How to Manage Access | Government

There are three legal user types:

US Government

A US Government user is defined as a user who is directly employed by the U.S. Government. This user type includes members of the Armed Forces, DoD Civilian employees, and employees of Federal Agencies or organizations, such as the CIA, Department of Veterans Affairs, or NASA

US Government Contractor

The US Government user type is defined as a user who is employed by a third-party company (private, public, owned, or tribal owned) that is contracted or paid by the Federal Government, or an agency/department of the Federal Government, to provide goods or services.

Foreign Government

There are two types:

  1. Foreign Military

  2. Foreign Civilian

A Foreign Military user refers to an individual who is a member of the armed forced of a country other than the United States.

A Foreign Government Civilian is a user that is employed by a foreign government in a non-military and non-diplomatic role.

Public

A Public User is a user who does not meet the criteria for any of the above user types. Public users can only interact with existing content, and not create or remix content.

Roles

There are three roles:

  1. Standard

  2. Auditor

  3. Admin

Standard

The standard role will give the user access to the platform as defined by the license.

Auditor

The auditor role will give the user access to discover, download, use and distribute on hub listings.

Admin

The Admin role will give the user access to the admin features of the platform.

User Type
Standard Role
Admin Role
Auditor Role

US Government

Required

Optional

Optional

Contractor-US Gov

Required

Optional

Optional

Foreign Gov

Required

N/A

N/A

Public

Required

N/A

N/A

Access to Services

User Type
Admin
Hub
Studio
Devices

US Government

If Role

Yes

If Added

Yes

Contractor-US Gov

If Role

Yes

If Added

Yes

Foreign Gov

No Access

Yes

No Access

Yes

Public

No Access

Yes

No Access

Yes

Groups

There are two groups:

  1. Studio Group

  2. Contractor Company

Studio Group

A studio group is a collective of users who create, upload, and manage content on MOTAR. Assets on MOTAR are created and managed by the Studio Group, not by individuals (this prevents assets from being locked by an individual user). The Studio group can represent an entire organization, or a specific part of an organization.

Contractor Company

A Contractor Company is 1) a third party company (private, public, owned, or tribal owned) that is contracted or paid by the Federal Government, or an agency/department of the Federal Government, to provide goods or services, and 2) partnering with the owning organization of the MOTAR Instance to provide goods or services to one or more US Government Agencies or Departments

User Type
Can Be Added to Studio Groups
Can Be Added to Contractor Companies

US Government

Yes

No

Contractor-US Gov

Yes

Yes

Foreign Gov

No

No

Public

No

No

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