Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110

"The results of scientific studies are often used in making government policy decisions. While the studies are often published, traditional federal research funding policies did not require the data on which they are based to be made available publicly. Such policies did, however, generally require researchers to share data and physical samples with other scientists after publication of the research..."
Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110