OSTP launches a public consultation on Public Access Policy. 2009 December 14
The U.S. Office of Science & Technology policy announced on Thursday, Dec. 10, that it will launch a public consultation on Public Access Policy. The OSTP says:
“[President Obama'a] Administration is seeking public input on access to publicly-funded research results, such as those that appear in academic and scholarly journal articles. Currently, the National Institutes of Health require that research funded by its grants be made available to the public online at no charge within 12 months of publication. The Administration is seeking views as to whether this policy should be extended to other science agencies and, if so, how it should be implemented.
They are doing this in three parts, with the first one already started”
- Implementation (Dec. 10 to 20)
- Features and Technology (Dec. 21 to Dec 31)
- Management (Jan. 1 to Jan. 7)
According to the post, Each of these topics will form the basis of a blog posting that will appear at www.whitehouse.gov/open and will be open for comment on the OSTP blog. If you have nay thoughts about Open Access to government funding research, I’d encourage you to share your thoughts (no matter whether you are for, against, or indifferent about the Obama administration).