Recent Brief on Data Management Policies by Canadian Funding Agencies

A recent comprehensive brief prepared by Kathleen Shearer on behalf of the three funding agencies in Canada suggests that the United Kingdom and the United States are most advanced in their research data management policies.  But the report also highlights that

"Despite the lack of strong policies, Australia is still considered one of the leaders in RDM in that it has made major investments in its services and infrastructure. In 2007, the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program created the Australian National Data Service (ANDS). ANDS invests in and hosts a number of local and centralized services, including Research Data Australia, a national discovery service to promote visibility of research data collections."

 http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=1E116DB8-1