PREFERRED / CORE / MANDATORY TECHNICAL STANDARDS PROCESS FOR CITING ON CONTRACTS ( PRELIMINARY )

1. PREFERRED / CORE / MANDATORY TECHNICAL STANDARDS PROCESS FOR CITING ON CONTRACTS (PRELIMINARY) Start LEGEND: ITA: Centralized Agency-Level Independent Technical Authority—NESC ITEA: Center-Level Independent Technical Engineering Authority Voluntary Consensus Standards Adopted by NASA NASA-Developed Standards Codes AE, AO, Q NASA PREFERRED TECHNICAL STANDARDS (Maintained by NASA Technical Standards Program [NTSP]) No NESC, in Conjunction with the *NTSP Office, Recommend Core Standards OTHER TECHNICAL STANDARDS (Center-, Program/Project Developed) (Maintained by NTSP and Various Document Owners) EMB Concurs; NASA Chief Engineer Approves No Yes Yes CORE STANDARDS (Maintained by NTSP) ** Technical Team Review Mandatory for Consideration on Programs/Projects Engineering Directorate, with Program/Project Concurrence, Determines to Cite on Contracts/ As Program/Project Requirements No Cite with Proposed Tailoring? *The NTSP Office will identify standards in development and approved standards, and assist in the establishment of Technical Discipline Working Groups and Topic Working Groups. Tailoring Approved by ITEA/ITA Yes ** Rationale for negative position by ITEA/ITA provided to NTSPO for information relative to standard development and update. Use As-Is Use As-Is PROGRAM/PROJECT MANDATORY STANDARDS NASA Technical Standards Program 01/14/2004 Notify NTSP Office for Trending