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agencywide responsibility and supervises and evaluates the conduct of such activities by other NASA elements.

(c) Office of Industry Affairs. The Office of Industry Affairs, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Industry Affairs, is responsible for developing relationships between NASA and the industrial sector which will facilitate accomplishment of NASA objectives. The Asistant Administrator carries out these responsibilities by establishing agencywide policies pertaining to procurement, labor relations, reliability and quality assurance, and cost reduction programs and by promoting a maximum decentralization of contract negotiation and award and related industrial activities to NASA field installations and component installations under close monitoring and review by the Office of Industry Affairs. For additional information on the NASA procurement program, see § 1201.700.

(d) Office of Special Contracts Negotiation and Review. The Office of Special Contracts Negotiation and Review, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Special Contracts Negotiation and Review, is responsible for reviewing the totality of relationships between NASA and private contractors in special cases designated by the Administrator. It may, when so designated, assume leadership for supervising agency negotiations with designated contractors.

(e) Office of Technology Utilization. The Office of Technology Utilization, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Technology Utilization, is responsible for facilitating practical uses and applications of the scientific and technological innovations resulting from NASA's research and development activities by all segments of the economy. This includes responsibility for the development and application of techniques and processes by NASA and its contractors to identify and make available an extensive array of scientific, technical, and related practical information. Such information is provided to industry and other groups or individuals directly by NASA and through geographically dispersed Federal Regional Report Centers. For the location of Federal Regional Report Centers, see § 120.701.

(f) Office of University Affairs. The Office of University Affairs, headed by the Assistant Administrator for University Affairs, is responsible for establishing an agencywide pattern of relationships with universities and other

educational nonprofit institutions that will facilitate accomplishment of NASA objectives in such a manner as to promote successful implementation of NASA programs and strengthen the capabilities of the institutions involved to perform their traditional functions. This includes responsibility for planning and executing the NASA Sustaining University Program through which grants are awarded and administered for constructing special laboratory and research facilities, for supporting institutionally sponsored research, and for graduate training in scientific and engineering fields. This Office also assists other NASA elements in acquiring from universities basic research services related to programs and projects for which they are responsible.

(g) Audit Division. The Audit Division, headed by the Director of Audits, carries out directly and through elements of the Department of Defense a comprehensive agency program for audit of agency activities performed by NASA personnel, contractors, grantees, and other Government agencies. The Director is authorized to report directly to the Administrator or Deputy Administrator when requested or when, in his judgment, the interests of NASA will best be served.

(h) Headquarters Administration Office. The Headquarters Administration Office, headed by the Director of Headquarters Administration, provides support and services agencywide in the areas of administrative services, civil rights and equal employment opportunity, and emergency readiness planning, and, at Headquarters, in the areas of personnel, procurement, security, and budgeting. This Office is also responsible for general management of the Western Support Office at Santa Monica, Calif.

(i) Inspections Division. The Inspections Division, headed by the Director of Inspections, conducts agencywide activities designed to prevent and detect illegal or unethical conduct of NASA employees. The Director is authorized to report directly to the Administrator or Deputy Administrator when requested or when, in his judgment, the interests of NASA will best be served.

(j) Organization and Management Planning Division. The Organization and Management Planning Division, headed by the Director of Organization and Management Planning, provides advice and assistance to NASA management officials on basic managerial policies and

organization plans, including assignments of functions and responsibilities.

§ 1201.204 Other Headquarters Functional Offices.

(a) General. Seven other Headquarters Offices, each headed by an Assistant Administrator or the General Counsel, report to officials of the Office of the Administrator (§ 1201.201). Their responsibilities include providing support and guidance to the Administrator and other Headquarters Offices for NASA-wide activities in their specialized areas of interest and reviewing and assuring effective operations in their functional

areas.

(b) Office of General Counsel. The Office of General Counsel, headed by the General Counsel, provides legal advice and assistance to all organizational components of NASA; prepares the NASA legislative program and proposed Executive Orders; presents NASA views to the Executive Office of the President; provides legal representation for NASA, as required, and administers the NASA patent program. This Office also adjudicates claims against NASA for bodily injury, death, or property damage or loss.

(c) Office of Defense Affairs. The Office of Defense Affairs, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Defense Affairs, is responsible for relationships and interactions between NASA and all agencies of the Department of Defense (DOD). The Assistant Administrator direct lines of communication between offices and activities of NASA and of DOD to promote the interchange of information and participates in formulating and negotiating NASA-DOD agreements.

(d) Office of International Affairs. The Office of International Affairs, headed by the Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, initiates, plans, and coordinates international programs to promote maximum cooperation between NASA and foreign aeronautical and space agencies. This Office coordinates the development of agreements permitting NASA to use the equipment and facilities of foreign governments or agencies and permitting foreign governments or agencies to use NASA facilities. The Assistant Administrator also advises the Administrator on the progress of foreign aeronautical space programs and programs and policies.

policies and on the effect abroad of NASA

(e) Office of Legislative Affairs. The Office of Legislative Affairs, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs, monitors and coordinates all communications and relationships between NASA and the Congress; arranges for representation of NASA at Congressional hearings; assists Congressmen in securing appropriate information or assistance concerning NASA activities; and serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator and other NASA officials on executive and legislative matters involving relations with the Congress and State and local governments.

(f) Office of Policy. The Office of Policy, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Policy, is responsible for policy development and evaluation of agency programs from the standpoint of policy objectives; the conduct of studies to determine economic, social, and political implications of the aeronautics and space programs; and the planning and coordination of NASA historical

activities.

(g) Office of Program Plans and Analysis. The Office of Program Plans and Analysis, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Program Plans and Analysis, analyzes, evaluates and synthesizes the program planning activities of other agency elements and complements them with agencywide perspective. It provides an independent engineering, scientific and technical staff capability required by the Administrator and Deputy Administrator on technical requirements and related considerations.

(h) Office of Public Affairs. The Office of Public Affairs, headed by the Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, is responsible for developing an agencywide public affairs program to provide the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning NASA activities by (1) releasing information, including motion pictures, television and radio programs and exhibits to news media and other private individuals and groups; and (2) providing assistance to schools, colleges, and other educational organizations in gaining wider knowledge and understanding of space science and technology. This includes participation in teacher workshops, advising and helping develop instructional resources for use within established curricula; producing or recommending, and assisting in the production of, educational publications, films. and television and radio programs; and

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(a) NASA's 10 field installations have different and broad capabilities. Although these field installations have a primary program responsibility to the Program Office to which they report, they also conduct work for the other Program Offices, including the bulk of the agency's procurement of goods and services.

(b) The mailing address and a brief description of the activities of each field installation follow:

(1) Director, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 94035. Basic and applied research in space environmental physics, including simulation techniques, gas dynamics research at extreme speeds, configuration, stability, structures and guidance and control of aeronautical and space vehicle, biomedical and biophysical research. Also responsible for the Pioneer missions.

(2) Director, Electronics Research Center, 575 Technology Square, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. Basic studies and research in instrumentation, communication, data processing, navigation, and guidance control.

(3) Director, Flight Research Center, Post Office Box 273, Edwards, Calif. 93523. Research in extremely high performance aircraft and spacecraft, including flight operations and flight systems; and structural characteristics of aeronautical and space vehicles.

(4) Director, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 20771. Scientific research in space and unmanned satellites; research

meteorological

and

and

development of communications

satellites; and tracking and data acquisition operations. Responsible for the management of the National Space Science Data Center (see Subpart 1205.1 of this title).

(5) Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 32899. Providing or arranging for services and supporting activities for major launchings collaborating with such elements of the Department of Defense as the Air Force Eastern Test Range and the Army Corps of Engineers to avoid unnecessary duplication of launch facilities, services, and capabilities.

(6) Director, Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va. 23365. Aeronautical and space structures and materials, aerodynamics of reentry vehicles, space environmental physics, life sciences, subsonic and supersonic flight. Also responsible for development of the Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft and mission.

(7) Director, Lewis Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44135. Powerplants and propulsion; high energy propellants; nuclear rockets; electric propulsion; and management and procurement of medium launch vehicle programs such as Centaur and Agena.

(8) Director, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Tex. 77058. Research and development of manned spacecraft, such as Apollo; development of life support systems; development and integration of experiments for assigned space flight activities; astronaut training; and manned flight and operations in space.

(9) Director, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 35812. Research and development of launch vehicles and systems to launch manned and unmanned spacecraft; development of the Voyager spacecraft system; and developing and integrating experiments for assigned space flight activities, including some of those for the Apollo Application Program.

(10) Director, Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Va. 23337. Launch facilities and services for other NASA installations which conduct suborbital, orbital, and space probe experiments with vehicles ranging from small rockets to the Scout four-stage solid fuel rocket. Develops techniques for collecting and processing experimental data.

Subpart 4-Jet Propulsion

§ 1201.400

Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

(a) The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a U.S. Government-owned facility, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA. It is not classed as a NASA "Field Installation," but its operation comes under the overall management responsibility of the Office of Space Science and Applications (§ 1201.202(d)).

(b) The JPL is located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, Calif. 91103.

(c) Research programs carried on at the JPL include projects relating to the exploration of deep space, lunar and interplanetary flights; development of unmanned interplanetary spacecraft; and operation of related tracking and data acquisition systems.

(d) Contractual matters relating to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are carried out throughout the NASA Pasadena Office (§ 1201.500 (f)).

Subpart 5-NASA Component
Installations

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NASA also has a number of component installations located apart from the Headquarters Offices or field installations to which they are assigned for management purposes. Such component installations are generally NASA technical facilities which support programmatic activities requiring use of such facilities. A brief description of these component installations follows:

(a) The NASA Daytona Beach Operation at Daytona Beach, Fla., functions under the Office of Manned Space Flight (§ 1201.202(c)). It provides administrative and technical support and services for various elements of NASA and DOD concerned with the design and fabrication of checkout equipment by NASA contractors.

(b) The Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City functions under the Goddard Space Flight Center (§ 1201.300 (b)(4)). It does theoretical research in fields such as astronomy and meteorology and assists in the analysis of satellite data.

(c) The MSC White Sands Test Facility at Las Cruces, N. Mex., functions under the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Tex. (§ 1201.300(b) (8)). White Sands is currently utilized for opera

tional testing of spacecraft propulsion systems and for the launching of sounding rockets and space probes sponsored by governmental, industrial, and academic institutions.

(d) The Michoud Assembly Facility at Michoud, La., under the Marshall Space Flight Center (§ 1201.300 (b) (9)), is used in the manufacture of the first stages of the Saturn family of launch vehicles by NASA contractors.

(e) The Mississippi Test Facility at Bay St. Louis, Miss., under the Marshall Space Flight Center (§ 1201.300 (b) (9)), is the agency's static test site for large launch vehicle stages and propulsion systems.

(f) The NASA Pasadena Office in Pasadena, Calif., under the Office of Space Sciences and Applications (§ 1201. 202(d), negotiates, executes, and administers NASA contracts with the California Institute of Technology for the operation of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

(g) The Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, is operated by the Lewis Research Center (§ 1201.300(b) (7)). It has a 60 megawatt reactor to test components of nuclear power propulsion systems.

(h) The NASA Western Support Office in Santa Monica, Calif., is responsible to the Director of Headquarters Administration, NASA Headquarters (§ 120.203 (h)). This office provides administrative, legal, technical, and related services and support for other NASA elements with projects and programs in western locations.

(i) The KSC Western Test Range Operations Division, at Lompoc, Calif., is under the Kennedy Space Center (§ 120.300(b) (5)). This Division manages the unmanned launch operations at the Western Test Range, including integration, test, and checkout of vehicles launched from that range.

(j) The Joint AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office at Germantown, Md., undertakes research and development, in conjunction with the Atomic Energy Commission, leading to nuclear rocket propulsion for space vehicles, including the nuclear reactor and nonreactor components of such systems. Three field extensions of this office, which are located at Jackass Flats, Nev.; Cleveland, Ohio; and Albuquerque, N. Mex., are involved with various aspects of this joint research and development program.

Subpart 6-Boards and Committees § 1201.600 Boards and committees.

Various boards and committees have been established as part of the permanent organizational structure of NASA. These include:

(a) Board of Contract Appeals.

(1) Established to adjudicate appeals arising from final decisions by NASA Contracting Officers pursuant to the Disputes clause of NASA contracts.

(2) The Charter of the Board is set forth at Subpart 1 of Part 1209 of this chapter. The Board's rules of procedure are set forth at 41 CFR Part 18-54.

(3) The texts of decisions of the Board are published by Commerce Clearing House, Inc., in Board of Contract Appeals Decisions, and are hereby incorporated by reference. All decisions and orders are available for inspection, and for purchase, from the Recorder of the Board at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Decisions and orders issued after July 4, 1967, will be available for inspection and for purchase at NASA Information Centers (§ 1206.601). An Index/Digest of Decisions issued between October 1, 1958, and December 31, 1966, and annual supplements to be issued thereto, will be available for inspection and for purchase at NASA Information Centers.

(b) Contract Adjustment Board. (1) Established to consider and dispose of requests by NASA contractors for extraordinary contractural adjustments pursuant to Public Law 85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431-35) and Executive Order 10789 dated November 14, 1958 (23 F.R. 8897).

(2) The Charter of the Board is set forth at Subpart 3 of Part 1209 of this chapter. The Board's rules of procedure are set forth at 41 CFR Part 18-17.

(3) The texts of decisions of the Board are available for inspection and for purchase from the Chairman of the Board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. 20546.

(c) Inventions and Contributions Board. (1) Established to consider and recommend to the Administrator the action to be taken with respect to (i) requests for waiver of rights to any invention or class of inventions made during the performance of NASA contracts, and (ii) applications for award for scientific and technical contributions determined to have significant value in the conduct of aeronautical and space activities pursuant to the National Aeronautics and

Space Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2457 (f), 2458), and the Government Employees Incentive Awards Act (5 U.S.C. 212123), respectively.

(2) The Charter of the Board is set forth at Subpart 4 of Part 1209 of this chapter. The Board's rules of procedure are set forth at 14 CFR Subpart 1240-1 (revised Apr. 21, 1967-cf. 32 F.R. 6272-73).

The texts of decisions of the Board on requests for waiver are published in Petitions for Patent Waiver (NASA Handbook NHB 5500.1A) and are hereby incorporated by reference. They are available for purchase from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

Subpart 7-General Information

§ 1201.700 NASA Procurement Program.

(a) The Procurement Office, headed by the Director of Procurement, who is responsible to the Assistant Administrator for Industry Affairs (§ 1201.203 (c)), serves as a central point of control and contact for NASA procurements. Although the procurements may be made by the field installations, contracts in excess of specific dollar amounts or contracts for various special type services are required to be approved by the Director of Procurement prior to their execution. The Procurement Office is also responsible for formulation of NASA procurement policies and provides overall assistance and guidance to NASA field installations to achieve uniformity in NASA procurement processes.

(b) The NASA procurement program is carried out principally at the NASA field installations listed in § 1201.300. The Assistant Administrator for Special Contracts Negotiation and Review (§ 1201.203 (d)) is responsible for negotiation and review of certain assigned contracts that involve new policy or administrative arrangements requiring consideration or decision by the Administrator or Deputy Administrator. The Headquarters Contracts Division is responsible for contracts with foreign governments and foreign commercial organizations, and the procurement of materials and services required by Headquarters offices except for minor office supplies and services procured locally. The Office of University Affairs (§ 1201.203 (f)) is responsible for grants and research contracts with scientific and educational nonprofit institutions.

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