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The ICDC will instantiate a system for researchers to submit requests for project data to be included in the ICDC. The submission system will provide guidance to requesters regarding the key evaluation criteria that will be used for evaluation. All requests will be captured and tracked in a system that will provide visibility to the request details and allow review of the requests progression through the ICDC Governance Process. The first step of the process is initiation where an ICDC team member will review requests for completeness. Complete requests will progress to an evaluation stage while incomplete requests will stay at the initiation stage with the requester contacted and asked to provide the relevant additional detail. Evaluation criteria will include, but may not be limited to, scientific impact to ICDC mission as well as more logistical areas such as type of data, size of data, access control, is there a shelf-life, and are other CRDC nodes involved.

Incoming submissions will be marked as "CONFIDENTIAL" with a watermark before forwarding out to DGAB members.  Members will be reminded at the start of each meeting that submissions are confidential until released (some may be embargoed prior to publication).

Evaluation.

All completed reviews will be sent for evaluation and adjudication by the ICDC Data Governance Advisory Board (DGAB).  The composition of the DGAB is listed below in the Roles and Responsibilities section.  The DGAB will review all completed requests and evaluate them based on the published evaluation criteria. The DGB will make a recommendation on the priority of the request and the recommendation will be provided to the NCI. The NCI will instantiate a group to make the final decision on the request. If a request is not accepted, feedback will be provided to the requester documenting the rationale for the decision. Requesters may, if they have addressed the DGAB comments, resubmit requests that were not initially approved. The DGAB will be responsible for establishing the recommendation Evaluation criteria. The FNL staff will provide logistical support to the DGAB and will also provide summary reports on the number of requests and their disposition. The FNL staff will ensure that the evaluation criteria are completed for each request before consideration by the DGAB. The DGAB and FNL staff will create and maintain the Evaluation criteria used by the DGAB for evaluation. The DGAB, FNL staff and NCI may also work together to develop any needed data policies, for example, data life cycle policy (will all data stay forever, or will data become less available over time).  For purposes of quorum, 3/5 members shall be considered sufficient.

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