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Departmental (or DOE) Elements

DOE Elements are first-tier organizations at Headquarters and in the field, as described in the Correspondence Style Guide, Office of the Executive Secretariat

Heads of Departmental Elements at Headquarters, including NNSA, per DOE O 241.1C:

  • Ensure that the objectives and requirements of this Order are incorporated into policy, procedures, performance, and guidance for programs and projects that generate STI resulting from R&D.
  • Instruct program officials and initiators of requisitions for site/facility management contracts to specify whether the CRD for this Order applies in the award resulting from the requisition and any special instructions for applying the CRD.
  • Instruct program officials that direct and authorize R&D to be performed (for site/facility management or other R&D/non-site facility contracts) to specify the CRD in the associated statement of work (SOW). If the entire CRD is not included, program officials must specify the STI product and DMP/DMSP requirements as a clause in Part H of the contract.
  • Instruct program officials and initiators of requisitions for non-site/facility management contracts to specify whether the CRD for this Order applies in the award resulting from the requisition and any special instructions for applying the CRD.
  • Instruct program officials and initiators of requisitions for financial assistance awards to specify the requirements and instructions for submitting STI (see Attachment 3) and data management planning through a DMP/DMSP (see Attachment 6) as part of the award terms and/or reporting requirements.
  • Ensure that DOE federal employees conducting R&D provide a DMP/DMSP for scientific data generated in the course of their work as well as identify and submit STI (see Attachments 3, 4, and 6).
  • Designate a Technical Information Officer (federal employee) that will participate in the Department’s STIP.
  • Ensure that DOE federal employees conducting R&D work are instructed to obtain a persistent identifier for themselves that meets the common/core standards specified in the NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance or successor guidance (e.g., ORCID iD).