[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1213.104]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1213--RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO NEWS AND INFORMATION MEDIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1213.104  Procedures for news release coordination and concurrence.

    (a) General. All organizational elements of NASA involved in 
preparing and issuing NASA news releases are responsible for proper 
coordination and obtaining concurrences and clearances prior to issuance 
of the news release. Such coordination will be accomplished through the 
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, NASA Headquarters.
    (b) Headquarters-field. (1) The Headquarters Office of Public 
Affairs will release information after obtaining all necessary 
concurrences and clearances from the appropriate Program or other 
Headquarters Office. Field Installations will obtain clearances from the 
appropriate Institutional Program or other Headquarters Office.
    (2) Headquarters issuance of a news release bearing on a Field 
Installation will be coordinated with the Installation through the 
appropriate Institutional Program Office/Public Affairs Office, 
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, or Director, Media Services 
Division. If Headquarters is the issuing Agency for a release for which 
the primary source is an Installation, the Office of Public Affairs will 
keep the Installation fully informed.
    (3) If the Office of Public Affairs changes, delays, or cancels a 
release proposed for issuance by a Field Installation, the Installation 
and the appropriate Institutional Program Office affected will be 
notified of the reasons for the action.
    (c) Field-other. A release originating in one field installation 
that involves the activities of another installation (including 
Headquarters) will not be issued until the concurrences of all 
installations and appropriate Institutional Program Offices concerned 
have been obtained. The originating installation is responsible for 
arranging a mutually acceptable release time.
    (d) Simultaneous release. Where a release is to be simultaneously 
issued, whether by Headquarters, a field installation, industry-NASA, or 
university-NASA, it will be so stated on the news release. Simultaneous 
release will be coordinated by the Headquarters Director, Media Services 
Division.
    (e) Date lines. Out-of-town date lines will not be used on releases 
issued by Headquarters except in the case of an advance release of a 
speech text intended for regional distribution in the area where the 
speech will be delivered.
    (f) Exchange of releases. All Agency releases will be exchanged 
electronically with all field installations by the Headquarters 
newsroom. The full text of important releases, regardless of source, 
which may generate unusual interest and queries shall be sent by 
electronic mail or telephoned to all interested installations and 
Headquarters in advance of release time to enable public information 
officers to respond intelligently to queries arising locally.

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    (g) Exchange of communication activities. All field installations 
will exchange information with the appropriate Headquarters Public 
Affairs Officers concerning news events and releases. Immediate 
notification will be made to Headquarters and any impacted installation 
of events or situations that will make news, particularly of a negative 
nature.
    (h) The requirements of this section do not apply to the Office of 
Inspector General regarding IG activities.

[52 FR 45936, Dec. 3, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 66787, Dec. 26, 1991]