Department of Energy’s Public Access Plan
On February 22, 2013, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Dr. John Holdren, issued a memorandum to all agency and department heads entitled, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research.” The memo directed federal agencies with more than $100 million in annual conduct of research and development to develop plans for increasing public access to peer-reviewed scientific publications and digital data resulting from federally funded research investments.
In response to the OSTP memo, DOE has completed a Public Access Plan, which commits the Department to deploying a web-based portal, the DOE Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science (DOE PAGES), that will make scholarly scientific publications resulting from DOE research funding publicly accessible and searchable at no charge to readers; and to instituting data management principles and requirements that ultimately will apply to proposals for research funding submitted to all DOE program offices.
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Public Access to Scientific Data in Digital Formats
The Department affirms that the following principles for the management of digital research data support its mission and align with the objectives of the OSTP memo.
– Effective data management has the potential to increase the pace of scientific discovery and promote more efficient and effective use of government funding and resources. Data management planning should be an integral part of research planning.
– Sharing and preserving data are central to protecting the integrity of science by facilitating validation of results and to advancing science by broadening the value of research data to disciplines other than the originating one and to society at large. To the greatest extent, with the fewest constraints possible, and consistent with the requirements and other principles stated in this document, data sharing should make digital research data available to and useful for the scientific community, industry, and the public.
– Not all data need to be shared or preserved. The costs and benefits of doing so should be considered in data management planning.
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Statement on Digital Data Management
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Requirements
To integrate data management planning into the overall research plan, the following requirements will apply to all Office of Science research solicitations and invitations for new, renewal, and some supplemental funding issued on or after October 1, 2014. These requirements apply to proposals from all organizations including academic institutions, DOE National Laboratories, and others. These requirements do not apply to applications to use Office of Science user facilities.
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More informations
– Department of Energy’s Public Access Plan
– OSTI’s Public Access Policy
