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How Do I Comply With the Public Access Mandate?

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Table showing government agencies and public access requirements

AHRQ

Agency of Health Research and Quality

Effective Date: Article-2/1/15

Effective Date: Data-10/1/15

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: PubMed Cental (submission via NIHMS)

Data Repository: Will contract with a commercial repository not yet defined

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

ASPR

Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response

Effective Date: Article-10/1/14

Effective Date: Data-10/1/14

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: PubMed Central (submission via NIHMS)

Data Repository: "A recognized scientific data repository"

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Effective Date: Article-7/1/13

Effective Date: Data-10/1/15

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: CDC stacks and PubMed Central (Submission via NIHMS)

Data Repository: "CDC will endure that suitable repositories are identified for use by CIOs" (National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) or CDC WONDER, use what is available)

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

DOD

Department of Defense

Effective Date: Article-End of 2016

Effective Date: Data-End of 2016

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: DTIC (submission via ECMS)

Data Repository: "Data assets will be stored in publicly accessible databases, where appropriate and available. They may be stored at institutional repositories or a central environment, for example the cloud. A DoD data set catalog/locator will enable discovery of the data sets."

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

Department of Education

Effective Date: Article-10/1/11

Effective Date: Data-10/1/12

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: ERIC

Data Repository:publicly accessible repository

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

DOE

Department of Energy

Effective Date: Article-10/1/14

Effective Date: Data-10/1/15

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: Institutional repository (i.e. Scholarsphere for Penn State grantees)

Data Repository: "The published article should indicate how these data can be accessed. Individual research offices will encourage researchers to deposit data in existing community or institutional repositories or to submit these data to the article publisher as supplemental information." "In instances where the Department intends to collect digital data resulting from the supported research, additional requirements for data management may be necessary to ensure the Department meets the requirements of the Open Data Policy." 

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

DOT

Department of Transportation

Effective Date: Article-12/31/15

Effective Date: Data-12/31/15

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: DOT National Transportation Library (NTL)

Data Repository: Multiple repositories

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

Food and Drug Administration

Effective Date: Article-10/1/15

Effective Date: Data-10/1/15

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: PubMed Central (submission via NIHMS)

Data Repository: Publicly accessible in discipline specific data repositories, wherever available

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Effective Date: Article-11/1/2016  **Uses funding date*

Effective Date: Data - Not Yet Defined

Public Access Plan 

Article Repository: PubSpace (submission via NIHMS)

Data Repository: PubSpace as supplementary material or other repository as agreed upon in DMP

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

**Must submit all juried conference papers*

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Effective Date: Article-10/1/15

Effective Date: Data-10/1/14

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: PubMed Central

Data Repository: "Scientists [...] will make their data available to the public and explicitly describe how they will make the data that underlies scientific publications available for discovery, retrieval, and analysis."

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Effective Date: Article- Not yet defined

Effective Date: Data- Not yet defined

Public Access Plan 

Article Repository: NOAA Institutional Repository -no submission link

Data Repository: NOAA National Data Center

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

NSF

National Science Foundation

Effective Date: Article-1/25/16 **Uses funding date*

Effective Date: Data-1/18/11

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: NSF Public Access Repository

Data Repository: "What constitutes reasonable data management and access will be determined by the community of interest through the process of peer review and program management. In many cases, these standards already exist, but are likely to evolve as new technologies and resources become available." http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmpfaqs.jsp#3

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months 

**Includes juried conference papers*

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

Effective Date: Article-Not yet defined

Effective Date: Data-10/4/14

Public Access Plan - Not yet defined

Article Repository: Not yet defined

Data Repository:Developmental Data Library (DDL)

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

Effective Date: Article-1/1/2016

Effective Date: Data-Not yet defined

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: PubAg

Data Repository: Not yet defined

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months

USGS

United States Geological Survey

Effective Date: Article:10/1/16

Effective Date: Data-10/1/16

Public Access Plan

Article Repository: â€‹Awaiting implementation

Data RepositoryAwaiting implementation

Permitted Embargo Period: 12 months