Description

There are a lot of data available from a variety of private sources. There are many variations of terms offered by these data providers. Some are permissive of all internal uses; others have restrictive clauses that prevent public agencies from internally sharing data for different purposes. Additionally, some prevent the publication or presentation of the data externally to the public and outside stakeholders completely; others require advanced approval.

Public agencies on the other hand have broad public access laws that leads to the following issues:

• How to fulfill contractual obligations while being true to existing laws?
• What are the impacts of not having such data for transportation applications?
• How should RFPs and contracts be structured to be true to the letter and spirit of both existing laws and data contracts?

Objective

Potential research questions:

• Are there standard terms that can be developed that define this type of data use case between agencies, practicioners or consultants, and stakeholders? With a standard, guidance/examples could be provided for permitted and non-permitted activities. For example, x, y, and z types of graphics are allowed without advanced approval if the graphics satisfy a, b, and c requirements.

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