DATA SCOPE

DATA SCOPE. All data transferred for LifeTracks shall flow to the third-party contractor in accordance with applicable SLDS Governing Board rules, regulations, policies and procedures and in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. A. Individual governmental entities shall transfer data to the third-party contractor for inclusion in LifeTracks that includes: 1. All data transferred as part of the development of LifeTracks as specified in individual data dictionaries for each data stakeholder; 2. All data required to meet the 12 elements of the America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69); 3. Data necessary to provide decision makers a tool to develop policies to support objectives. 4. All data necessary for the successful continuation, management, and development of the online reporting portal (www.lifetracks.ms.gov); and 5. All data required to fulfill authorized ad hoc research and reporting requests. B. In an effort to maintain the highest degree of accuracy, LifeTracks shall adopt the business rules, logic, and calculation methodology of the contributing data provider. The third-party contractor shall maintain agency/entity specific LifeTracks data dictionaries defining data elements: 1. Included in the development and initial deployment of LifeTracks; 2. Necessary for maintaining the system as deployed; and 3. Necessary for future development. Copies of all agency/entity specific data dictionaries will be available to the public on the LifeTracks website.