Title 14

SECTION 1204.303

1204.303 Public access to effective guidance documents.

§ 1204.303 Public access to effective guidance documents.

The NASA responsible office issuing guidance documents shall:

(a) Ensure all effective guidance documents, identified by a unique identifier which includes, at a minimum, the document's title and date of issuance or revision and its RIN, if applicable, are on its website in a single, searchable, indexed database, and available to the public in accordance with § 1204.309;

(b) Note on its website that guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract;

(c) Advertise on its website where the public can comment electronically on any guidance documents that are subject to the notice-and-comment procedures described in § 1204.308 and to submit requests electronically for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of guidance documents. Guidance documents subject to the notice-and-comment procedures, but not published on the Agency's website, will be rescinded; and

(d) Designate an office to receive and address complaints from the public that NASA is not following the requirements of OMB's Good Guidance Bulletin or is improperly treating a guidance document as a binding requirement.