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Published on Tuesday, 31 May 2022 12:00

The National Science and Technology Council issued an important report titled "Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research". This pulls together a good deal of work, including the responses to an Office of Science and Technology Policy request for comments in early 2020, and some of the evolving thinking coming out of the National Institutes of Health on FAIR data and the roles of specialist vs. generalist repositories. 

The report is at 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05-2022-Desirable-Characteristics-of-Data-Repositories.pdf

There's also a blog post that provides some helpful context at

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/05/26/new-guidance-to-ensure-federally-funded-research-data-equitably-benefits-all-of-america/