Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110
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The results of scientific studies are used in making many governmental policy decisions. While the studies are often published, the data on which they are based may not be, even for federally funded research. Before 1999, academic and nonprofit performers of such research were permitted but not required to make their data available to the public through provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In October 1998, a provision in P.L. 105-277 changed that, requiring that such data be mad…
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Date:
March 1, 2013
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department