On October 28, 2024, DOE Deputy Secretary Turk approved DOE O 241.1C, Scientific and Technical Information Management. To provide guidance to Departmental Elements and DOE Contractors that are responsible for implementing the requirements of DOE O 241.1C, this webpage was developed. The focus of th...tions that have been established by the revised order.

The intent of this page is to provide an overview of the Roles and Responsibilities of new and current Scientific and Technical Information points-of-contact. It is not a requirements document, but instead is intended to describe best practices for implementing STI management as listed in the DOE O...y management contractors, as appropriate. (This document does not replace requirements listed in the DOE Order 241.1C or in the Contractors Requirement Document (CRD) contained with DOE Order 241.1C)

DOE Programs fund research and other scientific endeavors. For those activities where the STI is not submitted by National Labs, major sites, or through financial assistance awards, it should be submitted by the DOE Program. DOE Programs have the option to submit STI and metadata records on E-Link....

OSTI coordinates the STI Program (STIP), a complex-wide collaboration across DOE programs, field offices, national laboratories, and contractors to disseminate and preserve the Department's STI. In addition to text, OSTI recognizes the growing need to capture scientific research in emerging formats,... on existing partnerships and seeks strategic alliances across a wide range of communities, including DOE, interagency, international, and private sector, to increase access to the Department's research and development results.

Established in 1947, the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) grew out of the post-World War II initiative to make scientific research of the Manhattan Project as freely available to the public as possible. Today, OSTI fulfills the responsibilities related to the collection, preserv...m Department of Energy R&D activities.