Guidance for NOAA Commercial Data Buys

The Guidance for NOAA Commercial Data Buys lays out the considerations, best practices, and guidelines by which NOAA programs and offices should consider when engaging with the commercial sector on commercial data buy opportunities from all sources that contribute to environmental intelligence. The guidance in the document should not be considered policy, but is a framework document intended to ensure consistency across the agency when working with commercial data providers to maintain high fidelity of NOAA services.

The current version of this document is version 1.0

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Please send any comments on this document to the NOAA Chief Data Officer, Tony LaVoi at tony.lavoi@noaa.gov.

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Version History

Version 1.0       Approved August 15, 2024