3: Scientific Data

Store and [make] publicly accessible to search, retrieve, and analyze digitally formatted scientific data resulting from unclassified research supported wholly or in part by Federal funding

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Objectives for Public Access to Scientific Data in Digital Formats -- To the extent feasible and consistent with applicable law and policy; agency mission; resource constraints; U.S. 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, communications with colleagues, or physical objects, such as laboratory specimens. Each agency's public access plan shall:

Objective(s):

3.a: Public Access

3.a.i: Confidentiality & Privacy

3.a.ii: Proprietary Interests, Confidentiality & IPR

3.a.iii: Value, Cost & Burden

3.b: Data Management Plans

3.c: Costs

3.d: Evaluation

3.e: Compliance

3.f: Databases

3.g: Cooperation & Partnerships

3.h: Attribution

3.i: Training, Education & Workforce Development

3.j: Preservation

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