct effects on state and local 
governments within the meaning of the Executive Order. Therefore, no 
Federalism assessment is required.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 1201

    Boards and committees, Organization.

    Accordingly, 14 CFR part 1201 is amended as follows:

PART 1201--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

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1. The authority citation for part 1201 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  51 U.S.C. 20112(h).

Subpart 1--Introduction


Sec.  1201.100  [Amended]

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2. Section 1201.100 is amended by removing the words ``of 1958,'' and 
by removing the parenthesized citation ``(72 Stat. 426, 42 U.S.C. 2451 
et seq.)'' and adding in its place ``(51 U.S.C. 20111).''

Subpart 2--Organization

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3. Section 1201.200 is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  1201.200  General.

    NASA's basic organization consists of the Headquarters, nine field 
Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (a Federally Funded Research and 
Development Center), and several component installations which report 
to Center Directors. Responsibility for overall planning, coordination, 
and control of NASA programs is vested in NASA Headquarters located in 
Washington, DC. For additional information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/about/org_index.html.

Subpart 3--Boards and Committees

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4. Section 1201.300 is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  1201.300  Boards and committees.

    (a) NASA's Contract Adjustment Board (CAB) and Inventions and 
Contributions Board (ICB) were established as part of the permanent 
organization structure of NASA. Charters for both Boards are set forth 
in part 1209 of this chapter. Procedures for the CAB are set out in 48 
CFR part 1850, and procedures for the ICB are set out in 14 CFR parts 
1240 and 1245.
    (b) The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) is a 
neutral, independent forum whose primary function is to hear and decide 
post-award contract disputes between government contractors and those 
entities with whom the ASBCA has entered into agreement to provide 
services (NASA is one of those entities). The ASBCA functions in 
accordance with the Contract Disputes Act (41 U.S.C. 7101-7109), its 
Charter, or other remedy-granting provisions. Information about the 
ASBCA can be obtained by mail at ASBCA, Skyline 6, Suite 700, 5109 
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-3208, by phone at 703-681-
8500, or from the Web at www.asbca.mil.

Subpart 4--[Removed and Reserved]

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5. Remove and reserve subpart 4.

Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Administrator.
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