Sec. 523. Review of FAA use of aerospace safety data
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall enter into an appropriate arrangement with a qualified third-party organization or consortium to evaluate the Administration’s collection, collation, analysis, and use of aerospace data across the Administration. In completing the evaluation under subsection (a), the qualified third-party organization or consortium shall— seek the input of experts in data analytics, including at least 1 expert in the commercial data services or analytics solutions sector; consult with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Transportation Research Board; and consult with appropriate federally funded research and development centers, to the extent that such centers are not already involved in the evaluation.
In completing the evaluation under subsection (a), the qualified third-party organization or consortium shall— compile a list of internal and external sources, databases, and streams of information the Administration receives or has access to that provide the Administration with operational or safety information and data about the national airspace system, its users, and other regulated entities of the Administration; review data sets to determine completeness and accuracy of relevant information; identify gaps in information that the Administration could fill through sharing agreements, partnerships, or other means that would add value during safety trend analysis; assess the Administration’s capabilities, including analysis systems and workforce skillsets, to analyze relevant data and information to make informed decisions; review data and information for proper storage, identification controls, and data privacy— as required by law; and consistent with best practices for data collection, storage, and use; review the format of such data and identify methods to improve the usefulness of such data; assess internal and external access to data for— appropriateness based on data type and level of detail; proper data access protocols and precautions; and maximizing availability of safety-related data that could support the improvement of safety management systems of and trend identification by regulated entities and the Administration; examine the collation and dissemination of data within offices and between offices of the Administration; review and recommend improvements to the data analysis techniques of the Administration; and recommend investments the Administration should consider to better collect, manage, and analyze data sets, including within and between offices of the Administration.
The Administration shall provide the qualified third-party organization or consortium and the experts described in subsection
(b)with adequate access to safety and operational data collected by and held by the agency across all offices of the Administration, except if specific access is otherwise prohibited by law. Prior to participating in the review, the Administrator shall ensure that each person participating in the evaluation under this section enters into an agreement with the Administrator in which the person shall be prohibited from disclosing at any time, except as required by law, to any person, foreign or domestic, any non-public information made accessible to the federally funded research and development center under this section. The qualified third-party organization or consortium carrying out the evaluation under this section shall provide a report of the findings of the center to the Administrator and include recommendations to improve the Administration’s collection, collation, analysis, and use of aerospace data, including recommendations to— improve data access across offices within the Administration, as necessary, to support efficient execution of safety analysis and programs across such offices; improve data storage best practices; develop or refine methods for collating data from multiple administration and industry sources; and procure or use available analytics tools to draw conclusions and identify previously unrecognized trends or miscategorized risks in the aviation system, particularly when identification of such information requires the analysis of multiple sets of data from multiple sources. Not later than 6 months after the receipt of the report under subsection (f), the Administrator shall review, develop an implementation plan, and begin the implementation of the recommendations received in such report. The qualified third-party organization or consortium that conducted the initial evaluation, and any experts who contributed to such evaluation pursuant to subsection (b)(1), shall provide regular feedback and advice to the Administrator on the implementation plan developed under subsection
(g)and any implementation activities for at least 2 years beginning on the date of the receipt of the report under subsection (f). The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the report described in subsection
(f)and the implementation plan described in subsection (g). Consistent with section 132 of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act ( Public Law 116–260 ), the Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator, may further harmonize data and sources following the implementation of recommendations contained in the report required under subsection (g).
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