From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 16:11:35 +0100

Earlier this month a group of Open Access advocates flew to Washington
to attend a meeting with the US Office of Science&  Technology Policy.
Their objective was to convince OSTP that it is vital the US
government ensures that all publicly-funded research is made freely
available on the Internet.

The omens seemed good ...

http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/open-access-peoples-petition.html