PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR DIGITAL DATA PROVIDED
BY THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
This Agreement outlines the recommended terms for
purchase of digital data and/or digital data products provided by the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (herein EOEA), located
at 251 Causeway Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02114.
AUTHORITY
The legal authority for EOEA to recover and retain fees for
the distribution of data under the terms of this Purchase Agreement is
G.L.M.
Chapter 240, Section 2C, line 2001-1001 of the Acts of 1989 wherein
EOEA is authorized to render "data processing services to state agencies,
authorities and units of government within the Commonwealth" and to distribute
"digital cartographic and other data". The fee schedule for the distribution
of digital data and digital data products is established in Chapter
653, section 138, of the 'Budget Control and Reform Act of 1989'.
JUSTIFICATION AND PURPOSE
EOEA administers, supervises and/or funds a variety of regulatory
and management programs that are important to the environmental resources
of the Commonwealth. EOEA and its agencies manage the Environmental Affairs
Data Center, the MassGIS and several other environmental information system
units which support their information management needs. It is the policy
of EOEA to provide to its agencies, and other agencies, authorities and
units of government and the private sector within the Commonwealth access
to data and data processing services which will enhance the quality of
environmental regulatory, management and resource decisions. It is the
expressed intent of the General Court that EOEA should recover some of
the costs associated with the provision of data and data processing services.
USE OF DATA PROVIDED BY EOEA
Data purchased from EOEA are part of the public record and
subject to all the provisions of the Public Records Law. However, data
provided by EOEA are intended for the use of the receiving agency, organization
or individual. Re-distribution of the data by receiving agency without
notification to EOEA is discouraged. EOEA suggests that recieving agencies,
when possible, refer other parties interested in obtaining EOEA data directly
to MassGIS. This recommendation is made in an effort to maintain data currency
and ensure that data are correctly documented for the eventual user.
All maps or other documents produced using data or data products supplied
through this agreement should contain a data source credit, prominently
displayed, such as "source data supplied by the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs, MassGIS."
EOEA suggests that the purchasing agency, organization or individual
employ using the data, attach or release a statement which includes the
following.
"These digital data represent the efforts of the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and its agencies to compile or
record information from the cited source materials. EOEA maintains an ongoing
program to record and correct errors in these data that are brought to
its attention. EOEA makes no claims as to the absolute validity or reliability
of these data or their fitness for any particular use. EOEA maintains records
regarding all methods used to collect and process these digital data and
will disclose this information upon request."
For more details on fee requirements
please see the MassGIS Data Distribution Policy.
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