Hi all,
Amazingly, the U.S. science and technology policy office is considering making *all* publicly funded research *open access*.
If you are a U.S. citizen, PLEASE comment by March 16th.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-03189/request-for-...
Cheers,
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Jake Orlowitz, 26/02/20 20:58:
Amazingly, the U.S. science and technology policy office is considering making /all/ publicly funded research /open access/.
If you are a U.S. citizen, PLEASE comment by March 16th.
Yes.
For some context, this was subject of much debate in December 2019 after some of the usual publisher terrorism on the topic.
https://sparcopen.org/our-work/rumored-2020-white-house-open-access-policy/ https://blogs.plos.org/plos/2020/01/plos-joins-other-publishers-and-societie... http://oaintheusa.com/ https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/3/tag/oa.usa
Federico
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