NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG)
World Wide Web Policy
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Headquarters/Code W maintains a
World Wide Web Home Page. It is located on a server at the URL:
http://oig.nasa.gov/
This web site contains material on the full range of OIG activities,
including: the OIG mission; information about the different disciplines:
audits, investigations, inspections and assessments, and partnerships and
alliances; a method to submit electronic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
requests; access links to other NASA and Government resource locations;
news releases; OIG recruitment information; various OIG reports and
publications; and information on any topic related to OIG programs or
activities.
NASA WEB POLICY
Policy for NASA Information Published Over the Internet
The Internet is a fundamental tool for NASA Science, research and
education, as well as a ubiquitous media for global information
dissemination and access. NASA fully uses the Internet where feasible,
including as a mechanism for making NASA-acquired data resources broadly
available to the public.
When information about NASA activities, missions, organizations,
publications, etc. is posted on the Internet via NASA "servers" for public
access, using World Wide Web, Gopher, or other Internet information service,
there must be clear Accountability for the contents of the information
displayed. Descriptions, images, etc. representing the products of any
NASA entity must be accompanied, to the best extent possible, by an
identification of the NASA official responsible for that entity. A
"NASA Center Home Page", for example, should identify the Center
Director or appropriate designate, such as that Center's Public Affairs
Office; displays of mission-acquired Science data should reference the
Project Manager or designate, such as the mission's data/operations
manager or project scientist.
It is important that information made publicly available over the
Internet by NASA personnel be properly supported, maintained, and validated
by the cognizant NASA organization, to ensure integrity and authenticity
of that information. It is a responsibility of NASA management at any level
to ensure that NASA is appropriately represented to the public and to the
world on this Information Superhighway. This Accountability is independent
of the creative flexibility available to Web designers, and recognizes
the rapidly changing technologies and techniques used to implement these
Internet information services, including the evolving standards and
interfaces for indexing, displaying, and organizing multi-media data.
This policy applies to all NASA computers in the "nasa.gov" domain.
To implement this policy, the names of both the Web Curator and, where
applicable, the accountable NASA official/organization should appear in
the signature line at the bottom of any Web Page presenting NASA-sourced
information. For example:
Web Curator: x.xxxxx@host.center.nasa.gov
Responsible NASA organization/official: Dr. Y.Yyyyy, ZZZ Project
Each name should contain enough information so the public can contact
the Web Curator or the accountable NASA Official. This may be done
directly via the identifying signature, via links to expanded details
(e.g.: full name, title, organization, postal mail address, telephones,
etc.), or via other means.
It is further suggested that Internet-based publications by non-NASA
organizations display a disclaimer indicating that their use of
NASA material is not official.
Tony Villasenor
Program Manager, NASA Science Internet
(updated Nov. 1994)
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