Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110

Creator

  • Author: Fischer, Eric A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Senior Specialist in Science and Technology

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2013-03-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: 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 made publicly available. This report provides background on the 1999 revisions to federal policy, a discussion of the impacts of those changes, and an analysis of the issues raised by them.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Freedom of information
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Civil liberties
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Government information
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Science policy

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R42983
  • Accession or Local Control No: R42983_2013Mar01
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc463492
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