[A2k] Obama's CTO on open access to research funded by taxpayers

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Manon and all,

  This is of course good news, and not all that unexpected.
Thanks for getting it our first!  Saved me the trouble.  >:)

Manon Ress wrote:

> President elect Barack Obama promised to use technology to make it
> easier for citizens to  participate in government. Our goal is to
> provide our country's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with one
> example of how this might work.
>
> http://obamacto.org/
>
> Go to: http://obamacto.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/72264
>
> to vote to Require open access for publicly-funded research
>
> "Require open access to the results of non-classified research funded
> by taxpayers. Extend the exemplary policy now in place at the NIH to
> all federal agencies."
>
> And there are other good recommendations. Check it out.
>
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