<div dir="ltr">Hello IMC,<div><br></div><div>As mentioned in an earlier email, the multi-agency Subcommittee on Open Science of the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Science is seeking comment from individuals and institutions on desirable characteristics for data repositories. <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/17/2020-00689/request-for-public-comment-on-draft-desirable-characteristics-of-repositories-for-managing-and" target="_blank">LINK TO RFC</a></span><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/17/2020-00689/request-for-public-comment-on-draft-desirable-characteristics-of-repositories-for-managing-and" target="_blank"> </a>. The original deadline left little time to craft a response from the IMC. That deadline has been extended to March 17, giving us a brief window to act. LTER IM has been actively considering and engaging with these issues for many years now. A letter from LTER would allow us to share our experience.</div><div><br></div><div>IMexec has started a response letter to the linked RFC. Our window of time for this is still very narrow, and we will need EB approval before submitting our response. As such, we are asking for comments from IM's no later than noon PDT on Thursday, March 12. <br><br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NHV6Ke5m3vy5ssQ9sLffAgjY6u4rsz4ENNIAErBrDL0/edit">Please add your comments to this document</a>. At this time, don't worry about formatting. Just identify the the section of the RFC you are responding to. IMexec will organize and format prior to submission to the EB.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">--</font></pre><pre cols="72"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dan Bahauddin
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