Government · National labs
CASRAI standards for government research laboratories
Government research laboratories — US Department of Energy national labs, NASA centres, UK Catapults, EU Joint Research Centre, Australia's CSIRO, Germany's Helmholtz / Fraunhofer / Max Planck — produce a substantial fraction of national scientific output. Distinct from university research, they operate under additional mandates around classified work, export control, dual-use, and inter-agency reporting.
US: 17 DOE national labs; UK: ~10 Catapults; EU: JRC
What this sector cares about
Key research-administration concerns
- NSPM-33-style disclosure (US Common Disclosure Form)
- Export control + dual-use review (EAR, ITAR)
- Classified vs unclassified output attribution
- Inter-agency CRediT conventions (DOE OSTI, NASA STI, etc.)
- Public-access policy compliance (US Nelson memo, equivalents)
- Federally Funded Research and Development Centre (FFRDC) reporting
Public research labs increasingly publish field-facing methods work, from point-of-care malaria testing protocols and emergency care dispatch models to population preventive health screening programmes, where clean contributor attribution matters as much as the findings.
Standards in play
Relevant standards beyond CASRAI
- CRediT
- ORCID
- RAiD
- NSPM-33 Common Disclosure Form
- DOE OSTI publishing policy
- FAIR data
Typical actors
Who's involved
- Staff scientist
- PI
- Lab director
- Export-control officer
- Programme manager (DOE / NASA / NSF)
- OSTI / STI deposit coordinator
Going deeper
