I just received this month’s SPARC Open Access Newsletter in my inbox. It contains a hefty and thorough look at November’s election and the effects of it on public access initiatives that are underway, such as FRPPA (the bill that would extend the NIH Public Access Policy to 10 other funding agences). Public access to federally […]
Next Thursday, July 29th, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, the Census and National Archives will hold a hearing on public access to federally funded research. You may remember that last winter the Office of Science and Technology Policy requested public input on the expansion of public access policies, […]
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to provide updates from the policy and legislative side of things. A few interesting things have come up in the past month or so that you might find of interest. Oregon Legislative Update The Oregon Legislature ended its session in February. Among the accomplishments cited in a […]
Do you work with scholarly publishing? Have you been following the Obama administration’s Open Government plan? Do you know much about the NIH Public Access Policy? Do you work with faculty members at your institution who receive federal funding? Read on to learn more about something exciting that’s happening right now. As a bit of […]
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