Task of Working Group:
•Produce a Report
–Current practices and future trends of Access to and Sharing of Research Data from Public Funding
–Effects of current practices on quality of research and progress of science
–Principles of making data access policies on data produced from publicly funded research
•Present for consideration at GRV IV
·        Report on current practices concerning Access to and Sharing of Research data and their underlying principles on the basis of case studies;
·        Report on the effects of selected current data sharing practices on the quality of research and the progress of science;
·        Suggest principles for making policy on data sharing within the relevant national and international policies and regulatory frameworks.



Unstated agenda is to promote US model throughout the world (full/open access)
NSF should be interested.

Our goals (speaking on behalf of the individuals gathered here) are actually two fold
 - Engage the research community
 - Have impact in policy arena

Unique:
 - Considering social informatics perspective
 - Including broad set of communities
 - Working internationally on this issue
 - Working Multidisciplinarily