From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 06:42:51 -0800 There is a strong argument for open access to federally funded research on the Scholarly Kitchen this morning: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/01/06/my-argument-for-public-access-to-research-reports/ The author is David Wojick. Wojick notes that there has always been a mandate to provide reports for all research that is federally funded. He makes a distinction between research reports (mandated) and journal articles. Joe Esposito -- Joseph J. Esposito Portable CEO [log in to unmask] @josephjesposito +Joseph Esposito