Sec. 7. Shared database of researcher information
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The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish a working group within the National Science and Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate Federal research funding agency policies in developing a central database of researcher information, including researchers’ expertise, employment, education, and professional accomplishments, for use by research institutions in applying for research grants from Federal scientific funding agencies. The working group shall— identify the policy issues and barriers that must be addressed in developing such a database; ensure that the database provides a single source of information for research profiles across Federal research funding agencies, including, to the extent practicable, information on researchers’ current and pending Federal support, expertise, employment, education professional accomplishments, and other items as appropriate; work to reduce the administrative burden associated with Federal grant submission and reporting requirements by use of the database across Federal research funding agencies; ensure that the database developed is the least burdensome possible for research institutions applying for Federal grants that still allows for the collection of information necessary for Federal research funding agencies; determine whether the database can be made more efficient through linkages to databases developed under the public access plans of Federal research funding agencies (pursuant to the memorandum on Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research published by the Office of Science and Technology Policy on February 22, 2013); determine how to best leverage resources on researcher information from non-Federal sources such as researcher identifiers; ensure that the database cross-references other Federal award databases, including any system of award management operated by the Government Services Administration; and recommend a Federal research funding agency to administer the database.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, describing the actions taken develop the database described in subsection (a).