1.5: Information and Collaboration

Enhance mission success by providing efficient and effective access to enterprise information and collaborative functionality.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 established NASA and provided the mandate for the Agency to “provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof.” NASA’s mission statement released in February 2011 carries this enduring theme, stating that “…what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.” We must enable participants in NASA’s mission to easily create, collect, share, discover, exchange information, and guarantee the source, quality, authenticity, and integrity of information throughout its lifecycle. These aims must be balanced with affordability and the increasing need for privacy protection and integrated records management practices. The Scientific and Technical Information (STI) program exemplifies an important component of the Agency’s open information sharing, by informing the public of NASA technology that is successfully made available and commercialized through the private sector, benefitting global competition and the economy.

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