Airport Cooperative Research Programs (ACRP) Subprograms
ACRP Legal Studies Research Process
Most legal studies follow the same tasks and panel oversight, though there are topics in which the panel believes that more oversight and guidance is necessary.
Task 1: The contractor conducts preliminary research and prepares an outline of the paper. The panel reviews it for three weeks and then engages in a conference call with the contractor.
Task 2: The contractor conducts further research.
Task 3: The contractor prepares a preliminary draft based on the approved outline. The panel reviews it for three weeks and then engages in a conference call with the contractor.
Task 4: The contractor prepares the draft report based on panel feedback and submits a red-lined version and a clean version for panel review. The panel will review it and within three weeks provide detailed comments and feedback. The contracor will then respond to each comment and make changes as apporproiate and submit the final report.
Once the final report has been approved for publication by the National Research Council, it will be quality checked and lightly edited. The contractor can expect queries from these processes that require the contractor's quick response to ensure timely publication.
Legal Aspects of Airport Programs
Since 2006, the ACRP Legal Aspects of Airport Programs has been focused on providing legal research on topics of interest to the airport legal community. The ACRP Legal Studies program is modeled after the successful continuing legal studies projects in the National Cooperative Highway Program and the Transit Cooperative Highway Program. The studies focus on legal and regulatory issues and challenges affecting the airport industry and their findings are published in ACRP's Legal Research Digest (LRD) series. The LRD series provides airport attorneys with a single repository of authoritative and well-researched papers on the issues affecting them and their clients.
Expert Volunteers
A panel of eight airport industry attorneys provide project oversight for ACRP Project 11-01 by selecting topics and providing technical guidance on each digest written by contractors. These dedicated volunteers represent the various stakeholders in the airport legal community, including airport executives who are tasked with navigating through the complexities of the legal and regulatory issues.
Process
The panel selects the topics and prepares the scope of work for which proposals are solicited. Through consensus the panel selects the proposer who they believe will best meet their research objective. The panel then oversees and approves the research and makes a publication recommendation. The legal studies follow a defined set of tasks of which can be found in greater detail here. Proposers and selected contractors should read our Guidance for Working on ACRP Legal Studies Projects for more information.
Topics
The legal studies program has researched and published a variety of subject areas exploring the legal implications of a broad range of topics, including: federal, state, and local regulations; day-to-day oprations and tenant activities; and airport governance. Our topics are selected by the ACRP 11-01 panel which are submitted by the industry at any time throughout the year.
Getting Involved
- Submit a topic idea Submit a proposal in response to a RFP
- Volunteer to be a topic expert to provide technical guidance and oversight on a specific topic
- Volunteer to serve on the panel
- Read ACRP's Legal Digests
For further information contact Marci A. Greenberger at 202/334-1371 or mgreenberger@nas.edu
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