CENDI Working Groups — STI Policy

The STI Policy Working Group deals with current legal, policy, and regulatory government proposals that have an impact on dissemination of federal STI. The Working Group:

• Identifies emerging policy issues and alerts CENDI members to relevant activities both within the government and externally that contribute to STI public policy discussions.
• Provides advice and counsel to the CENDI principals concerning matters related to STI policy, including access to government information, dissemination of STI, and intellectual property.
• Raises topics of concern and assists CENDI partners in conveying, as appropriate, expert technical input on policy issues to agency, administration, and congressional decision makers.

Major areas of interest include:

• Copyright and Intellectual Property
• Information Economics
• Information Policy
• IT Privacy
• Public Domain and Dissemination of STI (including Science.gov)

Committee chairmanship provided by NLM and NLE.