Policy.

The technical data and scientific and technical information (STI) policies are 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. [49 FR 12004, Mar. 28, 1984. Redesignated and amended at 89 FR 89756, Nov. 13, 2024]