EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-32

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

Secretary of Defense; program manager and authorized contracting officer for contractual rights/challenges

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-32 · Technical data & sustainment

Obtain and enforce technical-data rights for competition, repair and integration

Acquire negotiated data rights, enforce federally funded rights, challenge unsupported restrictions, and use specified private-data exceptions for emergency repair or integration.

What this is not / limit: Private-expense data generally protected; statutory exceptions and negotiated rights are not ownership of all contractor IP.

Executing role: Warranted contracting officer and program manager

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; program manager and authorized contracting officer for contractual rights/challenges

Eligibility gate

  • Assess development funding, data category, contract deliverables and actual rights.
  • FY26 §805 requires distinguishing missing contract-required data from additional desired data and negotiating options/licenses/escrow for the latter.

Funding condition

  • Purchase/license additional rights where necessary; funding does not automatically erase private rights.

All recorded limits

  • Private-expense data generally protected; statutory exceptions and negotiated rights are not ownership of all contractor IP.
  • Data-rights license and actual delivery/access are separate requirements; follow restriction-challenge procedures.
Licensing & IP
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

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