Thanks for bringing this up, Cheryl. This one is a follow-up consultation ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/08/public-access-policy-update ), so there is no need to rehash all the usual arguments. Instead, this one is aimed at broadening the range of feedback to people and institutions/ organizations outside federally funded research, where we fit in nicely. A point clearly underrepresented in the previous rounds as well as in the OA debates in general is the reuse of Open Access resources, and here, WMF could make a string case.
The consultation on open access comes along with a similar public consultation on data sharing ( http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-04/pdf/2011-28621.pdf ).
We have previously submitted a comment on a similar consultation by the EU: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Committee/Areas_of_interest/Open-acc... .
I have set up http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Committee/Areas_of_interest/Open-acc... to coordinate our activities.
Cheers,
Daniel
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Cheryl Moy moyc@umich.edu wrote:
Hi Everyone!
This caught my attention on Monday, and I think that there are many in the group who would be interested in helping to submit a response to OSTP (Office of Science and Technology Policy).
http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/11/04/2011-28623/request-for-in...
Take a look at the call, I also believe that the WMF might also be putting together a response? I am not 100% sure, but maybe we all could coordinate something. I am also not familiar with how responses are submitted hopefully someone in the group knows! The response is due Jan 2, 2012.
Best, Cheryl (user:MichChemGSI)
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