# Open Licensing Requirement for Competitive Grant Programs
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2017-01-19 · Effective 2017-03-20 · 82 FR 7376
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-00910
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 7376
- **CFR reference:** 2 CFR 3474
- **Publication date:** 2017-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-20
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2015-OS-0105
## Abstract

The Secretary amends the regulations of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in order to require, subject to certain categorical exceptions and case-by-case exceptions, that Department grantees awarded competitive grant funds openly license to the public copyrightable grant deliverables created with Department grant funds.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00910/open-licensing-requirement-for-competitive-grant-programs)
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