Description / Abstract:
Introduction
The DoD established uniform policies and procedures for the
procurement of technical date and management of data programs. This
was accomplished with the release, of Department of Defense
Instruction (DODI) 5010.12, Management of Technical Data" dated
December 5, 1968. DODI 5010.12 provided guidelines to determine the
intended use of data and established data requirements on the basis
of their use, exercised selectivity to prevent acquisition of
necessary data, sat a course toward determination of data costs and
justification of data requirements, and established technical data
reviews on selected contracts each year.
The provisions of this instruction have been applied by the
Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Defense Logistics
Agency, and most other DOD components which procure technical data
and information.
Requirements for data management are directed for implementation
by the DoD. They are first issued as a directive, by the Secretary
of Defense. Instructions are then issued at the Assistant Secretary
level. Regulations are then issued by the DoD components and
Implementing regulations are prepared by the various commands.
Data is acquired during all phases of a program and is used to
maintain visibility, control programs, make decisions, define a
design; and to produce, support, operate, maintain, and display
defense material. Data also supports research, engineering
development, production, cataloging, procurement, training,
deployment, maintenance, and related logistics functions.
The tern "data" includes all administrative, management,
financial, scientific, engineering, and logistics information that
are generated during performance of a contract.
For this guide sad for clarity, data acquired from a contractor
via a DD Form 1423 Contract Data Requirements Li.t (CERL), (Figure
1—1), as a part of system/equipment procurements are essentially
anything other than hardware, firmware, or computer programs
depicted by Figure 1—2. Th. term "technical data" i further defined
in Federal Acquisition Regulations (PAR) 27b0l