[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 51 (Monday, March 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 14972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05326]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[NASA Document No. 2020-031]


NASA Guidance Documents Web Portal

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is 
publishing this notice to announce and describe its Web Portal that 
contains the Agency's guidance documents that is accessible to the 
public.

ADDRESSES: NASA's guidance Web Portal is available at https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/CFR_rep/CFR_list.cfm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanette Smith, Team Lead for NASA 
Directives and Regulations, Mission Support Operations, 202-358-0819, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Executive Order 13891, Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved 
Agency Guidance Documents (84 FR 55235), issued on October 9, 2019, 
directs agencies to (1) treat guidance documents as non-binding unless 
specified in law or contract; (2) seek public input when promulgating 
significant guidance documents; and (3) establish a single, searchable, 
public-facing Web Portal containing all current guidance documents with 
the ability for interested persons to submit petition requests for 
withdrawal or modification of guidance documents, or complaints about 
misapplications. In accordance with Executive Order 13891, NASA 
announces that its guidance Web Portal is available at https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/CFR_rep/CFR_list.cfm.
    The Order also directs agencies to review guidance documents and, 
consistent with applicable law, rescind those guidance documents that 
should no longer be in effect. In response to Executive Order 13563, 
Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, NASA developed a strong, 
ongoing culture of reviewing its guidance documents when the Agency 
conducted a retrospective analysis of existing guidance documents to 
determine which should be repealed, revised or retained as is. As part 
of this analysis, NASA implemented a process for its guidance documents 
to be reviewed every five years for effectiveness to ensure that they 
remain current. Therefore, all guidance documents listed on the 
Agency's Web Portal are consistent with applicable law and currently in 
effect.

Nanette Smith,
Team Lead for NASA Directives and Regulations, Mission Support 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-05326 Filed 3-13-20; 8:45 am]
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