1. sderisi

   The new CTO of the Obama administration should make it a priority to require open access <http://www.plos.org/oa/definition.html> to peer-reviewed literature.

   1 day ago
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   M.C. Lee

   European countries have embraced OA, the US still lags. Domestic issues aside, what effect does our inflexible reliance upon proprietary distribution have on our standing in the international community of research, teaching, and learning? If we fail to address OA, we may not only find ourselves inextricably growing a domestic underclass but further alienating ourselves in the global community.

   2 days ago
3. jhudean

   This recommendation is reasonable, necessary, fair and feasible. Enacting it as government-wide policy should be a priority for the new administration.

   2 days ago
4. 3

   horstie

   100%

   2 days ago
5. 3

   bhasker

   I Welcome Open Access all the time, because Knowledge should be always shared to reach the heights in scientific development and society development

   3 days ago
6. 3

   Stefania Arabito

   *Public* is somehow becoming an outmoded concept in Italy at the moment. Please keep up the good work!

   4 days ago
7. chlaz1982

   Please promote science! There is just one way. Knowledge must be free to all!

   4 days ago
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   laurentromary

   This is just a great orientation. This should probably be integrated into a global scientific information policy providing a roadmap for the management of scientific digital asset (research data, publications) and identify what kind of infrastructures should be thus supported (repositories).

   4 days ago
9. 3

   Richard Smith

   This would be a great boon not just to the US but also the broader world, particularly the developing world.

   4 days ago
10. 1

    suvarsha

    A policy that unlocks knowledge generated through public funds into the public domain will only add to the quality of content on the Internet. One cannot possibly imagin all the richness that will come out of the use of this corpus of knowledge in a Web 2.0 world. We cannot afford not to do it!

    4 days ago
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    eddalterio

    Short of a turnaround in our economic direction and permanent peace, it seems to me that this issue is so very important to us now, and , to the generations behind us. You have my vote!
    ed dalterio

    5 days ago
12. 3

    bonedog84

    ImreSimon... is that not part of the NIH policy? If so (and I thought so), then it's already included.

    5 days ago
13. 1

    ImreSimon

    The mandate should be amended to guarantee that authors retain enough of their copyrights to allow the distribution of the peer-reviewed research paper on a non-commercial basis, independently of the publisher, possibly after a short embargo period. Such an extension of the mandate would be instrumental to conceive scientific knowledge as a commons pool resource.

    5 days ago
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    Quiact

    Publicly-funded research is the only way research should be done to prevent bias and corruption of the scientific method which has occured when others have performed or sponsored research for their own monetary benefit.

    5 days ago
15. tulsadean

    The research library community, led by ARL and SPARC, have helped craft sensible public policy that does not threaten the scholarly publishing community while providing open access to the results of taxpayer-funded research. With new, progressive leadership in Washington, the U.S. has an opportunity to lead the world in this important arena.

    5 days ago
16. 3

    bonedog84

    I'm 100% behind this. I'm a grad student at Caltech, where 95% of the research is publicly funded, and 10% is publicly available. And that's BETTER than most universities! The taxpayers pay for research twice: once for the research itself, and once for themselves (or even the researchers!) to read it.

    Also, specifically, please oppose HR 6845, which would drastically hurt open-access.

    5 days ago
17. 3

    jknauer

    Open and complete access to all data generated by taxpayer financed projects is essential to restore confidence in the work that is being done at many federal, state and local agencies. It's important that we go one step further than just creating many isolated silos of open data. I would strongly recommend a more architectural approach to making sure that all data is easily accessible.

    5 days ago
18. 3

    cbel12

    Heather Joseph stated that this is the best way to leverage our investment in basic scientific research "to its fullest advantage." Part of that "fullest advantage" is the benefit it brings to other countries as well as to the U.S. As a former Foreign Service officer, I see this as an inexpensive and eminently useful way to expand our foreign aid in a completely egalitarian fashion.

    5 days ago
19. 3

    PatrickJ

    Access to the best and most up-to-date research is a key to developing a robust 21st Century economy. The American People through the government provide the "seed money" for a significant part of this research. The People deserve prompt and easy access to this important information.

    5 days ago
20. 3

    dcarlson

    A terrific position. The analogy to the NIH policy is good and relevant but the NIH policy provicdes an embargo period of 12 months, significantly longer than other similar policies by other govt. agencies (non-US) and even many publishers. I would urge for an embargo period of no more than 6 months.

    5 days ago
21. 3

    Mike80

    University researchers write the articles for free, they serve as reviewers for free and are paid very little or nothing to serve as editors. Yet publishers charge universities unconscionable amounts for access to the research they produce. The internet makes this outdated and unfair system obsolete. The US should demand that the research it funds be accessible to all.

    5 days ago
22. 3

    Heatherjoseph

    This proposal is the best way to ensure that the collective, multi-billion dollar investment that U.S. taxpayers make in basic scientific is leveraged to its fullest advantage. Accelerating advances in health care, sustainable energy and understanding climate change would be fueled by taking this simple step.

    5 days ago
23. 3

    harnad

    I support the recommendation and suggest extending the requirement to all peer-reviewed journal articles by researchers at publicly funded universities and research institutions, in all scientific and scholarly fields, whether or not the research itself is funded. This will encourage all universities and research institutions wordwide to adopt open access mandates for all their research output.

    5 days ago
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    kirsop

    Perhaps it would be acceptable to add the 27,427 votes cast for the similar proposal made to the EU in January 2006? This petition also included votes from 1343 institutes. At least the CTO should be made aware of this significant support from the research communities around the world.

    21 days ago
25. 3

    nmh

    This seems to follow the same general trend as other suggestions:
    -open gov't data
    -100% free sw
    -open standard/device/os
    -open election code
    Maybe they could all be counted as a single "open gov't policy" suggestion.

    22 days ago
26. 3

    Subbiah Arunachalam

    A great idea. Especially beneficial to researchers in the developing countries. A sure way to keep USA the top ranked science nation. The open access movement is gaining momentum and the Obama administration can give it a big boost by mandating open access for all publicly funded research.

    24 days ago

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