Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 89756, Nov. 13, 2024.
The technical data policy is directed toward achieving the following objectives:
(a) Making the benefits of the energy research, development and demonstration programs of DOE widely available to the public in the shortest practicable time;
(b) Promoting the commercial utilization of the technology developed under DOE programs;
(c) Encouraging participation by private persons in DOE energy research, development, and demonstration programs; and
(d) Fostering competition and preventing undue market concentration or the creation or maintenance of other situations inconsistent with the antitrust laws.
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (
42 U.S.C. 2168,
2182,
2201; Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (
42 U.S.C. 5908); Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 (
42 U.S.C. 7261a.); Department of Energy Organization Act (
42 U.S.C. 7101
source: 49 FR 12004, Mar. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 927.402-2