; and (ii) the evaluation standards adhered to under section 154(a)(2)(A). (B) Access In developing and maintaining standards under this paragraph, the Evaluation and Evidence Use Commissioner shall ensure that research or data resulting from regional educational laboratories shall be made available in public, restricted-use, and easily accessible formats for further analyses, reproducibility studies, and replication of research, as long as any reported information does not reveal personally identifiable information. (d) Activities Each regional educational laboratory awarded a contract under this section shall design and conduct applied research, development, data analysis, evaluation, and evidence use activities by— (1) developing a plan for identifying and serving the needs of the geographic region, in consultation with the corresponding comprehensive center established under section 207 that serves such region, by conducting a continuing survey of the educational needs, strengths, and weaknesses within the region, including a process of open hearings to solicit the views of schools, teachers, principals, other school leaders, administrators, specialized instructional support personnel, paraprofessionals, other staff, parents, librarians, local educational agencies, State educational agencies, Bureau-funded schools, Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Tribal organizations within the region; (2) (A) carrying out applied research projects (including data analysis or evaluation) that are designed to serve the particular educational needs of the geographic region and that result in actionable information; or (B) supporting teams of researchers, practitioners, education system leaders, and policymakers, as applicable, in carrying out field-initiated research; (3) assisting in solving site-specific problems and in development activities