From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:45:38 -0600 And need we remind everyone that publishers have never opposed "the proposition that citizens deserve easy access to the results of scientific research their tax dollars have paid for"? Every federal agency should mandate the submission of final reports on research it funds and post those reports via open access so that everyone can benefit--and not waiting for a year but right away after submission. The publishing community has championed this approach from the very beginning of the debate over open access. Sandy Thatcher > From: Michael Carroll <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:54:20 -0500 > > Dear colleagues, > > You may find this news to be of interest. > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research > > Best, > > Mike > > Michael W. Carroll > Professor of Law and Director, > Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property > American University, Washington College of Law > Washington, D.C. 20016 > vcard: http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/mcarroll/vcard.vcf > > Research papers: http://works.bepress.com/michael_carroll/ > http://ssrn.com/author=330326 > blog: http://www.carrollogos.blogspot.com/