2: Storage, Preservation & Accessibility

Maximize the impact and accountability of the Federal research investment by storing, preserving, and making publications directly arising from Federal funding publicly accessible to search, retrieve, and analyze

Other Information:

Objectives for Public Access to Scientific Publications -- To the extent feasible and consistent with law; agency mission; resource constraints; U.S. national, homeland, and economic security; and the objectives listed below, the results of unclassified research that are published in peer-reviewed publications directly arising from Federal funding should be stored for long-term preservation and publicly accessible to search, retrieve, and analyze in ways that maximize the impact and accountability of the Federal research investment. In developing their public access plans, agencies shall seek to put in place policies that enhance innovation and competitiveness by maximizing the potential to create new business opportunities and are otherwise consistent with the principles articulated in section 1. Agency plans must also describe, to the extent feasible, procedures the agency will take to help prevent the unauthorized mass redistribution of scholarly publications.

Objective(s):

2.a: Public Access

2.a.i: Embargo Period

2.a.ii: Stakeholder Petitions

2.b: Search, Analysis & Access

2.c: Metadata

2.d: Public-Private Collaboration

2.d.i: Interoperability

2.d.ii: Duplication

2.d.iii: Investment Impact

2.d.iv: Assistance

2.e: Attribution

2.f: Archival

2.f.i: Preservation & Access

2.f.ii: Standard Formats

2.f.iii: Section 508

2.f.iv: Integration & Interoperability

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