US Energy Department clarifies who owns records when it pays a contractor

The US Department of Energy is putting back text into its acquisition rules that was accidentally deleted. This text clarifies which records created by contractors are owned by the contractor, not the government.

When the government pays a company to do work, it's not always clear who owns the data and documents created during that work. This rule change means that contractors working for the Energy Department will clearly own their own records. This matters for intellectual property and future use of that data.