U.S. Department of Energy
Scientific and Technical Information Program

DOE Laboratory Researchers Financial Awardees and Grantees Headquarters DOE Laboratory Researchers Click the Product Type to preview and download Fact Sheets. Accepted Manuscripts Book/Monograph Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings Patents Program Documents ... Scientific Datasets Scientific/Technical Software Thesis/Dissertation Technical/Workshop Report Scientific Videos Download: Accepted Manuscripts (PDF 557.65 KB) Figure 277572: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 1 STI Product Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory Researchers:Accepted Manuscripts ABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.The Department's 2014 Public Access Plan added accepted manuscripts as a form of STI to be submitted to OSTI.DEFINITIONAn accepted manuscript of a scholarly publication (i.e., journal article) is the final peer-reviewed accepted manuscript accepted for publication. This final version of the article which has been accepted by a publisher includes changes made during the peer-review process. Thus, it has the same content as the published article, but it is not the final published version or reproduction copy of what appears in the journal (i.e., it is not a "reprint" of the published article). The key criteria for submission of accepted manuscripts to DOE OSTI are (1) DOE partially or completely funded the research reflected in the article or accepted manuscript and (2) the article has been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. It is preferred that the final journal publication information (e.g., Digital Object Identifier) be included at the time of submission to OSTI to aid in the processing and display of the best available version.SUBMISSIONS Each DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.Using a Lab's processes for STI submission, the researcher should provide metadata/citation information for the journal article as well as an upload of the accepted manuscript in PDF format. This is comparable to the current submission process for technical reports. factsheet-acceptedmanuscripts-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277573: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 2 STI AVAILABILITYOSTI.GOV (https://www.osti.gov) is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies.  Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.6 million journal articles, 1.1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites.  OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.DOE PAGES (Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science - http://www.osti.gov/pages) is the Department's portal and search interface that offers free access to the best available full-text version of DOE-affiliated scholarly publications. Articles will be made publicly available after an administrative period of 12 months from publication date.OSTI.GOV and DOE PAGES are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org).  Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-acceptedmanuscripts-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Book/Monograph (PDF 525.21 KB) Figure 277576: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 1 STI Product Type Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory ResearchersBooks and MonographsABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.DEFINITIONAs an STI product, a book or monograph is a scholarly piece of writing on a specific subject. It may contain a detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it, including a manual describing a particular process. Each volume is a self-contained work, yet monographs may be a published in a series to provide detailed information on a specialized scientific or technical topic. A book may also be composed of chapters, and the STI product may be just one part or topic in the whole book to be published. Books and monographs may be published by the originating site (e.g., as e-books or technical fact sheets) or by a commercial publisher. If the STI product is a chapter, reference should also be made to the whole book.SUBMISSIONSEach DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.Using a Lab's processes for STI submission, the author provides metadata for a book or monograph as well as a full-text document in searchable PDF format, if it is publicly accessible. If the STI product is copyrighted by a commercial publisher, then an announcement notice only may be submitted, providing metadata and the source of availability. factsheet-booksmonographs-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277577: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 2 OSTI.GOV is included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org). Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-booksmonographs-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings (PDF 549.74 KB) Figure 277570: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 1 STI Product Type Factsheet for DOE Laboratory ResearchersConference Paper/Presentation or ProceedingsABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.DEFINITIONA conference paper/presentation or proceedings is a type of scientific and technical information (STI) product from a conference, symposium, lecture, or similar event. Individual papers and presentations are those presented at an event by an individual whose work was sponsored by DOE, while a conference proceedings is the compilation of a group of papers from a conference, workshop, seminar, etc., typically prepared at the request of a DOE program that sponsored work in the area covered by the conference. Papers and proceedings are typically PDF documents, while presentations may be PowerPoint slides, posters, or videos. [See also the fact sheet for "Videos"].SUBMISSIONSEach DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.  Using the Lab's processes for STI submission, the researcher should provide metadata/citation information for conference papers/presentations or proceedings plus an upload in PDF. If the item has been commercially published (within conference proceedings, for example), then an announcement record only (metadata and availability information) may be submitted if copyright restrictions are imposed on the product. See also the "Videos" fact sheet for more specific guidance. factsheet-conferencepaperpresentationproceedings-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277571: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 2 STI AVAILABILITYOSTI.GOV (https://www.osti.gov) is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies.  Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.6 million journal articles, 1.1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites.  OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.DOE ScienceCinema (http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema) includes more than 3,700 multimedia scientific videos from DOE national laboratories, other DOE research Facilities and CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), and makes them searchable using Watson speech‐recognition search technology. The ability to search and "jump to" the spoken words in a video that may be an hour or longer is a unique, added value.OSTI.GOV and DOE ScienceCinema are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org).  Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-conferencepaperpresentationproceedings-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Patents (PDF 548.40 KB) Figure 277578: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 1 STIP Product Type Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory ResearchersPatentsABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.DEFINITIONA patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, which in the United States is issued by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent gives the holder exclusive rights to a process, design or new invention for a designated period of time. The assignee could be a government agency or a company that is a contractor or grant recipient. After a patent is issued, the USPTO includes the patent in its database, making the patent application, full text, and other descriptive information accessible to the public. If DOE-funded research led to the patent, then this research result is of interest to DOE as a form of STI. The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) obtains patent records of interest to DOE directly from USPTO; however, to ensure comprehensiveness, broad dissemination, and archival preservation, inventors funded by DOE may find it useful to submit information to OSTI through their particular STI submission channels.SUBMISSIONSEach DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.For patents, the researcher has the option to (1) use the Lab's processes for STI submission, providing metadata for a patent as well as a full-text document in searchable PDF format or (2) rely on the OSTI-USPTO process for ensuring access via a link to the document hosted by USPTO. If the latter is the Lab's preference, periodic review of the Lab's patents in the OSTI collection is desirable to ensure that all patents from the Lab are being included. factsheet-patents-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277579: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 2 STI AVAILABILITYOSTI.GOV (https://www.osti.gov) is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies.  Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.6 million journal articles, 1.1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites.  OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.DOE Patents (http://www.osti.gov/doepatents)  is a search tool for discovering patent information resulting from DOE-funded research and development (R&D), consisting of bibliographic records with full text where available, either via a PDF document or a link to the record at the USPTO (http://www.uspto.gov).  DOE Patents provides comprehensive coverage of patents resulting from DOE funding.OSTI.GOV and DOE Patents are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org).  Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-patents-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Program Documents (PDF 526.27 KB) Figure 277574: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Program Documents - Page 1...

DOE Laboratory Researchers Financial Awardees and Grantees Headquarters DOE Laboratory Researchers Click the Product Type to preview and download Fact Sheets. Accepted Manuscripts Book/Monograph Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings Patents Program Documents ... Scientific Datasets Scientific/Technical Software Thesis/Dissertation Technical/Workshop Report Scientific Videos Download: Accepted Manuscripts (PDF 557.65 KB) Figure 277572: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 1 STI Product Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory Researchers:Accepted Manuscripts ABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.The Department's 2014 Public Access Plan added accepted manuscripts as a form of STI to be submitted to OSTI.DEFINITIONAn accepted manuscript of a scholarly publication (i.e., journal article) is the final peer-reviewed accepted manuscript accepted for publication. This final version of the article which has been accepted by a publisher includes changes made during the peer-review process. Thus, it has the same content as the published article, but it is not the final published version or reproduction copy of what appears in the journal (i.e., it is not a "reprint" of the published article). The key criteria for submission of accepted manuscripts to DOE OSTI are (1) DOE partially or completely funded the research reflected in the article or accepted manuscript and (2) the article has been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. It is preferred that the final journal publication information (e.g., Digital Object Identifier) be included at the time of submission to OSTI to aid in the processing and display of the best available version.SUBMISSIONS Each DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.Using a Lab's processes for STI submission, the researcher should provide metadata/citation information for the journal article as well as an upload of the accepted manuscript in PDF format. This is comparable to the current submission process for technical reports. factsheet-acceptedmanuscripts-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277573: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Accepted Manuscripts - Page 2 STI AVAILABILITYOSTI.GOV (https://www.osti.gov) is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies.  Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.6 million journal articles, 1.1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites.  OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.DOE PAGES (Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science - http://www.osti.gov/pages) is the Department's portal and search interface that offers free access to the best available full-text version of DOE-affiliated scholarly publications. Articles will be made publicly available after an administrative period of 12 months from publication date.OSTI.GOV and DOE PAGES are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org).  Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-acceptedmanuscripts-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Book/Monograph (PDF 525.21 KB) Figure 277576: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 1 STI Product Type Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory ResearchersBooks and MonographsABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.DEFINITIONAs an STI product, a book or monograph is a scholarly piece of writing on a specific subject. It may contain a detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it, including a manual describing a particular process. Each volume is a self-contained work, yet monographs may be a published in a series to provide detailed information on a specialized scientific or technical topic. A book may also be composed of chapters, and the STI product may be just one part or topic in the whole book to be published. Books and monographs may be published by the originating site (e.g., as e-books or technical fact sheets) or by a commercial publisher. If the STI product is a chapter, reference should also be made to the whole book.SUBMISSIONSEach DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.Using a Lab's processes for STI submission, the author provides metadata for a book or monograph as well as a full-text document in searchable PDF format, if it is publicly accessible. If the STI product is copyrighted by a commercial publisher, then an announcement notice only may be submitted, providing metadata and the source of availability. factsheet-booksmonographs-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277577: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Book/Monograph - Page 2 OSTI.GOV is included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org). Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-booksmonographs-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings (PDF 549.74 KB) Figure 277570: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 1 STI Product Type Factsheet for DOE Laboratory ResearchersConference Paper/Presentation or ProceedingsABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.DEFINITIONA conference paper/presentation or proceedings is a type of scientific and technical information (STI) product from a conference, symposium, lecture, or similar event. Individual papers and presentations are those presented at an event by an individual whose work was sponsored by DOE, while a conference proceedings is the compilation of a group of papers from a conference, workshop, seminar, etc., typically prepared at the request of a DOE program that sponsored work in the area covered by the conference. Papers and proceedings are typically PDF documents, while presentations may be PowerPoint slides, posters, or videos. [See also the fact sheet for "Videos"].SUBMISSIONSEach DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.  Using the Lab's processes for STI submission, the researcher should provide metadata/citation information for conference papers/presentations or proceedings plus an upload in PDF. If the item has been commercially published (within conference proceedings, for example), then an announcement record only (metadata and availability information) may be submitted if copyright restrictions are imposed on the product. See also the "Videos" fact sheet for more specific guidance. factsheet-conferencepaperpresentationproceedings-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277571: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings - Page 2 STI AVAILABILITYOSTI.GOV (https://www.osti.gov) is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies.  Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.6 million journal articles, 1.1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites.  OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.DOE ScienceCinema (http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema) includes more than 3,700 multimedia scientific videos from DOE national laboratories, other DOE research Facilities and CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), and makes them searchable using Watson speech‐recognition search technology. The ability to search and "jump to" the spoken words in a video that may be an hour or longer is a unique, added value.OSTI.GOV and DOE ScienceCinema are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org).  Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-conferencepaperpresentationproceedings-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Patents (PDF 548.40 KB) Figure 277578: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 1 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 1 STIP Product Type Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory ResearchersPatentsABOUT STIIn the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.DEFINITIONA patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, which in the United States is issued by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent gives the holder exclusive rights to a process, design or new invention for a designated period of time. The assignee could be a government agency or a company that is a contractor or grant recipient. After a patent is issued, the USPTO includes the patent in its database, making the patent application, full text, and other descriptive information accessible to the public. If DOE-funded research led to the patent, then this research result is of interest to DOE as a form of STI. The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) obtains patent records of interest to DOE directly from USPTO; however, to ensure comprehensiveness, broad dissemination, and archival preservation, inventors funded by DOE may find it useful to submit information to OSTI through their particular STI submission channels.SUBMISSIONSEach DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at http://www.osti.gov/stip/stimanagers.For patents, the researcher has the option to (1) use the Lab's processes for STI submission, providing metadata for a patent as well as a full-text document in searchable PDF format or (2) rely on the OSTI-USPTO process for ensuring access via a link to the document hosted by USPTO. If the latter is the Lab's preference, periodic review of the Lab's patents in the OSTI collection is desirable to ensure that all patents from the Lab are being included. factsheet-patents-labs-feb-2020-1.jpg Printer-friendly version Figure 277579: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 2 Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Patents - Page 2 STI AVAILABILITYOSTI.GOV (https://www.osti.gov) is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies.  Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.6 million journal articles, 1.1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites.  OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.DOE Patents (http://www.osti.gov/doepatents)  is a search tool for discovering patent information resulting from DOE-funded research and development (R&D), consisting of bibliographic records with full text where available, either via a PDF document or a link to the record at the USPTO (http://www.uspto.gov).  DOE Patents provides comprehensive coverage of patents resulting from DOE funding.OSTI.GOV and DOE Patents are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov (https://www.science.gov) and the international science portal WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org).  Science.gov, hosted by OSTI, offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.  WorldWideScience.org searches over 100 STI resources including national libraries and information centers from more than 70 countries.OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTSThe STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.govQuestions related to E-Link may also be sent to Elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov factsheet-patents-labs-feb-2020-2.jpg Printer-friendly version Download: Program Documents (PDF 526.27 KB) Figure 277574: Factsheet for DOE Lab Researchers: Program Documents - Page 1...

ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current researcher ID schemes. These identifiers, and the rela...tionships among them, can be linked to the researcher's output to enhance the scientific discovery process and to improve the efficiency of research funding and collaboration within the research community.Simply put, an ORCID number for an author is somewhat like a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for a journal article or a dataset: It serves as a way to uniquely distinguish one object from another - in this case, the objects are author/researcher names.The ID number can be "resolved" [i.e. matched up to a name and bio] by the ORCID Registry, a central database of all the ID numbers ever assigned. Conversely, a personal name can be searched in the Registry if a user desires to know if an author has an ORCID. If the author does have one, the ORCID Registry will provide the number back to the inquiring user.The ORCID number can be included when creative or scientific words are cited in published literature or databases. A long-term goal is that an Internet search on the ID number would infallibly retrieve all of that particular author's other works and none of anyone else's...even if another author's name happened to be exactly the same.

OSTI has modified the E-Link processing system and Announcement Notices (AN) to allow DOE sites to include researchers' ORCIDs in their submitted records. The ORCID number will become part of the author information available to users for search and retrieval in DOE databases such as OSTI.GOV. The nu...mber will also travel with the author's name to products managed by OSTI such as Science.gov, World Wide Science.org, and the ETDEWEB.If you are a grantee, you may include your ORCID number as you fill out AN 241.3. The author section of the Announcement Notice asks for your last name, your first name, and your middle name or initial. Then, add your email address, your ORCID number, and your affiliation in the remaining author fields. If the ORCID number you enter is not in the correct format (0000-0000-0000-0000), the Announcement Notice will not allow you to use the "Submit" button. You will receive an error message instead so that you can re-enter the number correctly.If you are a DOE employee or contractor at a DOE site or Office, you should ensure that your ORCID number is given to the STI Manager or Technical Information Officer for your organization. He or she will put it into the site database that provides records to OSTI. That will allow your site to include your ORCID number whenever it submits to OSTI any scientific and technical information which you have authored or co-authored.For questions about ORCID numbers and how they are handled at OSTI, you may call Lorrie Johnson at 865-576-1157 or (johnsonl@osti.gov).

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) and the identifying number that it provides to authors. ORCID, Inc (link is external). formed in 2010 and officially launched, following beta testing with early adopters, in 2012. The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) became an ORCID mem...ber in May of 2013.Simply put, an ORCID number for an author is somewhat like a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for a journal article or a dataset: It serves as a way to uniquely distinguish one object from another - in this case, the objects are author/researcher names.The ID number can be "resolved" [i.e. matched up to a name and bio] by the ORCID Registry, a central database of all the ID numbers ever assigned. Conversely, a personal name can be searched in the Registry if a user desires to know if an author has an ORCID. If the author does have one, the ORCID Registry will provide the number back to the inquiring user.The ORCID number can be included when creative or scientific words are cited in published literature or databases. A long-term goal is that an Internet search on the ID number would infallibly retrieve all of that particular author's other works and none of anyone else's...even if another author's name happened to be exactly the same.ORCID's mission statement says:ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current researcher ID schemes. These identifiers, and the relationships among them, can be linked to the researcher's output to enhance the scientific discovery process and to improve the efficiency of research funding and collaboration within the research community.

ORCID is the acronym for both an organization (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) and the identifying number that it provides to authors. ORCID, Inc (link is external). formed in 2010 and officially launched, following beta testing with early adopters, in 2012. The Office of Scientific and Technica...l Information (OSTI) became an ORCID member in May of 2013.

OSTI prefers PDFs that meet one of the PDF/A compliance standards.  PDF compliance helps ensure the PDF will be readable well into the future.  Many recent PDF generating software packages have options for making PDF/A compliant files.  PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2a, and PDF/A-3a achieve two of OSTI's goals of... preservation and accessibility.  Generally, a PDF/A-1a PDF has the following attributes:All fonts used must be embedded.  OSTI has experienced problems with some PDFs using exotic fonts not available on average equipment viewing the PDF.The PDF should use device independent color.The PDF should contain a minimum set of XMP metadata (handled by the PDF generating software).Document hierarchy should be included.The PDF should be tagged.The PDF should use Unicode character maps.The language needs to be specified for the entire document, each page, or each text object.The PDF cannot be encrypted.The PDF should not use LZW compression.The PDF should not have embedded files (for PDF/A-1a only).The PDF should not have external content references.The PDF should not have multimedia content.The PDF should not use JavaScript.There should be no transparency (for PDF/A-1a only).PDF/A-1a compliance requires more tags than other PDF compliance standards, when compared to PDF/A-1b, which is less strict, and PDF/A-2 and 3, which allow for more flexibility.  However, meeting any of the PDF/A requirements alone is not enough to concur with OSTI's PDF best practices.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A | Top A2EDAP Atmosphere to Electrons Data Archive and Portal AEC Atomic Energy Commission ALCF Argonne Leadership Compu...ting Facility AM Accepted Manuscript AMES Ames Laboratory AN Announcement Notice ANL Argonne National Laboratory ANSI American National Standards Institute API Application Programming Interface ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement User Facility AV Audio-Visual B | Top B&R Budget and Reporting BAPL Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory C | Top CAF Controlled Access File CE-Link Classified Energy-Link CFR Code of Federal Regulations CI-SFA Critical Interfaces Scientific Focus Area CIMS Classified Information Management System CMPC Classified Matter Protection and Control CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CRD Contractor Requirements Documents CUI Controlled Unclassified Information CXIDB Coherent X-ray Imaging Data Bank D | Top DDE DOE Data Explorer DOE United States Department of Energy DOE-GDR US Department of Energy Geothermal Data Repository DOI Digital Object Identifier DRPOWER Data Repository for Power system Open models With Evolving Resources DTIC Defense Technical Information Center E | Top ECI Export Controlled Information EMSL Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration ESN Enterprise Secure Network ESS-DIVE Environmental Systems Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem ETTP East Tennessee Technology Park F | Top FNAL Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FOIA Freedom of Information Act FRD Formerly Restricted Data FT Full Text G | Top GFO Golden Field Office GPO Government Printing Office H | Top HQ Headquarters HTML Hypertext Markup Language I | Top IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IDF International DOI Foundation INIS International Nuclear Information System INL Idaho National Laboratory IPAR Individual Procurement Action Report J | Top JGI Joint Genome Institute JLAB Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility K | Top KAPL Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory KCP Kansas City Plant L | Top LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LDRD Laboratory Directed Research and Development LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory M | Top M&O Management and Operation MHKDR Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository MOU Memorandum of Understanding N | Top NARA National Archives and Records Administration NASA National Aeronautic and Space Administration NEA Nuclear Energy Agency NERSC National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory NETL-EDX NETL's Energy Data eXchange NGEE-Arctic Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments - Arctic NGEE-Tropics Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments - Tropics NIH National Institutes of Health NISO National Information Standards Organization NLLC DOE National Laboratory Library Coalition NNDC National Nuclear Data Center NNPI Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NPTO National Petroleum Technology Office NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory NSF National Science Foundation NSI National Security Information NTIS National Technical Information Service NTK Need to Know O | Top OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OLCF Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility ORAU Oak Ridge Associated Universities ORISE Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory OSS Open Source Software OSTI Office of Scientific and Technical Information OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy OUO Official Use Only P | Top P.L. Public Law PDF/A Portable Document Format - Level A Compliance PDOUO Program Determined Official Use Only PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory POC Point of Contact PPPL Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Q | Top QA Quality Assurance QC Quality Control R | Top R&D Research and Development RD Restricted Data RD&D Research, Development, and Demonstration RSICC Radiation Safety Information Computational Center S | Top S&T Scientific and Technical SBIR Small Business Innovative Research SIMS Security Information Management System SLAC SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SNL Sandia National Laboratories SRC Science Research Connection SREL Savannah River Ecology Laboratory SRNL Savannah River National Laboratory SRS Savannah River Site STI Scientific and Technical Information STIP Scientific and Technical Information Program STRIPES Strategic Integrated Procurement Enterprise System STTR Small Business Technology Transfer Program T | Top TAP Tagged Acquisition Protocol TES-SFA Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area TIO Technical Information Officer TJNAF Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility U | Top U.S.C. United States Code UCNI Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information URL Uniform Resource Locator USQCD US Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Collaboration W | Top WCH Washington Closure Hanford WFO Work for Others WTR-SFA Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area X | Top XML Extensible Markup Language Y | Top Y-12 Y-12 National Security Complex

DOE Elements are first-tier organizations at Headquarters and in the field, as described in the Correspondence Style Guide, Office of the Executive Secretariat (link is external)Heads of Departmental Elements at Headquarters, including NNSA, per DOE O 241.1B:Ensure that the objectives and requiremen...ts are incorporated into their program planning, management, contract administration, and performance-based management activities.Ensure that program-issued documents or other types of STI are appropriately reviewed and released and made available in acceptable electronic formats to OSTI, with corresponding Announcement NoticesInstruct 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 Contractor Requirements Document of DOE Order 241.1B.Instruct initiators of procurement requests for R&D contracts other than site/facility management contracts to specify the required scientific and technical deliverables, the form of delivery, and the requirement for the accompanying "Announcement of DOE Scientific and Technical Information" in the statement of work or any special instructions for applying the Contractor Requirements Document of DOE Order 241.1B.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 "Announcement of DOE Scientific and Technical Information" on the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist.Designate senior officials to address STI policy issues as needed.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).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).

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 provide metadata via the Announcement Noti...ce 241.1 on E-Link. The metadata-based announcement notice generated and supplied by DOE and contractors for unclassified STI products includes metadata elements that provide identification of and attribution for DOE's STI.  It also includes key identifiers; descriptive elements, review and release information, and medium, format, and location elements. Some elements are required, while others are optional.  Submitters must provide required information and are highly encouraged to include optional information wherever possible.Steps Required to Provide STI to DOE:Apply for E-Link Access. Questions about E-Link should be directed to OSTI @ 865-576-4070.Identify STI product type and check the AN 241.1 instructions or Submission Basics to determine which business rules apply to your submission. If the product you are submitting is a journal article, be sure to check the requirements for including the author's accepted, peer-reviewed manuscript.Review full-text document for sensitivities and protected Personally Identifiable Information (PII).The STI Releasing Official should: Prior to the submission of the announcement notice and full-text document through E-Link, verify that all necessary reviews have been completed.Verify that the STI product should be released by OSTI in accordance with the intellectual property/distribution limitation marked on the AN 241.1 and submit.Program Offices also have the option to send STI directly to OSTI via STI submission at STIP@OSTI.GOV.  An OSTI staff member will work with the Program to ensure appropriate submission.

A Principal Investigator is designated by a research organization to have an appropriate level of authority and responsibility for the proper conduct of the research, the use of funds, and administrative requirements, including the submission of scientific and technical information to the agency. Wh...en an organization designates more than one PI, they must share the authority and responsibility for leading and directing the research, intellectually and logistically.  For submission information, reference Submitting STI.Principal Investigators and Authors at DOE National Laboratories should follow the procedures provided at the lab/site.  For more information, contact the STI Manager.

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,... such as data and software, and pursues this mission responsibility. OSTI builds 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.Responsibilities include: Ensuring appropriate transparency of and open access to DOE's STI to advance science and technology as well as preservation of a permanent DOE STI repository.Collaborating with stakeholders to establish STI requirements and responsibilities to ensure optimal availability of Departmental STI to the varied customer segments, within applicable laws and Departmental requirements.Maintaining information management systems and web-based databases to enable full use of DOE-funded STI and provides a suite of web products and services for publicly releasable STI, as well as systems to manage protected categories of STI as appropriate. Managing domestic, interagency, and international STI exchanges to ensure DOE and U.S. access to national and global scientific and technical advances.Supporting 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).Responsibilities of OSTI STIP LiaisonThe STIP Liaison within the Office of Assistant Director for Acquisition and Information Programs at OSTI serves as the representative and advocate for the STIP community.  The Liaison is normally involved in activities or discussions concerning:STIP collaboration businessCross-cutting STIP issue resolutionsSTI order and guidePerformance objectives and measuresSTI policies and proceduresSTIP special focus teamsE-Link submission and reportingSTIP planning and reportingThroughout its history, OSTI has worked with representatives across the agency-in laboratories, field offices, Headquarters-to facilitate access to information and to promulgate policy and best practices for STI management. OSTI will work to broaden its complex-wide collaboration by increasing communications beyond the designated STI points of contact and engaging others across DOE in projects that advance STIP goals.For more information, contact an OSTI-STIP Liaison.

STI ManagersTechnical Information OfficersSTI Releasing OfficialsContract Officers and Contract SpecialistDepartment of Energy national laboratories and other sites and facilities have designated representatives to serve as technical information officers (TIOs) and STI Managers in the Scientific and... Technical Information Program (STIP).STI Managers The role of STI Managers is to stay abreast of the requirements of DOE's STI Program and coordinate the implementation of STIP related requirements. They serve as the main POC for their respective site/facility and participate in various STIP activities.  Normally, one STI Manager is appointed at each contractor site.  While roles and responsibilities may vary from site to site, depending on the specific language of DOE contracts, the STI activities of STI Managers generally are the same.Roles and ResponsibilitiesSTI Managers provide oversight and coordination of contractor compliance with the CRD portion of DOE O 241.1B, Scientific and Technical Information Management (link is external)  and other applicable DOE directives with related requirements (i.e., regarding sensitivity reviews, etc.).STI Managers provide oversight and coordination of contractor application of the agreed to best practices set forth on the STIP website.STI Managers ensure that an appropriate sensitivity review process of STI is implemented at their respective site and that all STI is appropriately reviewed and marked before it is released outside of their jurisdiction of their site prior to release to OSTI or Web posting.Related to the sensitivity reviews of STI, STI Managers should serve as the releasing official or at least coordinate designation and maintain awareness and provide official approval and notification to OSTI of the designation.STI Managers ensures that STI resulting from R&D and other scientific and technical endeavors that have undergone institutional review is made available to OSTI along with appropriate announcement notice information provided through one of the several STI announcement options.STI Managers ensure that OSTI is notified of any removal, replacement, or new marking or STI, per appropriate STIP channels.STI Managers participate in bi-monthly STIP teleconferences, annual STIP Working Meetings, and special STIP working groups normally chaired by OSTI.STI Managers provide general liaison with OSTI and the TIOs.STI Managers prepare contractor responses to STI-related action items received from their respective DOE Office and OSTI.Technical Information OfficersTechnical Information Officers (TIO) serve as the principal DOE Office POC and assistant to, and liaison with, the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) that serves as the Department's office charged with the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP). The TIOs are to be familiar with the STI Programs within their DOE Office (given they have contracting financial assistance and/or acquisition activities) and for their major site/facility management contractor(s) STI Program to discern compliance with the DOE O 241.1B. They must maintain an up-to-date knowledge-base of the STI Program activities and provide timely feedback on issues as they emerge. While roles and responsibilities may differ, each major DOE element shall designate a TIO to perform STI-related activities.Roles and ResponsibilitiesTIOs coordinate with the major site/facility management contractor(s) STI Manager(s) activities as they pertain to STI to ensure compliance with the CRD portion of DOE O 241.1B, Scientific and Technical Information Management (link is external).TIOs ensure that an appropriate sensitivity review process of STI is implemented by their DOE contracting/acquisitions group and appropriate guidance is provided to DOE contractors and financial assistance recipients. In addition, they should ensure that the STI generated by their financial assistance recipients, non-major site/facility management contractors, and major site/facility management contractors is appropriately reviewed and marked before it is released outside of the jurisdiction of the sites and prior to release to OSTI or Web posting.Related to the sensitivity reviews of STI generated from financial assistance and non-major site/facility management contractors, TIOs should serve as the releasing official or at least coordinate designation and maintain awareness and provide official approval and notification to OSTI of the designation.TIOs are responsible for ensuring the STI generated by financial assistance recipients and non-major site/facility management contractors is submitted to OSTI according to appropriate submission processes via E-Link. TIOs ensure the DOE contracting officers and contract specialists within their organization are aware of the status and trends related to the sensitivity reviews and timely submission of STI deliverables to OSTI.TIOs participate in preparing official DOE Office responses to STI-related action items relevant to their respective DOE and major site/facility management contractors.TIOs serve as the DOE Office representatives and advocates to ensure that STI objectives and requirements are incorporated as appropriate into the DOE Office strategic plans, DOE management information plans, DOE contractor information architecture plans, life-cycle management plans and procedures, contractor-developed institutional plans, and contract language for new or modified contracts and grants.TIOs are responsible for coordinating and communicating DOE STI goals and objectives and initiating the promotion/education of STI and STIP-related activities at the DOE Office and provide assistance as appropriate to their respective major site/facility management contractor sites. This includes the progression of timely and acceptable electronic formats of announcement records and STI.TIOs represent their organization's STI objectives/perspectives by staying informed of their in-house STI activities and those of their major site/facility management contractors. Also, TIOs represent their DOE Office by participating in the various STI-related activities and meetings such as Meet-Me Calls, Annual STIP Working Meetings, and special working groups. Active participation in the STIP collaboration is vital and beneficial when contributing to the best practices for a successful STI management program.TIOs participate in rewrites of directives as appropriate, provide updates to the STIP Home Page, and communicate the requirements and best practices to DOE and DOE major site/facility management contractors.Through STIP, TIOs recommend the need for new or revised policies and comment on the new or revised policies put forth. They also ensure that implementation procedures for the new or revised policies are put in place by DOE and coordinate as needed with major site/facility management contractors.STI Releasing OfficialsReleasing Officials have responsibility for ensuring that STI has undergone appropriate sensitivity reviews and that subsequent recommendation to OSTI is made via established systems regarding release of STI in the public domain (i.e., unlimited announcement) or the application of DOE-approved access limitations, as well as other laws, policies, and schedules.Contract Officers and Contract SpecialistA Contracting Officer is the DOE official authorized to execute awards on behalf of DOE and is responsible for the business management and non-program aspects of the financial assistance process. They are responsible for ensuring that the receipt of required interim and final scientific/technical reporting deliverables as identified on DOE F 4600.2, Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist, and in the contract are monitored and provided to DOE/OSTI.