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White House Plans Open Access For Research

Posted by Soulskill on from the nipping-climategate-part-two-in-the-bud dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "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. Now the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President is launching a 'Public Access Policy Forum' to determine whether this policy should be extended to other science agencies and, if so, how it should be implemented. 'The NIH model has a variety of features that can be evaluated, and there are other ways to offer the public enhanced access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications,' OSTP says in the request for information. 'The best models may [be] influenced by agency mission, the culture and rate of scientific development of the discipline, funding to develop archival capabilities, and research funding mechanisms.' The OSTP will conduct an interactive, online discussion that will focus on three major questions: Should this policy be extended to other science agencies and, if so, how it should be implemented? In what format should the data be submitted in order to make it easy to search and retrieve information? What are the best mechanisms to ensure compliance? 'It's very encouraging to see the Obama Administration focus on ensuring public access to the results of taxpayer-funded research [reg. required] as a key way to maximize our collective investment in science,' says Heather Joseph, executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition."

6 of 74 comments (clear)

  1. They also need to open global warming data! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is too bad that the Global Warming Charlatans were not forced to be as open with their fraudulent data.

    1. Re:They also need to open global warming data! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Why do so many of the 'deniers' not seem to grasp that UEA isn't in the United States, and thus aren't subject to US laws? It seems their ignorance extends to all areas.

    2. Re:They also need to open global warming data! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If we throw enough fear, uncertainty, and doubt at the wall, perhaps some of it will stick!

      Wake up. There wasn't scientific fraud in the CRU data, Obama is a US citizen, and the jews didn't do wtc.

    3. Re:They also need to open global warming data! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wake up. There was scientific fraud. Did you read the SOURCE CODE, not just the emails? The fraud is in the code!!!

      If the programs used to make the pretty charts and graphs are suspect, then the pretty charts and graphs are suspect. And all the "scientists" who would be the ones doing peer reviews were using the same data and software!

      And on this particular topic, I "hope" the White House will be more "open" than they have on nearly any other subject so far. That would be a "change" for them. Holding meetings behind locked doors and barring any opposition is NOT what I call open.

      Yeah, sure, oh, Great Obama; everything is going to be on C-SPAN. Sure. Right?

  2. Breaking news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Global Warming is a hoax!

  3. yea yea ! charlatans ! yea. by unity100 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why the fuck are YOU posting as anonymous, whereas they are the charlatans ?

    and, explain the below to me :

    http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2009/12/08/rivers.thailand.rising.sea.cnn

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    Read radical news here