EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-29

Warranted contracting officer and program manager

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Military-department authorities spending eligible supply-procurement funds

Executing office · routing lead

Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-29 · Intellectual property & technology transfer

Buy patents, copyrights, software, technical data and infringement releases

Acquire ownership/licensing rights, technical/design/process data and software useful to military-department supplies or processes, including releases for past infringement.

What this is not / limit: Buying an item does not automatically buy its IP, source code or manufacturing data.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Military-department authorities spending eligible supply-procurement funds

Eligibility gate

  • Acquisition relates to supplies/processes produced, used or useful to the military department.
  • Negotiate precise data, patent, copyright and software rights needed.

Funding condition

  • Appropriations available for making or procuring supplies may be used.

All recorded limits

  • Buying an item does not automatically buy its IP, source code or manufacturing data.
  • Release of past claims is distinct from unrestricted future commercial exploitation.
Licensing & IP
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
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Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.