THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

3010 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-3010

es JUL 0-9 2014

TECHNOLOGY
AND LOGISTICS

MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE DISTRIBUTION

SUBJECT: Public Access to the Results of Department of Defense-Funded Research

Reference: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy memorandum, “Increasing
Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research,” February 22, 2013

The referenced memorandum directs each Federal agency with over $100 million in
annual research and development expenditures to support increased public access to published
research and digital scientific data. Data sharing will enhance scientific inquiry, accelerate
scientific breakthroughs and innovation, promote entrepreneurship, and strengthen economic
growth and job creation. The Department of Defense (DoD) intends, to the fullest extent
possible, to make available to the public all unclassified, unlimited peer-reviewed scholarly
publications and digitally formatted scientific data arising from research and programs funded
wholly or in part by DoD.

To this end, I direct all Components to comply with policies, programs, and procedures
that meet the goals set out in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
memorandum. This applies to any scientific or technical research effort, regardless of the
funding appropriation used to support it.

DoD Public Access Policy applies to any published, peer-reviewed scholarly publication
and digital scientific data that is publicly releasable and arises from any direct funding from a
DoD grant or cooperative agreement, contract, or DoD intramural program consistent with
applicable law, policy, agency mission, and resource constraints.

This policy requires that authors submit final, peer-reviewed journal manuscripts to the
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) system upon acceptance for publication. This
policy further requires that these final peer-reviewed manuscripts be freely available to the
public not later than 12 months following publication.

This policy also requires that investigators, at no more than incremental cost and within a
reasonable time, ensure public access to unclassified publicly releasable primary data, samples,
and other supporting materials created or gathered in the course of work. Each DoD-funded
effort must be governed by a Data Management Plan, which either conforms to an established
institutional format or formulates a construct that meets local and policy requirements. Digitally
formatted scientific data sets should be stored and publicly accessible to search, retrieve, and
analyze.

DoD will implement and sustain a compliance monitoring and reporting system and will
evaluate compliance metrics and submit implementation effectiveness reports to the OSTP twice
yearly.


Nothing in this policy alters or supersedes existing laws, regulations, or policies that
require safeguarding or dissemination controls, including but not limited to national security,
economic security, export control, proprietary information, and personally identifiable
information.

DTIC is the duty lead for this effort. My point of contact is Mr. Christopher Thomas,
DTIC, at 703-767-9200 or cthomas@dtic.mil.

Frank Kendall


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