Multidisciplinary Data Management Support - 101 Overview

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Multidisciplinary Data Management Support. The Multidisciplinary Data Management Support (MDMS) project supports Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Federal and contract project managers in managing their data and current FHWA-sponsored projects and in archiving project data for future use. The purposes of the MDMS project are the following: To support Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) Federal and contractor project managers in managing project data during all stages of projects. To have a centralized data repository for archiving data or moving data to a public repository. To facilitate and manage access to data by FHWA and non-FHWA researchers beyond the current project if archived by MDMS.