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

Information products which contain findings and technological innovations resulting from research and development (R&D) efforts and scientific and technological work scientists, researchers, and engineers whether Federal employee, contractor, or financial assistance recipient... Scientific findings ...are communicated through various media - e.g., textual, multimedia, audiovisual, and digital - and are produced in a range of products... DOE-funded STI originates primarily from research and other activities performed by site/facility management contractors, direct DOE-executed prime procurements, DOE-operated research activities, and financial assistance recipients, in addition to DOE employees. Scientific findings are communicated through various media - e.g., textual, multimedia, audiovisual, and digital - and are produced in a range of products such as technical reports, conference papers and presentations, theses and dissertations, scientific and technical computer software, journal articles, workshop reports, patents, publicly available scientific research datasets, or other types of STI. STI may be classified, Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), or unclassified with no access restrictions. DOE-funded STI originates primarily from research and other activities performed by site/facility management contractors, direct DOE-executed prime procurements, DOE-operated research facilities, and financial assistance recipients, in addition to DOE employees.

Type Information Not Submitted to OSTI Information: The following products (exceptions noted below) are not submitted to OSTI for announcement or availability. Administrative materials Brochures Catalogs Correspondence ... Databases Draft documents Engineering drawings Field work proposals Financial information Future conference announcements Notices Memoranda Monthly reports Newsletters Policies Procedures Contractor planning documents Proposals or predecisional information Public communications (except S&T accomplishments) Report sections Training or new employee orientation videos Weekly reports Websites (except those applicable as an STI product) Non-scientific or technical or non-programmatic publications Special Submissions to OSTI Information: Certain information products are submitted to OSTI for central processing and announcement; however, they are not considered STI and do not follow the same submission process. Declassified Documents Information: Those documents that do not meet the definition of STI and have been determined to be publicly releasable are submitted through the Department's OpenNet database, maintained by OSTI. OpenNet provides easy and timely access to recently declassified documents and related information, in support of the national Openness initiative. (Declassified documents that meet the definition of STI are submitted through the STI program.)

Note, discovery of products will depend on the record's Access Limitation. If the searched product can't be found in OSTI.GOV due to its distribution and access limitations, Science Research Connection may be helpful at www.osti.gov/src Product Types Discovery Tools Technical or Workshop Rep...ort OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Conference / Event Paper or Presentation / Proceeding OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Accepted Manuscript of Journal Article OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV DOE PAGESAvailable in DOE PAGES Program Document OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Scientific and Technical (S&T) Accomplishment Report OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Book or Monograph (manuscript only) OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Patent OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV DOE PatentsAvailable in DOE Patents Thesis or Dissertation OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Factsheet OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV Scientific Research Datasets (Announce Only) OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV DOE Data ExplorerAvailable in DOE Data Explorer Scientific and Technical Computer Software (unlimited) OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV DOE CODEAvailable in DOE CODE Scientific Videos OSTI.GOVAvailable in OSTI.GOV DOE ScienceCinemaAvailable in DOE ScienceCinema

STI is produced and published in various media and formats, including textual, graphical, numeric, multimedia, digital data, technical reports, scientific/technical conference papers and presentations, theses and dissertations, computer software, journal manuscripts and citations, workshop reports, ...program documents, patents, and other types of technical data. Additionally, program documents encompass needs assessments, workshop reports, etc. Note: "An­nounce" as used in the context below refers to when the submitter only provides OSTI with an An­nouncement notice (AN 241.1, AN 241.3, AN 241.4, AN 241.5, and AN 241.6) and not the STI product itself.  "Submit" refers to an STI product being provided to OSTI, along with the An­nouncement notice via upload or FTP or making the STI product accessible via a valid URL in the metadata. Type Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Instructions (an An­nouncement notice is required for each submission) Books and monographs Copy­righted An­nounce Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Copy­right­ed: An­nounce to OSTI. Instructions: An­nouncement notice is to include availability. Not Copy­right­ed Submit Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Not Copy­righted: Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Format of full text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full-text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Conference, symposium, lecture, or similar event papers, presentations, proceedings (Colloquium presentations or presentations given at other events, such as a scientific symposium science lecture series, etc.) Copy­righted An­nounce Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Copy­righted: An­nounce to OSTI. Instructions: An­nouncement notice must include conference and availability information. Not Copy­righted Submit Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Not Copy­righted: Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Full-text format may be PDF, PPT, or AV file. of full-text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full-text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Transmission of AV files needs to be coordinated with OSTI. Dissertations Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Format of full-text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full-text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Journal articles Copy­right An­nounce Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Copyright: An­nounce to OSTI. Instructions: An­nouncement notice must include identifying information, e.g. journal information (journal, title, volume, issue, page range, or article number). Accepted manuscript Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Format of full text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full text should be searchable PDF. Note: An accepted manuscript contains the same peer-reviewed content as the published article but is not an exact copy in terms of form (e.g., reprint) of what appears in the journal. Patents Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: OSTI will accept patents via E-Link or through special arrangements, to be included in DOE Patents with links to USPTO. Format of full text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Program documents (i.e., published by or for DOE Program Offices, may include strategic plans) Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Format of full text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Publicly available scientific research data Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? An­nounce to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? An­nounce to OSTI. Instructions: STI product must be posted at site, DOE Data Center, or other publicly accessible location such as an open repository. URL (and DOI, if available prior to submission) must be included in An­nouncement notice metadata. (Datasets cannot be uploaded or stored at OSTI.) Scientific and technical accomplishment reports Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Format of full text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Scientific and technical computer software Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: Submit software via DOE CODE, or for Limited Software, submit via E-Link AN241.4.* Software manuals Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: Submit to DOE CODE, along with software.* Technical / Workshop Reports Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Submit/An­nounce to OSTI? Submit to OSTI. Instructions: STI product may be uploaded or posted at site and URL provided to OSTI. Format of full text should be searchable PDF if URL is provided. Format of uploaded full text can be searchable or non-searchable PDF. Theses/dissertations (see Dissertations) Workshop reports (see Technical/workshop reports)   *See STI Software Appropriate for Announcement for additional information.

Scientific and Technical Information Program Overview (link is external) The U.S. Department of Energy (link is external) (DOE) conducts research and development (R&D) and other science and technology endeavors in a variety of fields. The knowledge gained during the R&D process is frequently imparte...d through scientific and technical information (STI), a key outcome of DOE R&D and other activities. Within the DOE Office of Science, the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has the responsibility for coordinating STI activities and for leading a collaborative effort to a distributed STI environment. To that end, OSTI and designated representatives from the headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and facility contractors who are STI program stakeholders work together to facilitate access to STI and identify best practices, as well as objectives and goals. These STI program stakeholders are actively involved in the creation, processing, dissemination, and preservation of STI. Through the use of innovative technologies and open communication, these activities are successfully being achieved. Established in 1947, OSTI fulfills agency responsibilities related to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of scientific and technical information emanating from R&D performed by DOE and predecessor agencies, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration. This responsibility has been codified in the organic, or enabling, legislation of DOE and predecessor agencies and, more recently, was defined as a specific OSTI responsibility in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (link is external).Read detailed information about Statutory Authorities related to OSTI and STI.

Public Access comprises the efforts of U.S. federal science agencies to increase access to unclassified scholarly publications and digital data resulting from federal research and development (R&D) funding.  While OSTI has provided public access to DOE's unclassified R&D results throughout its histo...ry, the incremental change reflected in the DOE Public Access Plan is the addition of final accepted manuscripts/journal articles, which OSTI makes publicly available within 12 months of publication.  Access is provided through both OSTI.GOV and the DOE Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science (DOE PAGES). As required by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Department of Energy has prepared, secured approval of and posted the DOE Public Access Plan for providing access to the results of DOE-funded scientific research.  This positions the Department and its dedicated STIP representatives to enable public access to scholarly scientific publications.Figure 276017: PAGES250px 2019icon Min PAGES250px 2019icon Min This image renders logo for DOE PAGES website.Logo has text stating - Department of Energy DOE PAGES - Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science. The text has background of opened up book. Printer-friendly version Below are links to key information about DOE's public access efforts.DOE Public Access PlanPublic Access to Publications PolicyPublic Access FAQs (link is external)Research Data Management Policy (link is external)Secretarial Memorandum dated September 24, 2014 (link is external)Public Access News and Communications (link is external)

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, prese...rvation, and dissemination of scientific and technical information originating from Department of Energy R&D activities. This responsibility has been summarized in the legislation of DOE and its predecessor agencies and, more recently, was defined as a specific OSTI responsibility in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58), Section 982.  "The Secretary, through the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, shall maintain with the Department publicly available collections of scientific and technical information resulting from research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications activities supported by the Department." Statutory Authorities, Policies, and Schedules: America COMPETES Act of 2007, P.L. 110-69 Requires that Federal agencies that conduct scientific research develop agency-specific policies and procedures regarding the public release of data and results of research (Section 1009 (link is external)). America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, P.L. 111-358 Reauthorizes various programs intended to strengthen research and education in the United States, and establishes an Interagency Public Access Committee as relates to Federal science agencies (Section 103 (link is external)). Atomic Energy Acts of 1946, P. L.79-585 and 1954, as amended P.L. 83-703 Establishes a program for the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information and for the control of classified information (42 U.S.C. Sec. 2013, 2051, and 2161 (link is external)). Classified National Security Information, Executive Order 13526, 32 CFR Parts 2001 and 2003 Link (link is external) Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, P.L. 95-91 Provides for maintaining a central source of information and disseminating information (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5916, 7112 (link is external)). Department of Energy Research and Development Records Schedule Link (link is external) DOE Acquisition Guide, Chapter 35.1, Scientific and Technical Reporting Link (link is external) DOE Acquisition Guide, Chapter 42.4, Contract Closeout Link (link is external) DOE Guide to Financial Assistance Link (link is external) DOE Open Government Plan Link (link is external) Energy Policy Act of 2005, P.L. 109-58 "The Secretary, through the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, shall maintain with the Department publicly available collections of scientific and technical information resulting from research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications activities supported by the Department." (Section 982 (link is external)) Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, P.L. 93-438 Defines responsibilities for developing, collecting, distributing, and making scientific and technical information available for distribution (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5813, 5817 (link is external)). Freedom of Information Act, P.L. 89-487 Provides for public access to Federal agency records, which would include records containing scientific and technical information created with Federal funding (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq. (link is external)). Identification and Protection of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information, 10 CFR Part 1017 Establishes policies and procedures for the identification and protection of UCNI (10 CFR Part 1017 (link is external)). Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Subject: Transparency and Open Government Link (link is external) Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Subject: Scientific Integrity, March 9, 2009. Link (link is external) Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Subject: Open Government Directive, December 8, 2009. Link (link is external) Title XXXII, National Nuclear Security Administration Act, as Amended, P.L. 106-65, Establishes a separately organized agency within the Department of Energy in 2000. Link (link is external) White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 2013 Memorandum, "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research." Link (link is external) Standards The following standards provide information on recommended practices as well as guidance for Departmental elements and others in the preparation of STI products. ANSI/NISO Z39.18-2005; Scientific and Technical Reports - Preparation, Presentation, and Preservation This Standard outlines the elements, organization, and design of scientific and technical reports (link is external). It provides guidance to individuals and organizations in preparing reports and contains examples of best practices, with a recognition of the changing environment driven by the growing digital environment. ANSI/NISO Z39.14-1997; Guidelines for Abstracts This standard helps authors and editors (link is external) prepare useful abstracts by describing the components of an abstract and appropriate styles; includes examples which illustrate the instructions presented in the standard and clarifies how to handle special cases. ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997; Standard Technical Report Number Format and Creation This standard describes a flexible and unique numbering system (link is external) that improves access to scientific and technical reports issued by the government and private organizations. It explains how and where the Standard Technical Report Number (STRN) should be assigned and used. STI-Related DOE Directives Dissemination of scientific and technical information (STI) resulting from Department of Energy (DOE) research and development programs promotes scientific progress and public understanding and has been a fundamental requirement since the founding of the Department and its predecessor agencies.  A number of laws require the Department to make its information available, while others place some limits on the dissemination of scientific and technical information for which the unauthorized release would be detrimental to national interests and security. Departmental directives are DOE's primary means of establishing policies, requirements, responsibilities, and procedures for Departmental elements and contractors. DOE O 241.1B Chg 1 (link is external) is the primary DOE directive on STI management and provides the overall DOE objective, requirements, and responsibilities within which these STI mandates are to be met. The following directives are also relevant to the management of STI.  View additional DOE Directives (link is external). DOE O 200.1A Chg 1 (MinChg), Information Technology Management (link is external) DOE O 206.1 Chg1 (MinChg), Department of Energy Privacy Program (link is external) DOE O 243.1B Chg 1 (Admin Chg), Records Management Program (link is external) DOE O 412.1A Chg 1, Work Authorization System (link is external) DOE O 413.2C Chg1 (MinChg), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (link is external) DOE O 452.7 Chg 1 (AdminChg), Protection of Use Control Vulnerabilities and Designs (link is external) DOE O 452.8 Control of Nuclear Weapon Data (link is external) DOE O 457.1A, Nuclear Counterterrorism (link is external) DOE O 471.1B, Identification and Protection of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (link is external) DOE O 471.3 Chg 1, Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information (link is external) DOE M 471.3-1 Chg 1, Manual for Identifying and Protecting Official Use Only Information (link is external) DOE O 471.6 Chg 3 (Admin Chg), Information Security (link is external) DOE O 475.2B, Identifying Classified Information (link is external) DOE O 481.1E Chg 1 (LtdChg), Strategic Partnership Projects (link is external) [Formerly Known as Work for Others (Non-Department of Energy Funded Work)] DOE O 483.1B Chg 2 (LtdChg), DOE Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (link is external) DOE O 484.1 Chg 2, Reimbursable Work for the Department of Homeland Security (link is external)