Data Policies from Funding Agencies

In February 2013 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum requiring federal agencies supporting research to create plans for increased public access to research data.

Several funding agencies in the United States have established data sharing or data management policies, but since the OSTP memo release, many more funding agencies have worked to establish data sharing and data management plan (DMP) requirements.

In 2016, the OSTP released two subsequent reports:

• The Federal Big Data Research and Development Strategic Plan - a product of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (May 2016)
• Principles for Promoting Access to Federal Government-Supported Scientific Data and Research Findings Through International Scientific Cooperation - a product of the Interagency Working Group on Open Data Sharing Policy of the Subcommittee on International Issues of the Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council (December 2016)