Terms Used In 48 CFR Part 727 - Patents, Data, and Copyrights

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• publications: refers to DoD newspapers, magazines, guides and/or installation maps serving the commander's internal information program published in both paper and electronic format, including digital printing. See 32 CFR 247.3