On February 22, 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum entitled “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research.” This memorandum requires federal agencies to make the results of federally funded scientific research available to and useful for the public, industry, and the scientific community. In response, AHRQ published a plan for establishing a policy for public access to scientific publications and scientific data resulting from AHRQ funding (https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/publicaccess/index.html), the Policy for Public Access to AHRQ Funded Scientific Publications (NOT-HS-16-008), and the Data Management Plan Policy (NOT-HS-20-011).

On August 25, 2022, the OSTP released a memorandum entitled “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research” (2022 OSTP Memo). The 2022 OSTP memorandum provides additional policy guidance

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