In FY22, Robert Nobles launched an effort to review and improve the management of data use agreements (DUAs) through a process improvement initiative lead by the ORA Strategic Operations (Dragon) Team. The OTT team is pleased to announce that effort to improve DUAs has led to the creation/expansion of an electronic submission process that reduces data entry, additional resources, improved data capture, and a more streamlined process for handling these agreements.
Beginning January 3rd, 2023 all outgoing DUAs will be handled through the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT). OTT already processes incoming and bilateral DUAs, as well as all Materials Transfer Agreements (MTAs), but the schools had historically been responsible for handling their own outgoing DUAs. Through the support of the CBOs from RSPH, SON, SOM, and ECAS, it was collectively determined that outgoing DUAs should be managed and processed along with other DUAs in OTT.
OTT is expanding its contractConnect Portal to handle the submission of these agreements. OTT would appreciate your efforts to address the questions in the portal when submitting a request to share data as they are designed to capture all relevant information to avoid confusion and delays in completing these agreements. The portal will place your information directly into the OTT database and save staff time by reducing data entry/errors.