DOE O 241.1B Chg 1 (Admin Chg), Scientific and Technical Information Management
Functional areas: Information Management, Information Technology, Scientific and Technical Information
The purpose of this directive is to ensure that STI is appropriately managed as part of the DOE mission to enable the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological innovation. Supersedes DOE O 241.1B.
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Section 1
ORDER
DOE O 241.1B
Approved: 12-13-2010
Chg 1 (Admin Chg):4-26-2016
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
1. PURPOSE. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produces scientific and technical
information (STI) in the course of performing research and development (R&D) and
other science and technology activities. The purpose of this directive is to ensure that STI
is appropriately managed as part of the DOE mission to enable the advancement of
scientific knowledge and technological innovation. Therefore, the objectives of this order
are to:
a. establish DOE requirements and responsibilities to ensure that Departmental STI
is appropriately identified, disseminated, preserved, and accessible to policy
makers, the scientific community, and the public within the boundaries of laws,
regulations, Executive orders, other DOE requirements, and program needs and
resources; and
b. provide high-level requirements for safeguarding classified,
Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI), and controlled
unclassified information (CUI) in order to protect STI when mandated by laws,
regulations, Executive orders, and other DOE requirements.
2. CANCELLATION. DOE O 241.1A, Scientific and Technical Information Management,
dated 4-9-01. Cancellation of an order does not, by itself, modify or otherwise affect any
contractual obligation to comply with the order. Contractor Requirements Documents
(CRDs) and/or other requirements that have been incorporated into a contract remain in
effect throughout the term of the contract unless and until the contract is modified to
either eliminate requirements that are no longer applicable or substitute a new set of
requirements.
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. Departmental Applicability. This Order applies to all Departmental elements, at
Headquarters and the field, that either fund projects that generate STI or oversee
the contractors for facilities where work is done which could generate STI.
The Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) must
assure that NNSA employees comply with their responsibilities under this
directive. Nothing in this directive will be construed to interfere with the NNSA
Administrator’s authority under section 3212(d) of Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to
establish Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by the Secretary.
b. DOE Contractors. Except for the equivalencies/exemptions in paragraph 3.c., the
Contractor Requirements Document (CRD) or the statement of work sets forth
requirements of this Order which will apply to contracts that include either the
CRD or these requirements as part of the statement of work.
The CRD, Attachment 1, must be included in all contracts for the management
and operation (M&O) of DOE-owned or -leased facilities and in site/facility
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management contracts that require or involve performance of tasks and activities
that generate or could generate STI in connection with the performance of
DOE-funded projects or work performed at a DOE-owned or -leased facility.
For all contracts other than M&O or site/facility management contracts, including
R&D contracts, which require or involve performance of tasks and activities that
generate or could generate STI in connection with the performance of
DOE-funded projects, the statement of work must include the applicable
requirements set forth in the CRD.
Section 2
c. Equivalencies/Exemptions for DOE O 241.1B.
(1) Equivalency. In accordance with the responsibilities and authorities
assigned by Executive Order 12344, codified at Title 50 United States
Code (U.S.C.) sections 2406 and 2511 and to ensure consistency through
the joint Navy/DOE Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, the Deputy
Administrator for Naval Reactors (Director) will implement and oversee
requirements and practices pertaining to this Directive for activities under
the Director’s cognizance, as deemed appropriate.
(2) Exemption. In accordance with the Delegation of Authority 00-033.00B,
BPA is exempt from this Order.
4. REQUIREMENTS. This Order applies to STI that contains findings, analyses, or results
related to R&D or other scientific and technological endeavors; is generated by work
funded by DOE or performed at DOE facilities; and is deemed by the originator to be
useful beyond the originating organization, i.e., intended to be published or disseminated
(see Attachment 2, Definitions). Transparency and accessibility of STI support the
continued advancement of a sound science and technology base to help guide and inform
the nation’s critical public policy decisions; advance the national, economic, and energy
security of the U.S.; facilitate the accomplishment of DOE mission objectives; and
maximize the public value of such efforts. STI is produced in various media - e.g.,
textual, audiovisual, multimedia, and digital - and is disseminated as technical reports;
conference papers and presentations; journal articles; theses and dissertations; patents;
scientific and technical software; etc. The majority of DOE-funded STI is publicly
releasable, with a small percentage requiring restricted access.
a. STI must be emphasized as a key outcome and record of the work conducted so
that STI is planned, budgeted, produced, disseminated, and preserved.
b. To fulfill Departmental statutory requirements, STI (as defined in Attachment 2)
must be made available by announcing and/or providing various types of STI in
acceptable electronic formats to DOE’s central coordinating office, the Office of
Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI, www.osti.gov) for subsequent
announcement, availability, and preservation, including STI identified in records
prior to project, program, or site closures. (See Attachment 3, STI Products Made
Available Through DOE STI Program.)
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c. STI must be reviewed for public release as appropriate. STI that is potentially
classified must be reviewed for classification. STI that is potentially controlled
unclassified information (CUI) (e.g., nonproliferation, national security, export
control, intellectual property, or protected Personally Identifiable Information and
privacy) must be reviewed to identify such information. STI that contains either
classified, Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI), or CUI must be
marked in accordance with Departmental directives. Prior to providing the STI to
OSTI, an STI Releasing Official must ensure that appropriate announcement and
availability restrictions have been applied in accordance with statutory,
regulatory, Executive order, and/or other Departmental requirements.
d. Headquarters and field elements must appoint a formal STI point of contact (e.g.,
a Technical Information Officer) to coordinate STI with OSTI, to participate in
DOE’s Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), and to serve as or
designate an STI Releasing Official(s).
Section 3
e. Headquarters elements, including NNSA, that either fund research or set policies
affecting STI must delegate a senior official to address STI policy issues as
needed.
f. Prior to dissemination, STI must be clearly marked to distinguish information
being published by the agency which represents an official DOE position from
information resulting from DOE-funded R&D or related activities.
g. DOE-funded STI must include attribution to the sponsoring program. Wording
indicating program sponsorship should include DOE, the DOE program office
and that program office’s subprogram(s) funding the research. Examples include:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies
Office; USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM), Office of
Acquisition and Project Management; USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE),
Fuel Cycle Technologies; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Clean Coal and
Carbon; or US DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NA), Office of
Defense Programs.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Director, Office of Science.
(1) Provides overall leadership and policy direction for DOE STI management
as required by Federal laws, regulations, Executive orders, and other DOE
requirements.
(2) Ensures that DOE’s STI Program is carried out consistent with DOE
mission and legal requirements.
b. Director, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within the Office
of Science.
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(1) Works to ensure appropriate transparency of and access to DOE’s STI and
to preserve a permanent DOE STI repository.
(2) Leads the Department’s Scientific and Technical Information Program
(STIP), which includes designated STI points of contact representing
Departmental elements (Headquarters and field) and site/facility
management contractors who work collaboratively to achieve DOE
requirements for the management of STI and to address specific
programmatic or cross-cutting STI management issues.
(3) In collaboration with stakeholders, establishes STI requirements and
responsibilities to ensure optimal availability of Departmental STI to the
varied customer segments, within applicable laws, regulations, Executive
orders, and other Departmental requirements.
(4) Makes DOE-funded STI searchable by maintaining information
management systems and providing a suite of web products and services
for publicly releasable STI (see www.osti.gov) and systems to provide
access to protected categories of STI as appropriate.
(5) Manages domestic, interagency, and international STI exchanges to ensure
DOE access to national and global scientific and technical advances and to
enable global access to DOE STI.
(6) Supports program-specific STI management efforts by offering special
support services upon request to DOE organizations that provide funding
to cover incremental costs of the requested service(s).
c. Heads of Departmental Elements at Headquarters, including NNSA.
(1) Ensure that the objectives and requirements of this Order are incorporated
into their program planning, management, contract administration,
oversight, and performance-based management activities.
(2) Ensure that program-issued documents or other types of STI (see
Attachment 3) are appropriately reviewed and released and made available
in acceptable electronic formats to OSTI, with corresponding
Announcement Notices (ANs) (see Attachment 4, DOE Announcement
Notices and STI Metadata Elements).
Section 4
(3) Instruct initiators of procurement requests for M&O and site/facility
management contracts to specify whether the CRD for this Order applies
in the award resulting from the procurement request and any special
instructions for applying the CRD.
(4) Instruct initiators of procurement requests for R&D or other contracts not
covered under c.(3) above to specify the required scientific and technical
deliverables, the form of delivery, and the requirement for the
accompanying AN (i.e., “Announcement of DOE Scientific and Technical
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(5) Information”) in the statement of work or any special instructions for
applying the CRD.
(6) Instruct initiators of procurement requests for financial assistance
instruments to specify the required scientific and technical deliverables,
the form of delivery, and the requirement for the accompanying AN (i.e.,
“Announcement of DOE Scientific and Technical Information”) within the
award terms and/or on the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist.
(7) Designate senior officials to address STI policy issues as needed.
(8) For programs that fund projects that generate STI or staff offices that
affect STI policies, appoint and officially inform OSTI of the formal STI
points of contact (i.e., Technical Information Officer) to participate in the
Department’s Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP),
coordinate STI management activities, and serve as or designate an STI
Releasing Official(s).
d. Heads of Departmental Elements in the Field, including NNSA Site Office
Managers.
(1) Ensure that the objectives and requirements of this Order are incorporated
into their contract administration, oversight, and performance-based
management activities.
(2) Appoint and officially inform OSTI of formal STI points of contact (i.e.,
Technical Information Officer) to participate in the Department’s
Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) and serve as or
designate an STI Releasing Official(s).
e. Technical Information Officers.
(1) Serve as the DOE element representatives to STIP and ensure that STI
objectives and requirements are incorporated into strategic planning,
management information plans, life-cycle procedures from project
initiation to close-out, and contract language as appropriate.
(2) Coordinate with contractor STI managers and have adequate familiarity
with STI activities to discern contractor compliance with the CRD portion
of this directive.
(3) Coordinate the implementation of appropriate review and release
procedures by DOE elements, DOE contractors, and financial assistance
recipients as appropriate.
(4) Serve as Releasing Officials or coordinate designation and official
notification to OSTI of Releasing Official(s), to ensure that DOE office or
financial assistance-generated STI and ANs are appropriately reviewed
and appropriate markings applied prior to release to OSTI or Web posting.
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(5) Make available to OSTI the STI as defined in Attachment 2 and ANs for
each STI item, after ensuring that such STI has undergone appropriate
institutional review. See Attachment 3 for STI products announced and/or
provided to OSTI and Attachment 4 for ANs and required metadata.
Section 5
(6) Through STIP, participate in policy development and implementation,
ensure that local implementation procedures put in place by DOE and
DOE contractors are consistent with requirements herein, and be
knowledgeable of STI Program best practices (see www.osti.gov/stip) in
order to implement appropriate local procedures.
f. Directors of DOE and NNSA Offices of Procurement and Assistance
Management.
(1) Issue guidance on including performance objectives and measures for STI
in performance-based M&O, site/facility management, and R&D
contracts.
(2) Issue guidance for financial assistance awards that addresses the
identification and delivery of STI products.
g. Heads of Contracting Activities.
(1) Ensure that the CRD for this Order, when instructed by the initiators of
procurement requests, is applied to existing M&O contracts for
DOE-owned or -leased facilities, in site/facility management contracts to
the extent set forth in the contract, and to relevant new major site/facility
management contracts.
(2) Ensure that applicable requirements regarding required scientific and
technical deliverables, the form of delivery, and the requirements for the
accompanying AN are included in the statements of work for R&D or
other contracts not covered by g.(1) above, upon identification of such
requirements by the initiators of the procurement request.
(3) Ensure that performance measures for STI management are included in
performance-based contracts, as appropriate.
(4) Ensure that contractors and financial assistance recipients under their
cognizance complete the AN and the scientific and technical deliverables
specified in the award are provided to OSTI.
6. DEFINITIONS. See Attachment 2.
7. REFERENCES. The following selected statutory references provide authority for the
Department’s scientific and technical information management program.
a. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended, Public Law (P.L.) 83-703, establishes a
program for the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information
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and for the control, dissemination, and declassification of Restricted Data, subject
to appropriate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress
(42 U.S.C. Sec. 2013, 2051, and 2161).
b. Freedom of Information Act, P.L. 89-487, provides for public access to Federal
agency records, which would include records containing scientific and technical
information created with Federal funding (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.).
c. Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, P.L. 93-438, provides responsibilities for
developing, collecting, distributing, and making scientific and technical
information available for distribution (42 U.S.C. Sec. 2161, 5813, 5817).
d. Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, P.L. 95-91, provides for
maintaining a central source of information and disseminating information
(42 U.S.C. Sec. 5916, 7112).
e. Title XXXII, National Nuclear Security Administration Act, as
Amended, P.L. 106-65, establishes a separately organized agency within the
Department of Energy in 2000 (50 U.S.C. Chap 41).
f. Energy Policy Act of 2005, P.L. 109-58, Section 982, “The Secretary, through the
Office of Scientific and Technical Information, shall maintain with the
Department publicly available collections of scientific and technical information
resulting from research, development, demonstration, and commercial
applications activities supported by the Department.”
Section 6
g. America COMPETES Act of 2007, P.L. 110-69, Section 1009, calls for Federal
agencies that conduct scientific research to develop agency specific policies and
procedures regarding the public release of data and results of research.
h. Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies,
Subject: Transparency and Open Government, January 21, 2009,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Governm
ent/.
i. Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies,
Subject: Scientific Integrity, March 9, 2009,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Memorandum-for-the-Heads-of-Exe
cutive-Departments-and-Agencies-3-9-09/.
j. Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies,
Subject: Open Government Directive, December 8, 2009,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-06.pdf.
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dated 11-06-13, https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-
series/0483.1-BOrder-A.
Section 7
x. DOE O 484.1 Admin Chg 2, Reimbursable Work for the Department of
Homeland Security, dated 8-17-06, https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-
documents/400-series/0484.1-BOrder-admchg2.
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Control Laws, Regulations, and Policies,
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bb. DOE Acquisition Guide, Chapter 42.4, Contract Closeout,
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2014, http://www.energy.gov/open-government.
gg. Identification and Protection of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
(10 CFR Part 1017), which establishes policies and procedures for the
identification and protection of UCNI.
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Section 8
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results-of-doe-funded-scientific-research
8. CONTACT. Questions concerning this Order should be addressed to the Office of
Scientific and Technical Information at stip@osti.gov.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
DANIEL B. PONEMAN
Deputy Secretary
mailto:stip@osti.gov
https://www.directives.doe.gov/other_requirements/public-access-to-the
http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/08/f18/DOE_Public_Access
DOE O 241.1B Attachment 1
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CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (CRD)
DOE O 241.1B, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Regardless of the performer of the work, the contractor is responsible for complying with the
requirements of this CRD. The contractor is responsible for flowing down the requirements of
this CRD to subcontractors at any tier to the extent necessary to ensure the contractor’s
compliance with the requirements. In addition to the requirements set forth in this CRD,
contractors are responsible for complying with Attachments 2, 3, and 4 to DOE O 241.1B
referenced in and made a part of this CRD and which provide program requirements and/or
information applicable to contracts in which this CRD is inserted.
In the performance of Department of Energy (DOE) contracted obligations, each contractor is
required to manage scientific and technical information (STI) produced under the contract as a
direct and integral part of the work and ensure its broad availability to all customer segments by
making STI available to DOE’s central STI coordinating office, the Office of Scientific and
Technical Information (OSTI).
Attachment 2 includes a definition of STI and other terms used in this CRD. Such STI products
include STI funded by DOE, resulting from work performed at a DOE facility, or developed
under Work for Others (unless specifically excluded in the agreement under which the work is
done) or Cooperative Research and Development Agreements. STI produced at DOE scientific
user facilities, but not funded by DOE, may be made available to OSTI, consistent with user
agreements. Submissions of such STI products are made at the discretion of the laboratory
hosting the facility.
Contractors must accomplish the following:
1. Appoint and officially inform the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
(OSTI) of the STI point of contact who will represent their organization in the
Department’s STI Program (STIP) and serve as the STI Releasing Official or designate
Releasing Official(s) responsible for ensuring that all STI and Announcement Notices
(ANs) are appropriately reviewed and marked accordingly prior to announcement and/or
submission to OSTI.
2. Implement a site program to identify, prioritize, and make available to DOE OSTI those
STI products that the originating site deems useful beyond its boundaries (e.g., STI
products that are project deliverables and are intended for publication or dissemination),
whether the STI is publicly releasable, controlled unclassified information, or classified,
after those products have undergone appropriate institutional review in accordance with
statutory, regulatory, Executive order, and/or Departmental requirements. Attachment 3
provides a list of STI products for which submission and/or announcement procedures
have been defined by OSTI and the STI Program. Specifically:
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a. Provide OSTI an electronic AN for each STI product. Attachment 4 provides a list
of available ANs for use and the metadata elements required for each AN.
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b. Ensure that each STI product is in an electronic format suitable for automated
indexing systems. Refer to www.osti.gov/stip for electronic format options.
c. Ensure that each STI product is either submitted to OSTI or, if publicly releasable
and posted at a website, that the AN provides the unique persistent identifier for
the corresponding STI item or provides other availability information.
3. Review STI generated under the contract to determine appropriate release and handling
and apply any necessary statutory or program-driven announcement and/or availability
restrictions, including those related to nonproliferation, national security, export control,
intellectual property, protected Personally Identifiable Information and privacy. In
addition, apply to the STI product any restrictive markings required, include any required
legal disclaimers, and, for STI products resulting from DOE-funded work, identify the
sponsor as follows: U.S. Department of Energy, [name of DOE program office], [name of
DOE subprogram].
4. Inform OSTI when STI previously announced or submitted to OSTI has been modified,
such as changes to access limitations or content corrections. Also, when permanently
removing STI from a website for which a persistent link was provided to OSTI, inform
OSTI in order to ensure continued appropriate availability and preservation by DOE.
5. In implementing a site STI program, refer to best practices and National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)-approved DOE programmatic records schedules, such
as Department of Energy Research and Development Records Schedule, N1-434-96-9,
N1-434-07-01, and N1-434-08-02, Revision 2, June 2008. This schedule includes
Appendix A, R&D Technical Reports or Other Forms of STI Submitted to the Office of
Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
(http://www.cio.energy.gov/documents/rd_revised.pdf).
NOTE: The DOE STI Program website (www.osti.gov/stip) provides information to assist in
implementing the requirements of this Contractor Requirements Document. The website includes
instructions and examples based on best practices that are developed in coordination with the
DOE and contractor STI community
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DEFINITIONS
This Attachment provides definitions associated with DOE O 241.1B and applicable to contracts
in which the associated CRD (Attachment 1 to DOE O 241.1B) is inserted.
1. Announcement Notice (AN). A set of metadata defined for a specific type of STI for use
in describing an STI product for announcement and availability. (See Attachment 4, DOE
Announcement Notices and STI Metadata Elements.) The AN is transmitted
electronically to OSTI for STI products and includes review and release information,
enabling announcement and searchable online access as appropriate.
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2. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Certain unclassified information requiring
safeguarding and dissemination controls mandated by statute or policy. Examples of such
information within DOE include Official Use Only (OUO), Export Controlled
Information (ECI), Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI), unclassified
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (U-NNPI), and protected Personally Identifiable
Information (PII). Within DOE other terms have been used, such as Unclassified
Controlled Information (UCI) and Sensitive Unclassified Information (SUI), to refer to
information that warrants protection as CUI. (Note: Current Government-wide efforts are
under way to standardize CUI markings. Refer to www.osti.gov/stip, which will be
updated for most current information.)
3. Departmental Element. A first-tier organization at Headquarters and in the field. First-tier
at Headquarters encompasses heads of the major Headquarters line programs, e.g.,
Program Secretarial Officers. First-level field element refers to first-level organizations
located outside the Washington Metropolitan area and encompasses Operations Offices,
Site Offices, Field Offices, and Regional Offices. Additional information is noted in the
Correspondence Style Guide as directed by the Office of the Executive Secretariat,
http://www.management.energy.gov/documents/ES_Style_Guide_2007.pdf.
4. Metadata. Data that describe the attributes of a document or other type of STI product,
used for announcement and retrieval. In addition to basic descriptive bibliographic
information such as title, author, publication date, research performer or originating site,
a minimum set of metadata fields is required to facilitate identification and ensure
appropriate announcement, such as access restrictions or release authorization. Additional
optional metadata fields are used to optimize retrieval via web-based products.
5. Releasing Official. An individual designated with responsibility for ensuring that STI has
undergone appropriate reviews, that subsequent recommendation to OSTI is made via
established systems regarding release of STI in the public domain (i.e., unlimited
announcement) or restricted access, and that DOE-approved access limitations,
availability restrictions and legal disclaimers have been applied as appropriate, as well as
ensuring compliance with other statutory, regulatory, Executive order, and/or other
Departmental requirements. The Releasing Official is either a Federal employee
responsible for Federally produced or assistance awardees’ STI or is a major facility
contractor responsible for their STI.
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6. Scientific and Technical Information. Information products deemed by the originator to
be useful beyond the originating site (i.e., intended to be published or disseminated), in
any format or medium, which contain findings and technological innovations resulting
from research and development (R&D) efforts and scientific and technological work of
scientists, researchers, and engineers, whether Federal employee, contractor, or financial
assistance recipient. STI also conveys the results of demonstration and commercial
application activities as well as experiments, observations, simulations, studies, and
analyses.
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Scientific findings are communicated through various media – e.g., textual, multimedia,
audiovisual, and digital - and are produced in a range of products such as technical
reports, scientific/technical conference papers and presentations, theses and dissertations,
scientific and technical computer software, journal articles, workshop reports, program
documents, patents, publicly available scientific research datasets, or other forms of STI.
(See Attachment 3, STI Product Types Made Available Through DOE STI Program.) STI
may be classified, Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI), controlled
unclassified information (CUI), or unclassified with no access restrictions. DOE-funded
STI originates primarily from research and other activities performed by site/facility
management contractors, direct DOE-executed prime procurements, DOE-operated
research activities, and financial assistance recipients, in addition to DOE employees.
Definitions for other STI management terms and acronyms used in this Order can be found on
the STI Program website, www.osti.gov/stip.
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STI PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH DOE STI PROGRAM
This Attachment provides information and/or requirements associated
with DOE O 241.1B as well as information and/or requirements applicable to contracts
in which the associated CRD (Attachment 1 to DOE O 241.1B) is inserted.
Scientific and technical information (STI) is produced and published in various media and
formats. STI submitted to OSTI requires an accompanying Announcement Notice (AN) with the
product or, in certain cases, an AN only. This table lists STI products for which procedures have
been defined for use when submitting and/or announcing STI to DOE OSTI.
OSTI and the STI Program recognize the changing environment, with new forms of STI
emerging. As new types of STI are created and disseminated by the DOE community, procedures
and the associated announcement methods for each will continue to evolve in step with advances
in information technology and innovation within the Department. Therefore, for the most
up-to-date instructions, formats, and examples of STI product types, refer to the STI Program
website (www.osti.gov/stip/stitypes).
STI PRODUCTS Product to OSTI? Yes (Y) or
No (N)
Books/monographs Y
Conference, symposium,
lecture, or similar event
papers, presentations, or
proceedings
Copyrighted N, AN only
Not copyrighted Y
Journal articles Copyrighted (reprint) N, AN only
Accepted manuscript Y
Patents N, AN only
Program documents having STI content (e.g.,
published by HQ)
Y
Publicly available scientific research
datasets1/collections
N, AN only
Scientific and technical computer software2 (including
software manuals or user guides where provided)
Y (or AN only if certain
criteria met2)
Technical reports, workshop reports, and topical
reports
Y
Theses/dissertations Y
e-prints N
1Does not include raw data nor datasets with restricted use, e.g., by members of scientific collaborations.
Collections may be comprised of numeric datasets, scientific images, etc.
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DOE ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICES AND
STI METADATA ELEMENTS
This Attachment provides information and/or requirements associated
with DOE O 241.1B as well as information and/or requirements applicable to contracts
in which the associated CRD (Attachment 1 to DOE O 241.1B) is inserted.
Announcement Notices (ANs) are required for submitting or announcing STI to OSTI in order to
ensure proper handling, announcement and dissemination, in accordance with DOE statutory
responsibilities. Several ANs are available for use, depending on the type of STI as well as type
of originator:
AN 241.1 – For DOE Labs, Major DOE Facilities and Program Offices
AN 241.3 – For Financial Assistance Recipients or Grantees (e.g., at universities)
AN 241.4 – For S&T Software
AN 241.5 – For UCNI and Classified STI
AN 241.6 – For Publicly Available Scientific Research Datasets
Transmission options and instructions for ANs are provided on the STIP website at
www.osti.gov/stip/announcementnotices.
Several metadata elements are common to all ANs, while others are specific to the type of STI.
The basic required metadata fields are listed below. For complete metadata field descriptions,
options, information about use of the DOE Energy Link (e-link) system, and best practices for
various types and formats of STI, please reference the STI Program website,
http://www.osti.gov/stip.
Required Metadata Elements
Report/Product Number Additional metadata unique to S&T software or
Title datasets:
Author(s) Description
STI Product Type Legal Notices and Disclaimers
DOE Contract/Award Number(s) Hardware Requirements (e.g., operating system,
Originating Research Organization compiler/version)
Sponsoring DOE Program Office* Related Resource (e.g., relation to a specific
Issue Date/Date of Publication journal article or technical report, when applicable)
Intellectual Property/Distribution Contributing Organizations
Limitations (i.e., Access Limitations) Software or Data Contact
Medium (e.g., format and related
technical requirements) Additional metadata unique to classified STI
Releasing Official Information
* For DOE-funded work, identify sponsor at the subprogram level to ensure proper attribution. If funded by
work for others (other agencies), agency-level identification is adequate.
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LOCATIONS OF CHANGES
DOE O 241.1B
1. PURPOSE
2.CANCELLATION
3.APPLICABILITY
a. Departmental Applicability
(1)Equivalency
(2)Exemption
b. DOE Contractors
c. Equivalencies/Exemptions for DOE O 241.1B
4. REQUIREMENTS
5. RESPONSIBILITIES
a.Director, Office of Science
b.Director, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within the Office of Science
c.Heads of Departmental Elements at Headquarters, including NNSA.
d.Heads of Departmental Elements in the Field, including NNSA Site Office Managers
e.Technical Information Officers
f.Directors of DOE and NNSA Offices of Procurement and Assistance Management
g.Heads of Contracting Activities
6.DEFINITIONS. See Attachment 2
7.REFERENCES
8. CONTACT
ATTACHMENT 1. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (CRD)
ATTACHMENT 2. DEFINITIONS
ATTACHMENT 3. STI PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH DOE STI PROGRAM
STI PRODUCTS
ATTACHMENT 4. DOE ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICES AND .STI METADATA ELEMENTS.
Required Metadata Elements