Good letter from the Fully OA group of publishers opposing the attempt to cut off funding to implement the #OSTP #OpenAccess policies.
https://fullyoapublishers.org/2023/08/07/the-fully-oa-group-respond-to-the-house-appropriations-committee/

#OAintheUSA

Update. The US Department of #Energy (#DOE) just issued a call for public comments on its own draft plan to live up to the August 2022 #OSTP memo (#NelsonMemo).
https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-releases-plan-ensure-free-immediate-and-equitable-access-federally

#OAintheUSA

The US is rejoining #UNESCO (which it quit under #Trump).
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230612-us-plans-to-rejoin-unesco-from-july-ending-membership-dispute

Although the US is already strengthening its #OpenAccess policies under the #OSTP #NelsonMemo, its renewed participation in UNESCO is a good opportunity to endorse, and then follow, the UNESCO #OpenScience recommendations to all member states.
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949.locale=en

#OAintheUSA

#NASA is calling for public comments on its plan to upgrade its #OpenAccess policy to live up to the Nelson memo.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/18/2023-10643/request-for-information-nasa-public-access-plan-for-increasing-access-to-the-results-of

#OAintheUSA #OSTP

#arXiv, @biorxivpreprint, and @medrxivpreprint have released their public comments on the the #OSTP #NelsonMemo.

From arXiv
https://info.arxiv.org/about/OSTP-04-11-2023.html

From bioRxiv and medRxiv
https://connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/04/11/ostp_response

PS: There's a distinct echo of #Plan_U in these comments, tho without using the term. I'm glad to see it's still alive. Here's some background from 2019.
http://planu.org/

#bioRxiv, #medRxiv, #OAintheUSA

The U.S. Repository Network (#USRN) just released its guidelines on Desirable Characteristics of Digital
Publication #Repositories.
https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Desirable-Characteristics-of-Digital-Publication-Repositories-APPROVED-20230331.pdf

This is in time to influence US federal funding agencies in picking the "designated repositories" to host #OpenAccess copies of articles arising from federally funded research.

#Green #GreenOA #OAintheUSA

The new #NIH plan for #OpenAccess is excellent: it doubles down on #GreenOA and sets an example for all agencies on how to do #OAintheUSA. No need to do APCs.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-091.html

* allows any "type of business model"
* "clarify the official date of publication to be when the article is first published"
* "make publications available without embargo" on PMC
* "language that NIH-supported investigators may use for submission with their peer-reviewed manuscripts to journals to retain rights"

2/ See the new web site tracking the federal govt's #OpenScience initiatives.
https://open.science.gov/

#OAintheUSA

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy just called 2023 the Year of Open Science and summarized what the US govt will do to live up to it.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-advance-open-and-equitable-research/

#OpenScience #OSTP #USA #OAintheUSA

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP) just released a useful #FAQ on its August memo ("Nelson memo") asking federal funding agencies to adopt or strengthen their #openaccess policies.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/12/20/frequently-asked-questions-2022-public-access-policy-guidance/

#OAintheUSA

Congratulations to Alondra #Nelson, one of Nature's "Ten people who helped shape science in 2022."
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-04185-3/index.html#section-UI8KAe9TdY

#OSTP #OAintheUSA

“Library publishers have paved the way for Diamond Open Access and, by seeding a new ecosystem, NGLP is establishing equitable access to high quality publishing for nonprofits who are aligned with the scholars they serve,” says Ratan, founder of Stratos and former PLOS Publisher. “We are returning publishing to the hands of the Academy.” https://sparcopen.org/news/2022/next-generation-library-project-makes-progress-toward-shared-open-publishing-infrastructure/

#OpenAccess #OAintheUSA #DiamondOA

If you're interested, we're running an ALA #webinar this week for #librarians on how to prepare for the upcoming #OSTPmemo #NelsonMemo - register here https://www.choice360.org/webinars/new-white-house-open-access-rules-how-libraries-can-help-researchers-faculty-scale-the-paywall/ #OpenAccess #PublicAccess #OAintheUSA

RT @alison_mudditt@twitter.com

An amazing day for #OAintheUSA. Many thanks to @WHOSTP@twitter.com & @WhiteHouse@twitter.com for recognizing the importance of OA to research both to accelerate knowledge & to promote equity. And an enormous debt of gratitude to the many people who've worked so hard for this (looking at you @SPARC_NA@twitter.com!) https://twitter.com/WHOSTP/status/1562866140090888192

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/alison_mudditt/status/1562870887841288193

RT @SPARC_NA
This is the right move, just as it was for COVID-19, but why wait for the next crisis? @POTUS @WhiteHouse We need a national open access policy to make ALL federally funded research immediately available to the public. #OAintheUSA #OpenScience #OpenAccess https://twitter.com/WHOSTP/status/1555203433182990336

«The five research hubs are each led by the Energy Department's Argonne, Brookhaven, Fermi, Lawrence Berkeley and Oak Ridge national laboratories»
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-quantum-funding/u-s-to-spend-625-million-in-five-quantum-information-research-hubs-idUKKBN25M0Y9

Sadly only some of the DoE laboratories are "federal enough" to have #PublicDomain output as US government works (#PDUSGov). How much of these 600 M$ will support #openaccess works? #OAintheUSA #nt

RT @PLOS@twitter.activitypub.actor
The White House OSTP (@WHOSTP@twitter.com) has called for public comments on US federal #OpenAccess policy, and comments are due soon on March 16! #OAintheUSA

📢 Share your thoughts on this important issue:
https://federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-03189/request-for-information-public-access-to-peer-reviewed-scholarly-publications-data-and-code https://twitter.com/PLOS/status/1218221028708618240

RT @wilbanks@twitter.com

Oh, I see the scholarly societies are rending their garments over open access again. Here's a list of them kindly including which giant megacorp publishes for them. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13KoQZXsig4Ot3AYoeTfyvsm0slR5C8eIX9TpOCMfYjM/edit?folder=0ANbO6mZEvieCUk9PVA#gid=0 #OAintheUSA

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wilbanks/status/1207720854680997888