[Ip-health] RFC re access to Taxpayer-funded research for White House due today January 21, 2010

[Manon Ress]

Deadline today January 21, 2010!!!

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has
invited  input on the development of policies to deliver public access
to the published results of taxpayer-funded research, to be submitted
no later than January 21, 2010.

The Request for Information was posted in the Federal Register on
December 10, 2009. See http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-30725.htm
for details.

Please respond to this opportunity and encourage researchers,
students, patient groups and others to weigh in. Public input is
critical in helping the administration form a balanced view of
stakeholders=92 interest in ensuring public access to publicly funded
research. Comments may be emailed to

publicaccess@ostp.gov.

If you have questions, send them to Jennifer McLennan (jennifer AT arl.org
) or Heather Joseph (heather AT arl.org).


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Manon Ress
manon.ress@keionline.org
Knowledge Ecology International
1621 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA
Tel.:  +1.202.332.2670, Fax: +1.202.332.2673

Il vaut mieux remuer une question, sans la d=E9cider, que la d=E9cider,
sans la remuer. (Pens=E9es, essais, maximes et correspondance de J.
Joubert  p.249)
Translation: It is better to debate a question without settling it
than to settle a question without debating it