CHORUS Signs Agreement With USGS to Collaborate for Advancing Public Access to Research - CHORUS

"CHORUS, a non-profit organization, announced that they have signed an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a science agency for the US Department of the Interior, a federal agency, to work together to implement the plan to increase public access to publications resulting from research funded by USGS. The agreement, which is effective immediately, will help move USGS’s effort to the next phase of their existing public-access framework. The USGS public-access plan builds on the objectives set forth in the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s February 22, 2013 memorandum and long-standing USGS policies encouraging data sharing and communication of research results (Refer to: http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/500/502-1.html). It will apply to new awards resulting from proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 2016 ..."