Information Law is one of several AGC foundational legal practice areas, and a legal expert for the FAA in all matters relating to information law, including the provision of legal counsel, training, and litigation services that fall under 400’s legal portfolio. The FAA’s safety mission is data-driven, and AGC-400 provides legal guidance and roadmaps for how the Agency manages and safeguards the data and information it generates, collects, maintains, and shares across the FAA’s LOBs and SOs and with interagency partners, industry, stakeholders and the public-at-large. AGC-400 also serves as the backbone to FAA-grown/sponsored outward innovation and the integration of emerging technology.
The Information Law Division consists of three legal teams: 1) Information Law; 2) Information and Registry Management Law Team; and 3) Innovation, Integration, and Intellectual Property Law Team. The Information Law Team and Information and Registry Management Law Team address legal issues related to information governance, including but not limited to, privacy, information security, information collection, records management, data-sharing, transparency laws, and advisory committees. The Information Law Team also addresses legal issues concerning the FAA’s Voluntary Safety Reporting arising out of the FAA’s legal authority under 49 USC §§ 40123 and 44735, and the integration of new technology (such as generative artificial intelligence) into the FAA’s infrastructure. The Information and Registry Management Law Team also provides legal advice and services in aircraft and airmen registration, including, but not limited to, issuing legal opinions on registration applications and legal instruments filed in support of registration, and the proper handling of such information. The Innovation, Integration, and Intellectual Property Team represents the FAA in research and development, emergent and emerging technology, and new entrant procurements, contracts, grants, and agreements which encompass intellectual property, data sharing, Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems, cyber-security, and other areas. The Team also supports the FAA’s innovation through cooperative research and development agreements, patents, outbound licensing, trademarks, data rights strategy, and other intellectual property issues (e.g., copyrights).
Last updated: Monday, May 20, 2024