[Wikimedia-l] White House orders open access to federally sponsored research

[James Salsman]

This looks pretty substantial:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

"The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hereby directs
each Federal agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of
research and development expenditures to develop a plan to support
increased public access to the results of research funded by the
Federal Government."