OSTP RFI comment period extended to Jan 12: Public access to federally funded research (digital data and scientific publications)

[Roy Tennant]

Forwarded on behalf of <Stuart.Gagnon at ars.usda.gov>.
Roy

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Gagnon, Stuart
<Stuart.Gagnon at ars.usda.gov> wrote:
>
> OSTP RFI comment period extended to Jan 12: Public access to federally
> funded research (digital data and scientific publications)
>
>
>
> In seeking stakeholder feedback on the systemic capabilities of the
> scholarly community, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
> (OSTP) Interagency Working Group on Digital Data (IWGDD) issued two requests
> for information (RFIs) on public access to digital data “resulting from
> federally funded scientific research” and to scientific (peer-reviewed,
> scholarly) publications.
>
>
>
> Digital data
>
> http://1.usa.gov/tDVRdQ
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>
>
> Scholarly publications
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> http://1.usa.gov/vY2ROd
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>
>
> Please consider sharing this request among your local faculty, submitting
> your own comments [1, 2], and/or forwarding this message to your colleagues,
> interest groups and potentially-interested parties.
>
>
>
> [Apologies if this duplicates earlier information.]
>
>
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> --Stu Gagnon
>
> ===================
>
> Stuart R. Gagnon, (MSLS)
>
> WQIC/NAL/ARS/USDA
>
> Beltsville, Maryland
>
> 301.504.6077
>
>
>
> ----------
>
> [1] “How To Submit a Response [for scientific publications]: All comments
> must be submitted electronically to: HYPERLINK
> "mailto:publicaccess at ostp.gov"publicaccess at ostp.gov. Responses to this RFI
> will be accepted through January 2, 2012. You will receive an electronic
> confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response, but will not receive
> individualized feedback on any suggestions. No basis for claims against the
> U.S. Government shall arise as a result of a response to this request for
> information or from the Government’s use of such information.”
>
>
>
> [2] “How To Submit a Response [digital data resulting from federally funded
> scientific research]: All comments must be submitted electronically to:
> HYPERLINK "mailto:digitaldata at ostp.gov"digitaldata at ostp.gov. Responses to
> this RFI will be accepted through January 12, 2012. You will receive an
> electronic confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response, but will not
> receive individualized feedback on any suggestions. No basis for claims
> against the U.S. Government shall arise as a result of a response to this
> request for information or from the Government’s use of such information.”

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