[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1214.505]

[Page 124-125]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart 1214.5_Mission Critical Space System Personnel Reliability 
                                 Program
 
Sec. 1214.505  Program implementation.

    (a) The Director of each NASA Installation will designate mission 
critical space systems areas.
    (b) NASA installations will identify positions/duties subject to 
this regulation and will identify all civil service and contractor 
personnel assigned to these positions/duties. The number of persons so 
identified must be the absolute minimum necessary to meet operational 
requirements.
    (c) Each NASA installation to which this regulation is applicable 
will establish:
    (1) A suitability certification system including a designated 
certifying official to ensure that the screening requirements of this 
regulation are met. Adjudication Guidelines (Attachment B of NMI 
8610.13) \5\ provides a baseline for each installation to consider in 
formulating a certification approach. The screening/evaluation plans and 
procedures formulated at each installation will be approved by 
Headquarters (Office of Safety and Mission Quality (Code Q) and 
appropriate Program Associate Administrators) before implementation.
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    \5\ See footnote 1 to Sec. 1214.502(e).
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    (2) A management review process to validate the objectivity of 
individual suitability certification determinations and to ensure that 
reassignments or other personnel actions taken pursuant to this 
regulation are fair and in consonance with applicable personnel policies 
and procedures.
    (3) An adequate training program for certifying officials, 
supervisors, adjudicators, and other installation personnel approved by 
Headquarters Code Q before implementation.
    (4) Each NASA installation will maintain a roster of installation 
adjudicators. Directors of the Installations will approve appointment of 
adjudicators.
    (d) Supervisors will:
    (1) Review for reliability and nominate personnel whose duties 
require certification under the PRP.
    (2) Certify that the PRP candidate holds current licenses, skill 
training certificates, and other documentation issued as required by 
applicable directives.
    (3) Brief PRP candidates and rebrief PRP personnel on the needs and 
intent of the PRP.
    (4) Monitor and continually evaluate personnel for steady reliable 
performance and notify the certifying official if changes occur which 
may compromise the safety and reliability of mission critical space 
systems.
    (e) NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Quality (Code Q) 
will act as the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for PRP policy 
and oversight (periodic review). The certification of Headquarters 
personnel will be carried out by the Office of Headquarters Operations 
(Code D) in accordance with Sec. 1214.505 of this part.
    (f) Foreign representatives requiring access to mission critical 
space systems or having the need to assume mission critical positions/
duties (as defined in Sec. 1214.502 of this part) pursuant to 
international agreements also require certification under this program. 
NASA will accept certifications from foreign agencies following review 
under the NASA Headquarters process (Sec. 1214.505(e) of this part), if 
a written agreement has been reached with the foreign sponsoring agency 
whereby NASA recognizes the foreign agency's process as equivalent to 
its own. Such agreements will be negotiated by the International 
Relations Division (Code XI) with the concurrence of the NASA 
Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Quality (Code Q) and the 
Program Office responsible for the program to which such access is 
sought. The intent of the certification process is that foreign 
personnel are screened as thoroughly as are U.S. citizens who have

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access to mission critical space systems areas or who have the need to 
assume mission critical duties.
    (g) NASA will accept certifications from other Federal agenices, 
departments, and offices following review under the NASA Headquarters 
process (Section 1214.505(e) of this part), if a written agreement has 
been reached whereby NASA recognizes that process as equivalent to its 
own. Such agreements will be negotiated by the NASA Headquarters Office 
of Safety and Mission Quality (Code Q) and the Program Office 
responsible for the program to which such access is sought. A security 
clearance to access classified material is not sufficient to meet the 
certification requirements of this regulation.