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Data generated by a researcher on a government grant generally includes a provision in the grant that says the govt owns the data, doesn't it? And if the govt o

• jointpdf 8y ago
  I'm not really knowledgeable enough on policy to know how this might interact with the new law. But based on my reading, it seems that institutions conducting federally-funded research are required to retain any data generated by the research, but not necessarily that the government "owns" it, per se. There was a change in policy in 1999 that required the ability for the public to use FOIA to access grant-funded research data, with some limitations. "To balance the need for public access while protecting the research process, OMB’s revision limits the kinds of data that will be made accessible (it excludes personal and business-related confidential data) and limits applicability to federally funded data relating to published research findings produced under a federal award and used in developing an agency action that has the force and effect of law." https://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R42983.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R42983.pdf