Open Science in US 4th Open Gov Action Plan 2019-2021

The US released its 4^th Open Government Plan on February 21, 2019.

https://open.usa.gov/assets/files/NAP4-fourth-open-government-national-action-plan.pdf

Their plan will run from 2019 to 2021.

It includes an open science commitment.

3) Provide Public Access to Federally Funded Research

Primarily through the National Science and Technology Council (Council), the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinates United States efforts to make the results of Federally funded scientific research more accessible and useful to the public, industry, and the scientific community. In the Council’s Subcommittee on Open Science, thirty-two United States agency funders collaborate to improve the preservation, discoverability, accessibility, and usability of Federally funded scientific research, with the aims of bolstering the reliability of that research, accelerating scientific discovery, stimulating innovation, enhancing economic growth and job creation.

In 2018, the Subcommittee on Open Science was re-chartered to promote open science principles across the Federal Government and increase public access to Federally-funded research results. The Subcommittee’s priorities include:

1. Facilitating coordination across Federal Government agencies on open science efforts;
2. Developing appropriate incentives to encourage researchers to adopt open science principles;
3. Streamlining and synchronizing agency and researcher data management practices for maximum utility to the public;
4. Collaborating with academia, researcher communities, and industry toward the development of research data standards that further open science.

As part of the Subcommittee’s objectives, it will develop a report that provides recommendations for improvements to existing Federal open access policies and continued collaboration between agencies on achieving open access objectives.

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For more information see https://open.usa.gov/

Previously:
January 10, 2019  Open Science in Canada's 2018-2020 Open Government Plan
April 5, 2018  Open Science in France's 2018-2020 Open Government Plan