RECOMMENDATIONS

• General Principles. Incorporate the following general principles into the design of an NDIN:
• Provide open access as much as possible
• Restrict access to certain information
• Aggregate information to avoid disclosing sensitive data
• Negotiate data sharing agreements
• Secure the integrity of all the information
  
  
• Network Design Implications for Data Access and Disclosure. Define more precisely the specific data elements that need to be acquired and disclosed.
  
  
• Best Practice Studies and Models. Needed to assist legislators, and the designers and users of the NDIN.
  
  
• Awareness and Capacity. Provide information about potentially applicable data access and disclosure limitations.
  
  
• Federal Roles. Make data access and disclosure principles an integral part of the federal government’s effort to develop the NDIN.

   

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