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From page 16... ... 16 Finally, as discussed in Section VII, the contract documents should address the use of digital signatures with BIM. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... 17 D State Digital Signature Acts Although virtually all states have enacted a statute substantially in the form of or identical to UETA, some states additionally have enacted digital signature acts of which there are basically three categories. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... 18 The Guidelines emphasize that "[a] message bearing a digital signature verified by the public key listed in a valid certificate is as valid, effective, and enforceable as if the message had been written on paper."220 Similarly, California advises that PKC signatures have a greater degree of verifiability and security than dynamic or other kinds of electronic signatures and "are immediately verifiable with a third-party issued certificate."221 On the other hand, it may be noted that in Ohio, a state agency must obtain prior approval before using digital signatures, which "require a significant infrastructure known as public key infrastructure (PKI) Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... 19 Finally, as the California regulations note, it is critical that the technology for digital signatures be compatible with the agency's other needs.234 A transportation department planning to use digital signatures will want to verify whether a BIM program "handle[s] digital signature verification automatically in a standardized way."235 F Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 Also in regard to the second question, the Missouri DOT states that the department is using digital signatures for all of its plan-bidding documents. However, the department is not using digital signatures "to seal the model" because Missouri law does not provide for the ability to sign and seal a model at this time.244 The state's digital signature statute requires these [signatures] Read the entire page →

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... 16 Finally, as discussed in Section VII, the contract documents should address the use of digital signatures with BIM.

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... 17 D State Digital Signature Acts Although virtually all states have enacted a statute substantially in the form of or identical to UETA, some states additionally have enacted digital signature acts of which there are basically three categories.

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... 18 The Guidelines emphasize that "[a] message bearing a digital signature verified by the public key listed in a valid certificate is as valid, effective, and enforceable as if the message had been written on paper."220 Similarly, California advises that PKC signatures have a greater degree of verifiability and security than dynamic or other kinds of electronic signatures and "are immediately verifiable with a third-party issued certificate."221 On the other hand, it may be noted that in Ohio, a state agency must obtain prior approval before using digital signatures, which "require a significant infrastructure known as public key infrastructure (PKI)

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... 19 Finally, as the California regulations note, it is critical that the technology for digital signatures be compatible with the agency's other needs.234 A transportation department planning to use digital signatures will want to verify whether a BIM program "handle[s] digital signature verification automatically in a standardized way."235 F

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... 20 Also in regard to the second question, the Missouri DOT states that the department is using digital signatures for all of its plan-bidding documents. However, the department is not using digital signatures "to seal the model" because Missouri law does not provide for the ability to sign and seal a model at this time.244 The state's digital signature statute requires these [signatures]

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