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> Authors sometimes share those with researchers conducting similar work, although they usually ignore such requests, according to recent studies of datasharing practices.

If the research was in anyway paid for with federal dollars all this data should be public. Not only that, if true it is a waste of federal dollars.

It's probable that the widening mistrust in science is due to this a sort of behavior and the resulting administration.

Waste due to inefficiencies is one thing, waste due to fraud, data hiding, misdirection is something else.