White House directs open access for government research

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White House directs open access for government research

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-directs-open-access-government-research-032324158.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NNRK_1Z7Fzhzk1.gnaHd1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-24T032324Z_1_CBRE91N09FM00_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Obama gets direction from White House science adviser Holdren during event on South Lawn at White House in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Obama gets direction from White House science adviser Holdren during event on South Lawn at White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly articles and other materials produced at taxpayers' expense. &quot;Americans should have easy access to the results of research they help support,&quot; John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote on the White House website. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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