[Via Tim Byrne – DOE/Office of Scientific and Technical Information] DOE/Office of Scientific and Technical Information] “The U.S. Department of Energy has released its Public Access Plan in response to the OSTP Memorandum of February 22, 2013, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research.”  The Plan outlines the Department’s approach to implementing the objectives of the OSTP memorandum of making scholarly publications and datasets resulting from research directly arising from DOE funding more readily accessible to the public. Public Access to Scientific Publications will be accessible through DOE PAGES.  Additional information can be found in the DOE press release, U.S. Department of Energy Increases Access to Results of DOE-funded Scientific Research and at the Office of Scientific and Technical Information’s Public Access Page. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has issued a Statement on Digital Data Management.  The new requirements regarding management of digital research data will appear in funding solicitations and invitations issued by the Office of Science beginning Oct. 1, 2014.  Other Energy Department research offices will implement data management plan requirements within the next year.”