•Reviewed US Policy; Surveyed ESF and other agencies about data sharing policies
•Findings
–Significant
proportion of OECD countries has no policies on
sharing of data from publicly funded research, however
most national research organizations expect that data
sharing will become a policy issue in the next
five years
–US
ahead of other countries in policies regarding data access
and sharing
–International
and national laws and policies directly affect data
access and sharing practices