Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiative - Nextgov

"A December 2009 presidential memo on transparency in government instructed federal agencies to abide by the precepts of public disclosure... but not at the expense of national security, privacy or "other genuinely compelling interests." The American Psychological Association...believes [that protecting TA publishers from the effects of mandating OA for publicly-funded research] is among the "genuinely compelling interests" ..."