OAR 141-141-0140: Management of data reporting and data management requirements

(1) Data and information collected or created under OOST grants must be publicly visible and accessible in a timely manner at no cost, with the exception of reproduction costs, in a format which is machine-readable and based on open standards along with the metadata necessary to find and properly use the data. (2) The grant agreement shall stipulate when data access must be provided. The data access deadline shall be no later than two years after the performance period ends except where limited by law, regulation, policy or by security requirements. (3) The RFP shall stipulate requirements for proposals to include data management and accessibility plans. (4) Applicants who fail to share data as required in the grant agreement may be subject to a number of sanctions including but not limited to denial of future awards, freezing of funds in any current awards, or repayment of the award.