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Appendix C Office of Science and Technology Policy 2013 Memorandum: Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research
Pages 199-206

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... Access to digital data sets resulting from federally funded research allows companies to focus resources and efforts on understanding and exploiting discoveries. For example, open weather data underpins the forecasting industry, and making 1The memo is available at https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/ microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf.
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From page 200...
... It is also important that federal policy not adversely affect opportunities for researchers who are not funded by the federal government to disseminate any analysis or results of their research. To achieve the Administration's commitment to increase access to federally funded published research and digital scientific data, federal agencies investing in research and development must have clear and coordinated policies for increasing such access.
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From page 201...
... an approach for optimizing search, archival, and dissemination features that encourages innovation in accessibility and interoperability, while ensuring long-term stewardship of the results of federally funded research; d) a plan for notifying awardees and other federally funded scientific research ers of their obligations (e.g., through guidance, conditions of awards, and/or regulatory changes)
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From page 202...
... shall also provide a mechanism for stakeholders to petition for changing the embargo period for a specific field by presenting evidence demon strating that the plan would be inconsistent with the objectives articu lated in this memorandum; b) Facilitate easy public search, analysis of, and access to peer-reviewed schol arly publications directly arising from research funded by the federal gov ernment; c)
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From page 203...
... national, homeland, and economic security; and the objectives listed below, digitally formatted scientific data resulting from unclassified research supported wholly or in part by Federal funding should be stored and publicly accessible to search, retrieve, and analyze. For purposes of this memorandum, data is defined, consistent with OMB circular A-110, as the digital recorded factual material commonly accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings including data sets used to support scholarly publications, but does not include laboratory notebooks, preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific papers, plans for future research, peer review reports, 2Section 508 of The Rehabilitation Act, as amended, available at: https://www.section 508.gov/index.cfm?
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From page 204...
... preserving the balance between the relative value of long-term preservation and access and the associated cost and administrative burden; b) Ensure that all extramural researchers receiving federal grants and con tracts for scientific research and intramural researchers develop data management plans, as appropriate, describing how they will provide for long-term preservation of, and access to, scientific data in digital formats resulting from federally funded research, or explaining why long-term preservation and access cannot be justified; c)
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From page 205...
... Provide for the assessment of long-term needs for the preservation of scientific data in fields that the agency supports and outline options for developing and sustaining repositories for scientific data in digital for mats, taking into account the efforts of public and private sector entities.
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