July 18, 2008

Too Many Secretive Strings Are Attached To Federally Financed Projects, Universities Complain

By Jeffrey Brainard

Washington

Federal agencies are pressing colleges not to publish findings from unclassified research projects financed by those agencies. The requests are coming more and more often, despite a longstanding presidential order that such findings be open, according to a new report issued on Thursday by two higher-education groups. Agencies cite national security as the reason for the secrecy, the report says.

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