[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR1180.4]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 1180_TRANSFER BY FEDERAL AGENCIES OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND 

ENGINEERING INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE

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Sec. 1180.4  Preparing a product for transfer.



    (a) Every final STEI product or summary shall, to the extent 

practicable, be prepared in a format that is consistent with one of the 

various formats found in NTIS guidelines. In addition, every such 

product shall--

    (1) Be accompanied by a report documentation page (SF 298) or its 

electronic equivalent;

    (2) Be in a form capable of high quality reproduction appropriate to 

the medium;

    (3) In the case of software, be accompanied by relevant 

documentation, such as operating manuals, but not including printed 

source code; and

    (4) In the case of a product not printed by the Government Printing 

Office, be accompanied by a statement as to whether the product has been 

made available for depository distribution by the Government Printing 

Office.

    (b) Each federal agency shall transfer or have transferred to NTIS 

those STEI products funded by it that are protected by copyright only if 

there is a license reserved to the Government. In such cases, the agency 

shall inform NTIS of the terms of the license. Suggested language for 

inclusion in agency funding instruments is contained in the Appendix to 

this part.

    (c) If an agency has generated or funded an STEI product which 

should be available for public dissemination but has embedded within it 

any copyrighted material, the designated liaison appointed pursuant to 

Sec. 1180.8 should work with NTIS to determine if it would be 

appropriate to seek a license from the copyright holder in order to make 

the STEI product available.