Federal Public Access

In February 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a policy memorandum directing federal agencies to develop policies to make the publications and data resulting from funded research freely available to the public.

This chart indicates appropriate repositories and embargo periods mandated by select federal agencies. Links to publication repositories and data repositories, if known, are included.

Agency	Publication Repository	Embargo Period	Data Repository
NSF	NSF Public Access Repository(PAR)	12 months	as appropriate to discipline; DMP required
NIH	PubMed Central (PMC) through NIHMS system	12 months	multiple solutions; DMP required
CDC	CDC Stacks through NIHMS system	12 months	multiple solutions; DMP required
EPA	PubMed Central (PMC) through NIHMS system	Unknown	DMP required
USDA	USDA public access archive system PubAg	12 months	see Ag Data Commons; DMP required
USGS	Unknown	Unknown	DMP required
NOAA	NOAA Institutional Repository	12 months	multiple solutions; DMP required
NASA	NASA PubSpace	12 months	NASA Data Portal or other; DMP required

Public Access Plans and additional information:
NSF Public Access Plan NOTE: NSF Public Access Plan applies to all awards issued on or after January 25, 2016.

NIH Public Access Policy

CDC Public Access Plan

USDA Implementation Plan to Increase Public Access to Results of USDA-Funded Scientific Research

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