Feb 14, 2024
Ames Research Center Directives
A public listing of Ames Research Center’s policies and procedures.
Ames Research Center Directives
Aerial view of the buildings that make up the Ames Research Center (ARC) campus from 2012.
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Ames Policy Directives – (APD)
- APD 1280.1 – Ames Quality Management System (PDF)
- APD 1450.11 – NASA Mail Management Program
- APD 1600.6 – Workplace Violence Prevention Program Policy
- APD 1760.1 – Certifying Test Facilities for Human Occupancy
- APD 3000.1 – Delegations of Authority-Personnel
- APD 4060.1 – Control of Returnable Containers
- APD 4530.1 – Item Shipment Policies and Procedures
- APD 5000.1 – Delegations of Authority/Approval for Procurement Matters
- APD 5101.1 – Requirements for Legal of Procurement Matters
- APD 7120.6 – Ames Research Center Knowledge Management Policy
- APD 7120.8 – Project Core Requirements
- APD 8000.1 – Ames Policy for Proposal Authorization, Review, Approval, and Archiving
- APD 8500.1 – Ames Environmental Policy
- APD 8700.1 – Problem, Nonconformance, Preventative and Corrective Action Management Policy
- APD 8735.3 – Verification of Product/Service Conformance to Requirements
- APD 8800.1 – Real Property Management
- APD 8800.5 – Space Assignment and Management
- APD 8810.1 – Mechanical/Equipment Rooms
- APD 8812.1 – NASA Research Park Office
- APD 8822.2 – Roof Access and Safety
- APD 8829.1 – Construction Permit
- APD 8835.1 – Landscape Planting and Grooming
- APD 9730.1 – Travel Voucher and Travel Card Delinquency Policy
Ames Procedural Requirements – (APR)
- APR 1120.1 – Ames Safety & Mission Assurance Technical Authority, and Health and Medical Technical Authority
- APR 1120.2 – Ames Engineering Technical Authority
- APR 1280.4 – Ames Quality Management System (AQMS) Requirements
- APR 1440.1 – Records Management Program Requirements
- APR 1465.1 – Mail Management and Shipping Procedures
- APR 1600.5 – ARC Traffic Management Plan, Rules, Regulations, and Vehicle Codes
- APR 1740.1 – Airworthiness and Flight Safety
- APR 2815.3 – IT Cable Plant and Equipment Access Controls
- APR 2815.5 – Ames Research Center End User Policy for IT Resources
- APR 2815.8 – IT Governance
- APR 4101.1 – Management of Large Shipping Containers and Contents
- APR 4102.1 – Supply and Materials Management
- APR 5100.1 – Purchasing/Procurement Initiator’s Guide
- APR 6410.1 – Material Control, Handling, Preservation and Protection
- APR 7100.1 – Management of Basic and Applied Research
- APR 7100.10 – Curation of Institutional Scientific Collections, Requirements for Curation of Non-human Biological Specimens
- APR 7120.3 – Development and Operation of Center Critical Facilities and Infrastructure
- APR 7120.5 – Program & Project Mgmt Requirements for Space Flight Systems
- APR 7120.51 – Program/Project Reviews for Space Flight
- APR 7120.52 – Program/Project Cost Estimating for Space Flight Systems
- APR 7123.1 – Systems Engineering Process Requirements Implementation
- APR 7150.2 – Ames Software Engineering Requirements
- APR 8000.4 – Risk Management Process Requirements
- APR 8553.1 – Ames Environmental Mgmt System
- APR 8705.1 – System Safety and Mission Assurance
- APR 8715.1 – Ames Health & Safety Procedural Requirements
- APR 8715.1 Ch 8 – Laser, Microwave, and Other Nonionizing Radiation Safety
- APR 8715.1 Ch 41 – Animals in the Workplace
- APR 8715.1 Ch 42 – Safety Lanes, Barricades, Hazard Labeling and Posting, Temporary Traffic Disruption and Road Closures
- APR 8715.1 Ch 49 – Laboratory Decommissioning Procedure
- APR 8715.4 – Standards for Scientific Diving
- APR 8730.1 – Metrology/Calibration
- APR 8730.3 – Ames Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Control Process
- APR 8735.1 – Procedures for Preparation and Handling of NASA Advisories and Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) Alerts, Safe Alerts and Problem Advisories
- APR 8735.2 – Deviation/Waiver (D/W) Process
- APR 8735.3 – Control of Nonconforming Products and Services
- APR 8739.10 – Ames Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts Control Requirements
- APR 8822.1 – NASA Research Park Design Review Program
- APR 8829.1 – Construction Permit Process (PDF)
