Image by Lightspring on Shutterstock. Cross-posted on 9 December 2021 by the Netherlands eScience Centre and the Software Sustainability Institute. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5762703 Research software is essential for research data, so how should governments respond? December 9, 2021 Authors: Michelle Barker, Neil Chue Hong, Daniel S. Katz, Mark Leggott, Andrew Treloar, Joris van Eijnatten,Selina Aragon.