In AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) 'electronic services and products' means computer-related services and products provided by a public agency, including (A) electronic manipulation of the data contained in public records in order to tailor the data to the person's request or to develop a product that meets the person's request; (B) duplicating public records in alternative formats not used by a public agency, providing periodic updates of an electronic file or data base, or duplicating an electronic file or data base from a geographic information system; (C) providing online access to an electronic file or data base; (D) providing information that cannot be retrieved or generated by the existing computer programs of the public agency; (E) providing functional electronic access to the information system of the public agency; in this subparagraph, 'functional access' includes the capability for alphanumeric query and printing, graphic query and plotting, nongraphic data input and analysis, and graphic data input and analysis; (F) providing software developed by a public agency or developed by a private contractor for a public agency; (G) nd plotting, nongraphic data input and analysis, and graphic data input and analysis; (F) providing software developed by a public agency or developed by a private contractor for a public agency; (G) generating maps or other standard or customized products from an electronic geographic information system; (2) 'public agency' means a political subdivision, department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, council, committee, or other instrumentality of the state or a municipality; 'public agency' includes the University of Alaska and the Alaska Railroad Corporation; (3) 'public records' means books, papers, files, accounts, writings, including drafts and memorializations of conversations, and other items, regardless of format or physical characteristics, that are developed or received by a public agency, or by a private contractor for a public agency, and that are preserved for their informational value or as evidence of the organization or operation of the public agency; 'public records' does not include proprietary software programs.
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