ICPSR is actively participating in discussions about the February 2013 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memorandum, which "directs each Federal agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of research and development expenditures to develop a plan to support increased public access to the results of research funded by the Federal Government."
On May 16-17, the National Research Council (NRC) Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) held a public comment meeting at the National Academy of Sciences concerning public access to federally supported research and development data. ICPSR submitted a written statement in advance, strongly supporting increased public access to scientific data and encouraging federal agencies developing public access plans to make research data discoverable, meaningful & usable, persistent, trustworthy, confidential (where applicable), and citable.
Jared Lyle, Director of Curation Services at ICPSR, attended the meeting and gave verbal comments. Video and presentations from the meeting are available online.