Federal Register #2026-21964

FAA protection of voluntarily submitted USAST aviation safety information

The Federal Aviation Administration is protecting certain voluntarily shared aviation safety information from disclosure. - Government entity: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), within the U.S. Department of Transportation. - Program: U.S. Aviation Safety Team (USAST). - Scope of protection: Qualifying meeting materials, submitted safety issues, analyses, risk assessments, and information about voluntary safety enhancements. - Covered contributors: Non-FAA USAST members, aviation community safety teams, and USAST-chartered workgroups. - Purpose and duration: The protection is intended to encourage voluntary information sharing to identify and reduce aviation safety risks; it is indefinite, subject to exceptions described in the notice. - Procurement status: This is a disclosure-protection notice, not a request to purchase products or services. No OEMs, vendors, products, quantities, or part numbers are identified.

Description

The Federal Aviation Administration affirms its order designating certain voluntarily submitted U.S. Aviation Safety Team (USAST) information as protected from disclosure under 49 U.S.C. 40123 and 14 CFR part 193. Protected information includes safety and security issues, meeting materials, analyses, risk assessments, and information about implementing voluntary safety enhancements. The designation applies to information provided by non-FAA USAST members, aviation community safety teams, and USAST-chartered workgroups, and is intended to encourage voluntary information sharing to support aviation safety. The protection is indefinite, subject to specified exceptions described in the notice.

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