Sec. 17. The state GIS officer shall coordinate with state educational institutions to do the following: (1) Promote formal GIS education opportunities for full-time and part-time students. (2) Provide informal GIS learning opportunities through a series of seminars and noncredit concentrated classes provided throughout Indiana. (3) Coordinate research assets for the benefit of Indiana by maintaining inventories of the universities' academic and technical GIS experts, data and technology resources as provided by the universities, and research interests for collaboration to pursue research grant opportunities. (4) Implement an outreach network to Indiana political subdivisions to enhance communication and data sharing among state government, political subdivisions, and the business community. As added by P.L.198-2007, SEC.2.
IC 4-23-7.3-18 Provision of services by state educational institutions to the state and political subdivisions Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a state educational institution may not bid on contracts to provide photogrametry services or framework layer data conversion services for the benefit of a state agency or political subdivision. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the purchase of any of the following by a state agency or political subdivision from a state educational institution: (1) GIS data or framework data. (2) Data previously created by the state educational institution as part of the educational, research, or service mission of the state educational institution. (b) If there is a lack of qualified bids on contracts referred to in subsection (a) by entities other than state educational institutions, the state agency or political subdivision may, with the advice of the state GIS officer, solicit bids from state educational institutions. As added by P.L.198-2007, SEC.2.