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.
NASA
Ames Policy Directives – (APD)
- APD 1020.4 – Flags Policy for Deceased Employees and Non-US Flags
- APD 1280.1 – Ames Quality Management System
- 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 3451.1 – Ames Incentive Awards Program
- APD 3713.2 – Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity
- 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 1000.1 – Ames Formal Dissent Process
- 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 3713.1 – Reasonable Accommodation Procedures
- 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 5100.2 – Selection of Proposal Partners
- 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 8500.1 – Ames Environmental Procedural 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 8715.4 – 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
