Hope and change for research data in the US | Dryad news and views

"On Friday, the Obama administration made a long-awaited announcement regarding public access to the results of federally funded research in the United States. There has been considerable attention given to the implications for research publications (a concise analysis here).  Less discussed so far — but just as far reaching — the new policy also has quite a lot to say about research data, a topic on which the White House solicited, and received, an earful of input just over a year ago. What does the directive actually require?  All federal government agencies with at least $100M in R&D expenditures must develop, in the next six month, policies for digital data arising from non-classified research that address a host of objectives, including ..."