Which U.S. states currently participate in S2S/SPEXS and what upload policies has each state adopted?
Executive summary
The documents provided for review contain no reporting or data about a program named “S2S” or “SPEXS,” so it is not possible from these sources to list which U.S. states participate or to enumerate each state's upload policies (the source set is about unrelated federal and postal topics) [1] [2] [3]. The best path forward is to pursue primary sources: official program pages, state technology/education/corrections procurement notices, or direct vendor documentation, because the supplied material does not address the user’s question [1] [3].
1. What the question actually seeks and why the supplied reporting falls short
The query asks two discrete things — first, an inventory of U.S. state participants in “S2S/SPEXS,” and second, the specific upload policies adopted by each participating state — but none of the indexed snippets or pages returned by the provided search refer to S2S or SPEXS, meaning the dataset contains no direct evidence to answer either part (the feed instead includes items about FedRAMP pilot participants, USPS pricing and promotions, and OSTP public-access guidance) [1] [2] [3].
2. What the sources do say (relevant context that is present in the packet)
While the packet lacks S2S/SPEXS material, it does include federal-level policy developments that illuminate how governments set technology and data rules: for example, FedRAMP announced a Phase 2 pilot timeline about cloud authorization changes into March 31, 2026 [1], and the OSTP public-access memo establishes publication and data-sharing policy effective January 1, 2026, showing the federal government is actively reshaping access and upload expectations for research outputs [3].
3. Why federal context matters — and why it’s not sufficient
Federal guidance like FedRAMP and OSTP can drive baseline obligations and influence how states structure data-sharing and upload requirements, but those federal instruments do not enumerate which states participate in any particular state-to-state program or vendor-managed system named S2S/SPEXS; states often layer their own statutes, procurement terms and privacy rules atop federal guidance, so federal citations alone cannot answer the participation or per‑state upload policy question [1] [3].
4. Typical places that would carry the missing information (and why to consult them)
The definitive list of participating states and their upload policies is most likely to appear in program literature or contract documentation hosted by the program operator or vendor, state procurement/IT/education agency pages, legislation or administrative rule filings, or inter‑governmental MOUs; none of the documents in the supplied set are from those categories for S2S/SPEXS, so those primary repositories must be consulted to produce an authoritative state-by-state breakdown (no source in the supplied list documents S2S/SPEXS participation or state upload policies).
5. How to proceed to get the requested inventory and policy text
Recommended next steps are to (a) locate an official S2S/SPEXS program website or vendor whitepaper and harvest its participation roster and upload rules, (b) search each state’s IT or procurement portal for contract awards or MOUs referencing S2S/SPEXS, and (c) obtain the actual upload‑policy text (retention, allowed file types, PII handling, encryption, audit logging) from state contracts or technical annexes — the supplied packet contains no such contract or program pages, so these steps are necessary to answer the question definitively [1] [3].
6. Caveats, alternative viewpoints and likely hidden incentives to watch for
If and when program documents are found, expect competing narratives: vendors and program advocates will emphasize interoperability and cost savings, while privacy advocates and some state officials may stress data minimization and strict upload limits; also watch for procurement-driven incentives (vendors may seek broad state participation and thus present permissive upload defaults) and for federal initiatives that could be used to justify state adoption — none of these program- or vendor-specific dynamics are covered in the provided sources, so they remain hypotheses until program documentation is reviewed.