45 CFR § 75.363
Methods for collection, transmission and storage of information
April 14, 2021
In accordance with the May 2013 Executive Order on Making Open and Machine readable the New Default for Government Information, the HHS awarding agency and the non-Federal entity should, whenever practicable, collect, transmit, and store Federal award-related information in open and machine readable formats rather than in closed formats or on paper.
[81 FR 3017, Jan. 20, 2016]