step icon Step 5 | Data Grab? Think Twice About It

Do not procure all the data just to have all the data

Court of Federal Claim, Case No. 17 2018C, contractor stated, “The Government Purpose Rights data comprise more than 1,600 terabytes of information an amount so vast that X contractor had to ship them to the Navy on large Network Attached Storage Unites. (For perspective, if these data were in the form of single spaced MS Word documents in 12 point font which they were not a single terabyte of data would comprise approximately 86 million papers of these MS Word documents.) These data describe the flight performance of the X 47B during each of the test flights, and the Navy may reveal them to anyone it pleases. These enormous quantities of data are not in dispute in this suit.”

Only procure the data that is necessary and proper for the life cycle of the system based on the Program Strategies (Acquisition Strategy and Life Cycle Sustainment Plan)