Department of Transportation Releases Comprehensive New Public Access Plan; NSF Announces Arrangement with CHORUS - SPARC

"As we near the end of 2015, there has been a flurry of activity coming from U.S. federal agencies in the Public Access policy arena. Late last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) released its plan for ensuring public access to articles and data resulting from its funded research, laying out a comprehensive framework to ensure access and productive reuse of its funded research outputs. And on Monday, the publisher-based CHORUS initiative issued a press release touting a new agreement with National Science Foundation (NSF), designed to supplement its current Public Access plan for its funded articles. Let’s take a look at DOT’s plan first – there is a lot that’s new in this one ..."