Federal Register | Draft Policy and Implementation Plan for Public Access to Scientific Publications and Digital Data From Research Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

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Summary:

"This Federal Register Notice announces an opportunity for public review and comment on the draft Policy and Implementation Plan for Public Access to Scientific Publications and Digital Data from Research Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs....VA's draft policy and implementation plan for increased public access to the results of its research was developed in response to recent White House initiatives on federally-funded scientific research....In implementing policies on public access to research publications and digital research data, VA must first remain cognizant of its ethical and legal obligations to safeguard the privacy of Veterans (and VA's other research subjects) and the confidentiality of their private information, while promoting the highest quality science. VA also recognizes that Veterans and the public at-large have a substantive interest in accessing the results of the research that VA conducts....Proposed requirements for public access to scientific publications will apply to all peer-reviewed publications reporting results of research that are either funded by the VA Office of Research and Development (ORD) or conducted, supported, or sponsored by any Veterans Health Administration (VHA) program office. Proposed requirements for public access to digital data will apply to the final research data underlying all peer-reviewed publications reporting results of studies supported by ORD Cooperative Studies Program or ORD research awards of $500,000 or more in direct costs for any one year;..."

Link:

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/08/12/2014-18975/draft-policy-and-implementation-plan-for-public-access-to-scientific-publications-and-digital-data

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Tags:

oa.new oa.obama_directive oa.mandates oa.usa oa.data oa.green oa.privacy oa.repositories oa.policies

Date tagged:

08/16/2014, 19:33

Date published:

08/16/2014, 15:35