Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020-D028)
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DoD is withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) for the case titled: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020- D028). DoD has determined that the proposed rule's objectives of improving public access to research results are sufficiently addressed in existing policy and regulation, and do not require implementation in the DFARS. Accordingly, this proposed rule is withdrawn, and the DFARS case is closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 136 (Friday, July 18, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33911-33912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13521]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
48 CFR Parts 235 and 252
[Docket DARS-2024-0027]
RIN 0750-AL43
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Public Access
to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020-D028)
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: DoD is withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) for the case titled:
Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020-
D028). DoD has determined that the proposed rule's objectives of
improving public access to research results are sufficiently addressed
in existing policy and regulation, and do not require implementation in
the DFARS. Accordingly, this proposed rule is withdrawn, and the DFARS
case is closed.
DATES: The proposed rule published on September 26, 2024, at 89 FR
79003 is withdrawn as of July 18, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Saleemah McMillan, telephone 202-308-
5383.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DoD published a proposed rule in the Federal
Register on September 26, 2024,
[[Page 33912]]
at 89 FR 79003 to implement a recommendation made by the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) in its report GAO-20-81, Additional Actions
Needed to Improve Public Access to Research Results, published in
November 2019. GAO recommended increasing public access to Federally
funded research results, including publications and data, as called for
in a 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy memorandum. In this
report, GAO recommended that DoD take steps to ensure appropriate
agency-funded research data are readily findable and accessible to the
public.
DoD has determined that the proposed rule's objective of improving
public access to research results is sufficiently addressed in existing
policy and regulation. Therefore, implementation in the DFARS is not
necessary, and the proposed rule is withdrawn.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 235 and 252
Government procurement.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2025-13521 Filed 7-17-25; 8:45 am]
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