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18 Appendix C Information-Gathering by the Committee In the course of preparing this report, the committee held a public session as part of its first meeting in February 2013 to hear presentations from representatives of organizations involved in driving-safety research. The committee wishes to thank the following individuals for making presentations: Monique Evans, Tony Furst, and Jeff Michael, U.S. Department of Transportation; Jurek Grabowski, American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety; Shauna Hallmark, Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University; Jon Hankey, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; Kelly Hardy, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and Neal Hawkins, Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University. Some of the presenters were joined by additional representatives of their respective organizations. The committee made use of a variety of documents and other sources of information, including three draft reports from the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. 12 12 Volpe National Transportation Systems Center of the US DOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Cambridge, Massachusetts prepared three draft reports (each dated Jan. 2013) that were provided to the committee: Options for Long-Term Stewardship and Ownership of the SHRP 2 Safety Data; SHRP 2 Safety Data Stewardship Requirements Document; and SHRP 2 Safety Data Stewardship Environmental Scan: Case Studies.