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petersuberThe <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AuthorsAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthorsAlliance</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@AuthorsAlliance</a>) just updated its excellent FAQ on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy.Here's the original FAQ from June 6, 2025. <a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06/the-nih-public-access-policy-qa-for-authors/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06/the-nih-public-access-policy-qa-for-authors/</a>Here's the update from July 18, 2025, answering several additional questions. <a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/18/an-update-nih-and-publisher-guidance-what-authors-need-to-know-about-nihs-public-access-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/18/an-update-nih-and-publisher-guidance-what-authors-need-to-know-about-nihs-public-access-policy/</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Publishers</a>

petersuberWhile the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin has not revoked or weakened the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>, and the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> even accelerated its effective date, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> led House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science is trying to defund its implementation. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SPARC</a> just released an open letter asking the committee to change course. <a href="https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Against-Section-550-in-House-CJS-FY-26-.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Against-Section-550-in-House-CJS-FY-26-.pdf</a>"I am writing to respectfully urge you to strike Section 550 from the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which would prohibit funding to implement the Office of Science and Technology Policy's August 25, 2022, memorandum ensuring free, immediate access to federally funded research…Rather than blocking <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> requirements, we should focus on addressing legitimate concerns about cost structures - including publication expenses - to ensure that access to publicly funded research is available while protecting taxpayers from unreasonable costs." <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Funding</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpVResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

petersuber1/ The new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy takes effect today. <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access</a>Here are a few notable points about the policy. The NIH has had a mandatory OA policy since 2008. The new policy is a strengthened version that eliminates the permissible embargo. The policy now requires unembargoed or immediate OA, from the date of publication. <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/search/693/embargo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/search/693/embargo</a>This strengthening was required by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a>-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a>). Note that Trump has not revoked or weakened the Nelson Memo even though it came out of the Biden White House and uses <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEI</a> language. Nor has he scuttled or weakened any agency policies drafted under its guidance. That may be baffling. But part of the larger picture is that Trump's own OSTP in his first term drafted a memo similar to the Nelson Memo. It too would have strengthened the federal OA policies by eliminating the embargo. <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/academic-publishing-market-trump-executive-order.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/academic-publishing-market-trump-executive-order.html</a>There may be many reasons why he didn't sign the memo, including the fact that it wasn't finished until near the end of his term when he was caught in impeachment hearings. 🧵 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Funders</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAintheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OAintheUSA</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuberMany thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@AuthorsAlliance</a> for launching this form to collect author experiences under the new federal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policies, including the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> policy. <a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/fedpublicaccess/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.authorsalliance.org/fedpublicaccess/</a>"We are particularly interested in learning about: * Challenges with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publishers</a> whose policies may disallow their uploading of articles to agency-designated <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repositories</a>; * Common questions or points of confusion expressed by grantees; * Confusion or questions about agency guidance; * Other technical, legal, or practical barriers to depositing articles."Note to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#librarians</a>: When you encounter authors facing any kind of problem with a fed OA policy (understanding, compliance, publishing), please refer them to this form. The more we document the problems, the more we can facilitate solutions.<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monitoring</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a>

petersuber<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SPARC</a> has released its own new info on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy. <a href="https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Update-to-NIH-PA-Policy-Deadline.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Update-to-NIH-PA-Policy-Deadline.pdf</a>Excerpt:<blockquote> ● The Policy requires immediate public access to articles -- <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embargoes</a> are no longer allowed. ● NIH reiterates authors do not have to pay a fee to comply with the Policy. ● The Policy applies to manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. This means the Policy will apply to existing grants if an article is accepted on or after that date. ● The Policy requires that final peer-reviewed manuscripts be submitted to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PubMedCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PubMedCentral</a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PMC</a>) upon acceptance to be made publicly available immediately upon publication. ● The Policy requires that grantees explicitly grant the NIH the right to make the manuscript available in PMC without an embargo. ● The Policy does not explicitly grant full reuse rights of the manuscript to the public. </blockquote> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copyright</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Embargoes</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenOA</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a>

petersuberThe <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> just released new info on its zero-embargo <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy, which takes effect next week (July 1). <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access</a>This includes:* a new overview of the policy itself <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/nih-public-access-policy-overview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/nih-public-access-policy-overview</a>* a new overview of the methods for submitting papers to comply with the policy <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/submitting-pubmed-central" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/submitting-pubmed-central</a>* and a new FAQ. <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public-access-policy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public-access-policy</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Embargoes</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenOA</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PubMedCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PubMedCentral</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a>

petersuberAlondra Nelson — of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> — just resigned her positions at the National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSF</a>) and Library of Congress (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LOC</a>). Read her resignation letter. <a href="https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/</a> "Even as the White House threatens the foundational tenets of constitutional democracy and continues to slash funding for essential social services, it is tempting to hope that the public institutions charged with promoting and protecting knowledge will, nevertheless, soldier on with their mission. I did…[But] perseverance has its limits. The erosion of these institutions’ integrity —and the growing realization that it is impossible to fulfill their missions in good faith— has made the cost of continuing untenable."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpVResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/alondra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alondra</a>

petersuberUpdate. "Accelerating Access to Research Results: New Implementation Date for the 2024 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> Public Access Policy" <a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy</a>"I am excited to announce that one of my first actions as NIH Director is pushing the accelerator on policies to make NIH research findings freely and quickly available to the public. The 2024 Public Access Policy, originally slated to go into effect on December 31, 2025, will now be effective as of July 1, 2025."PS: This announcement is from the Trump-appointed NIH director, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JayBhattacharya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JayBhattacharya</a>. It's another sign that Trump has not revoked or weakened the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>, despite other attacks on research, including <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#takedowns</a> of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> texts and data. At the NIH, the largest funding agency, implementation of the Nelson memo is even speeding up.EDIT. Another NIH reaffirmation of its NelsonMemo OA policy. From Lyric Jorgenson, NIH Ass Director for Science Policy, April 30, 2025: "We revised our Public Access Policy to eliminate the embargo period so that researchers, students, and members of the public have rapid access to these findings. NIH leadership believes strongly that transparency in all we do is critical and that we should not waste a moment in fulfilling our promise to the public." <a href="https://osp.od.nih.gov/transforming-transparency-through-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://osp.od.nih.gov/transforming-transparency-through-policy/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

petersuberUpdate. Bad news from the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NEH</a> for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KnowledgeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KnowledgeCommons</a> (and the rest of us). <a href="https://about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/</a>"On April 2, 2025, we received notification that our NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant, awarded in 2020, was terminated effective immediately…On April 10, 2025, we received further…notification that our contract to provide the NEH’s Designated Public-Access <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Repository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Repository</a> was also being terminated…This loss is devastating…both for the financial impact it represents…but also for the unceremonious end to a goal we’d set for ourselves years ago…Not to mention the bigger picture here: that designated public-access repository is no longer needed, because it is assumed that the NEH will no longer be funding research, and thus there will be no results of research to make publicly accessible."PS: All the agencies covered by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a> must designate <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> repositories for their OA content. NEH was the only agency to designate a repo not hosted by the govt. All the other agency repos will be hosted by the govt, where they will be subject to political censorship or takedowns.<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenOA</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

petersuberUpdate The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin has taken down the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>.It was formerly at this URL. <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</a> You can still find it in the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaybackMachine</a>, as recently as Jan 18, 2025. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250118021041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250118021041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</a> We can't tell yet whether it was taken down because Trump officials didn't like the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policies it laid out, didn't like its use of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEI</a> language — or both.h/t <a href="https://fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@social.coop" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@social.coop</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

petersuber<a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mike</a> Yes, he has a history of opposing whatever Biden did and just because Biden did it. In his first term, ditto with Obama. On the other hand, he might have allowed his (first-term) <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> to draft a stronger federal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a> policy than Obama's in part because it would outdo what Obama was able to do on that front. In his new term, might he have a similar motive to outdo what Biden was able to do? Again, we don't know and will have to wait and see.

petersuber<a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mike</a> We honestly don't know yet. On the one hand, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has taken down govt science sites and datasets in his first and second terms. On the other hand, his Office of Science and Technology Policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a>) drafted an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy for federal agencies much like the one later adopted by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> OSTP through the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>. He could have stopped those OSTP efforts but he didn't. As the time came to make a decision and perhaps sign off on it, he was entangled in impeachment hearings. One way to read these conflicting trends is that he takes down science he has ideological reasons to dislike (e.g. on climate and gender) but doesn't oppose OA as such. Or, since he probably has no opinion about OA as such, the advisors he trusts might not oppose OA as such. For example, one passage in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> (p. 439) supports OA for EPA-funded research. We'll have to wait and see. More details on both of this tension. <a href="https://bit.ly/TrumpOA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/TrumpOA</a>

petersuberUpdate. The Dept of Defense (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOD</a>) just released the implementation plan for its upgraded <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy under the Biden-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>. <a href="https://discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf</a>This is the first fed agency action of its kind since <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> took office. Note that, so far, this work has not stopped or changed.

The Conversation U.S.The Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinates the government’s massive R&D system. As Trump selects Michael Kratsios as science adviser, an expert in the U.S. science advisory system examines its role shaping science policy: <a href="https://theconversation.com/white-house-office-of-science-and-technology-policy-provides-in-house-science-advice-for-the-president-245457" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/white-house-office-of-science-and-technology-policy-provides-in-house-science-advice-for-the-president-245457</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sciencepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencepolicy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a>

petersuber<a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lavaeolus</a> Sure. I'd start with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicAccess</a>) policies at federal research-funding agencies. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SPARC</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sparc</a>) made this guide a few years ago and it's still useful. But SPARC will soon upgrade it (or create an alternative) to include the new policies mandated by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>. <a href="https://researchsharing.sparcopen.org/articles/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://researchsharing.sparcopen.org/articles/</a>

Ted Pavlic (he/him)I noticed that all referencess to the "Nelson memo" from Biden <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> ("Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research") have been removed from Trump administration's web page, but I don't see it in the list of rescissions below (?!). Has the impending requirement for all open-access publishing starting in 2026 been removed? <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/</a>

petersuberI'm starting a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> thread on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration's actions and positions on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> to research. I posted frequently about the actions of his first administration. But I did it on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> / <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a>, which I no longer use. Also see my separate Mastodon thread on outside efforts to capture and preserve research and data that the admin has taken down or might take down. <a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114359552828366397" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114359552828366397</a>Also see this wiki page where I'm collecting my old Twitter posts on his first term and my new Mastodon posts on his second term. <a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Trump_administrations_on_open_access_to_research" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Trump_administrations_on_open_access_to_research</a> For updates, watch this space. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenWashing</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpVResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

petersuberUpdate. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a> just released the final version of its upgraded <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-science-policies-and-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-science-policies-and-reports/</a>

petersuberThe US National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSF</a>) just updated its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide. The guide includes the latest draft NSF <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> requirements to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>. <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/papp/pappg26_1/FedReg/draftpappg_dec2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/papp/pappg26_1/FedReg/draftpappg_dec2024.pdf</a>The new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OA</a> requirements are open for public comments until Feb 10, 2025. <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/12/2024-29244/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/12/2024-29244/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward</a>

petersuberThe US Institute of Museum and Library Services (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IMLS</a>) just released the final version of its new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSTP</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NelsonMemo</a>. <a href="https://www.imls.gov/about/policy/policy-notices/public-access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.imls.gov/about/policy/policy-notices/public-access</a>

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