Items 1 to 3: request details
Name of requesting agency, date, and agency internal control number if required.
SF282
Mandatory Title Check
- Agency
- GSA
- Revision
- Rev. April 1979
- Fillable fields
- 17
- Pages
- 2
- Official source
- GSA form page
- Checked
- October 20, 2026
Standard Form 282 (SF 282): Mandatory Title Check
Standard Form 282 (SF 282), Mandatory Title Check, is prescribed by GSA, FPMR (41 CFR 101-1 1.1304), as printed in its footer, April 1979 edition. GSA hosts it in its forms library. The header says to complete it for each planned production in accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular (A114).
A requesting federal agency fills in its name, the date, an internal control number if required, a contact person, and the intended subject and specific elements of the planned production. The National Audiovisual Center (NAC) completes items 8 through 12 and returns the form, either saying it found no productions that meet the request or enclosing information on productions that may be appropriate, along with a Common Data Base (CDB) search number.
The back reprints an excerpt from the Federal Register, August 1, 1978, on Section 101-11.1304, Centralized audiovisual services. You can fill it out free in your browser on this page and download the result without an account.
What's on SF 282
Item 4: agency contact
Name and title, telephone number with area code and an FTS or commercial checkbox, and address including ZIP code.
Item 5: intended subject
The broad and specific subject. The excerpt gives sociology and rehabilitation as broad examples, and recreational therapy nursing and patient care as specific ones.
Item 6: specific or unique elements
Intended audiences, techniques, regulations and similar elements. The excerpt gives nursing home administrators as an audience example.
Items 8 and 9: NAC search result
NAC checks whether it was unable to locate any productions that meet the request or has enclosed information on productions that may be appropriate, and gives a Common Data Base (CDB) search number.
Items 10 to 12: NAC dates and signature
Date received by NAC, date mailed by NAC, and the signature of the person who completed the form.
The front has numbered items for the requesting agency and for NAC. The back reprints the regulation.
How to complete SF 282
- 1
Fill in items 1 to 4
Enter the requesting agency, the date, any internal control number and the contact person. The excerpt asks for the agency or department, bureau or office, and division or branch.
- 2
Describe the subject in item 5
Give the intended subject, broad and specific, as in the examples on the back of the form.
- 3
List specific elements in item 6
Add intended audiences, techniques, regulations or other unique elements of the planned production.
- 4
Send copies 1 and 2
The header says to complete and return copies 1 and 2 to NTIS - Room 1008, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
- 5
NAC completes and returns it
The form says NAC will complete items 8 through 12 and return it to the requesting agency.
- 6
Use the CDB number
If the agency continues with the planned production, the form says to include the CDB number in Box 2 of Standard Form 202 when reporting the production to NAC.
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Where it goes and what the form says
Return address on the front
Copies 1 and 2 go to NTIS - Room 1008, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
Address in the excerpt on the back
The Federal Register excerpt says to forward the request to the National Audiovisual Center (NAC), General Services Administration, Attn: Mandatory Title Check, Washington, DC 20409. The front and back print different addresses.
Why the check exists
The excerpt says agencies request information about the availability of similar products in an attempt to reduce duplication of effort.
Authority
The footer prints Prescribed by GSA, FPMR (41 CFR 101-1 1.1304). GSA's page lists GSA FPMR (41 CFR 101-1 1.1304) as the authority.
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Who uses SF 282?
This is an internal form between federal agencies and the National Audiovisual Center, not a form the public files.
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Questions about Form SF282
Who issues SF 282?
The footer says it is prescribed by GSA, FPMR (41 CFR 101-1 1.1304), April 1979 edition. GSA hosts it in its forms library.
Who completes SF 282?
A requesting federal agency fills in items 1 to 6. The form says the National Audiovisual Center will complete items 8 through 12 and return it to the requesting agency.
Where does SF 282 go?
The header says to return copies 1 and 2 to NTIS - Room 1008, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. The excerpt on the back names the National Audiovisual Center, General Services Administration, Attn: Mandatory Title Check, Washington, DC 20409.
What is the CDB number for?
The form says the Common Data Base (CDB) search number is assigned if the agency decides to continue with its planned production, and goes in Box 2 of Standard Form 202, Federal Audiovisual Production Report.
Why do agencies send a title check?
The excerpt on the back says agencies contact NAC about the availability of similar products in an attempt to reduce duplication of effort.