I think several people might be interested in this process...
Cheers,
Tim Scarlett
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> Date: December 11, 2009 12:24:28 PM EST
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> Subject: White House seeks public input on science policy
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> Make your voice heard!
> We have been asked to relay to the broad scientific community the
> following opportunity to advise US government policymaking
> deliberations.
> You can read the latest updates at: www.whitehouse.gov/open
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> The Obama Administration is seeking public input on policies
> concerning 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.
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> The Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office
> of the President and the White House Open Government Initiative are
> launching a "Public Access Policy Forum" to invite public
> participation in thinking through what the Federal government's
> policy should be with regard to public access to published federally-
> funded research results.
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> To that end, OSTP will conduct an interactive, online discussion
> beginning Thursday, December 10. The discussion will focus on three
> major areas of interest:
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> * Implementation (Dec. 10 to 20): Which Federal agencies are good
> candidates to adopt Public Access policies? What variables (field of
> science, proportion of research funded by public or private
> entities, etc.) should affect how public access is implemented at
> various agencies, including the maximum length of time between
> publication and public release?
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> * Features and Technology (Dec. 21 to Dec 31): In what format should
> the data be submitted in order to make it easy to search and
> retrieve information, and to make it easy for others to link to it?
> Are there existing digital standards for archiving and
> interoperability to maximize public benefit? How are these
> anticipated to change?
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> * Management (Jan. 1 to Jan. 7): What are the best mechanisms to
> ensure compliance? What would be the best metrics of success? What
> are the best examples of usability in the private sector (both
> domestic and international)? Should those who access papers be given
> the opportunity to comment or provide feedback?
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> 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 at blog.ostp.gov.
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> Alan I. Leshner, CEO, AAAS and Executive Publisher, Science
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