Notice of Second Interested Party Feedback Period Regarding Increasing Public Access to the Results of USDA-Funded Research
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (Department's) National Agricultural Library (NAL) announces a second public feedback period to receive public comments, recommendations, and suggestions on the Department's planned response to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance on access to the results of federally-funded research. The Department's plan and policies apply to the results of research funded wholly or in part by any USDA component agency. This effort to obtain input regarding implementation of federal public access requirements will be carried out through an online submission mechanism. This second public feedback period is to allow opportunity for feedback from interested parties not widely heard from during the first period, including but not limited to members of the public; principal investigators; research institutions, including minority-serving institutions; research libraries; data repositories; and data scientists. Responses received during the first comment period have already been reviewed and will be considered along with comments received during the second comment period. If you need a reasonable accommodation or language access services to leave a written comment, please contact Cynthia Parr, National Agricultural Library, at Cynthia.Parr@usda.gov, or 301-837-8917. Written Comments: Submission of written interested party input will be open upon publishing of this Notice through 5 p.m. Eastern time February 28, 2024, via the Federal eRulemaking portal as described below.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5485-5486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01673]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Library
Notice of Second Interested Party Feedback Period Regarding
Increasing Public Access to the Results of USDA-Funded Research
AGENCY: National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service,
Department of Agriculture.
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ACTION: Notice of second public feedback period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (Department's) National
Agricultural Library (NAL) announces a second public feedback period to
receive public comments, recommendations, and suggestions on the
Department's planned response to White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance on access to the results of
federally-funded research. The Department's plan and policies apply to
the results of research funded wholly or in part by any USDA component
agency. This effort to obtain input regarding implementation of federal
public access requirements will be carried out through an online
submission mechanism. This second public feedback period is to allow
opportunity for feedback from interested parties not widely heard from
during the first period, including but not limited to members of the
public; principal investigators; research institutions, including
minority-serving institutions; research libraries; data repositories;
and data scientists. Responses received during the first comment period
have already been reviewed and will be considered along with comments
received during the second comment period. If you need a reasonable
accommodation or language access services to leave a written comment,
please contact Cynthia Parr, National Agricultural Library, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df9ca6b1abb7b6bef18fbeadad9faaacbbbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9edde7f0eaf6f7ffb0ceffececdeebedfaffb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>, or 301-837-8917.
Written Comments: Submission of written interested party input will
be open upon publishing of this Notice through 5 p.m. Eastern time
February 28, 2024, via the Federal eRulemaking portal as described
below.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments: Written comments must be submitted via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. Please go to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> to submit your comments electronically. Information
on using <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>, including instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available at
<a href="https://www.nal.usda.gov/services/public-access/">https://www.nal.usda.gov/services/public-access/</a>.
The Department will not accept comments submitted by fax or by
email or comments submitted after the comment period closes. To ensure
that the Department does not receive duplicate copies, please submit
your comments only once.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to include in their comments only
information that they wish to make publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Parr, National Agricultural
Library, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7a49e89938f8e86c9b7869595a792948386c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="387b41564c5051591668594a4a784d4b5c59165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>, or 301-837-8917.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: USDA seeks further public input on its plans for enhancing
policy, infrastructure, and outreach to make results of the research it
funds more readily available and accessible by the public.
Background: USDA developed a public access plan in response to the
February 22, 2013, OSTP memorandum entitled ``Increasing Access to the
Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research'' and several White
House memoranda. Current USDA policy and activities were developed from
that original plan. On August 25, 2022, OSTP issued a new public access
memorandum: ``Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to
Federally Funded Research.'' In response to OSTP's 2022 memo, USDA will
enhance policy, infrastructure, and outreach to make its scientific
data and publications more readily available and accessible by the
public, as described generally in its new plan available at: <a href="https://www.nal.usda.gov/services/public-access/">https://www.nal.usda.gov/services/public-access/</a>. This comment period,
organized by the National Agricultural Library on behalf of the USDA
Office of the Chief Scientist, allows interested parties the
opportunity to provide feedback on USDA's plan and to inform details of
its policy-making and other implementation. The USDA Public Access plan
and policies apply to the results of research funded wholly or in part
by any USDA component agency. USDA provides the following questions to
prompt feedback and comments. USDA encourages public comment on any or
all of these questions, and also seeks any other information that
commenters believe is relevant.
<bullet> How can USDA best implement its plans to improve public
access to USDA-funded research results?
<bullet> How can USDA update or refine its policies to improve
public access to USDA-funded research results?
<bullet> How can USDA ensure equity in publication opportunities?
<bullet> How can USDA use partnerships to improve public access and
accessibility to results of USDA-funded research?
<bullet> How can USDA monitor impacts on communities impacted by
its public access policies?
Done at Washington, DC
Jeffrey Silverstein,
Acting Associate Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2024-01673 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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