---identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s927.402"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "48 CFR § 927.402 - 927.402 Policy."title_number: 48title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"section_number: "927.402"section_name: "927.402 Policy."chapter_number: 9chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"subchapter_number: "E"subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"part_number: "927"part_name: "PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2168, 2182, 2201); Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5908); Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 7261a.); Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 ); National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 4201 )"regulatory_source: "49 FR 12004, Mar. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "927"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t48/s927.402
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
9 — Department of Energy
Authority
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2168, 2182, 2201); Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5908); Department of Energy National Security and Military... Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2168, 2182, 2201); Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5908); Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 7261a.); Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 ); National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 4201 )
# 927.402 927.402 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]