Public access to federally-funded research: hearing before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, July 29, 2010.

Public access to federally-funded research: hearing before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, July 29, 2010.

Federally funded research : examining public access and scholarly publication interests : hearing before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, Thursday, March 29, 2012.

Federally funded research : examining public access and scholarly publication interests : hearing before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, Thursday, March 29, 2012.

This document describes the DoD proposed draft plan that provides an approach to support increased public access to peer reviewed scholarly publications and digitally formatted scientific data arising from unclassified publicly releasable research and programs funded wholly or in part by the DoD, as directed by OSTP Memorandum: "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research," dated 22 February 2013 and the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) Memorandum: "Public Access to the Results of Department of Defense-Funded Research," dated 9 July 2014. A primary mission of Defense research is to safeguard national security and maintain technological superiority of the U. S. military through advances in science, technology and engineering. By providing greater public access to DoD funded research, the Department seeks to encourage and accelerate scientific breakthroughs and innovation of potential interest to DoD in carrying out its mission. A robust industrial base and commercialization of DoD technologies will also benefit entrepreneurship, and enhance economic growth and job creation.

Examines issues associated with the provision know as the Shelby amendment in P.L. 105-277 to make data from federally funded research available to the public through the procedures established under the Freedom of Information Act. It discusses the context of the legislation, including previous rules, the development by the Office of Management and Budget of revisions to OMB Circular A-110 required by the statute; issues that it raises for Congress; and related legislative activities including H.R. 88.