COMDTINST 4105.2 governs Coast Guard technical data management policy, including how technical data is acquired, controlled, maintained, and disposed of.
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The publication addresses technical data plans, data rights, life-cycle support, total ownership cost, operational availability, and technical data protection. It requires technical data requirements analysis to optimize the versatility, flexibility, quality, accuracy, and ease of use of technical data.
Technical data is recorded information (regardless of the form or method of recording) of a scientific or technical nature (including computer software documentation but not software itself) necessary to acquire, operate, and sustain an asset or other Coast Guard materiel. (paragraph 4)
Financial, management, tactical operations data (e.g., sensor readings and communications), personnel data, and other business and administrative data are not technical data. (paragraph 4)
TDM requires that acquisition and sustainment contracts address the technical data needed to support the asset from development to disposal. (paragraph 4)
Provide the standard format, structure, and requirements necessary to produce technical data that accurately defines physical and functional characteristics. (paragraph 4)
Technical data is the basis of all operation and maintenance activities. (paragraph 4)