Wyden, Markey Urge OSTP to Establish a National Cross-Government Public-Access Policy for Federally Funded Research | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., today sent a letter to Dr. Alondra Nelson, Deputy Director of Science and Society, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), urging for the establishment of a national government-wide public-access policy for federally funded research with a focus on equity, sustainability, and strategic technological development, guaranteeing rapid access for all federally funded research articles with broad re-use rights. This effort would enable rapid access to research publications in human- and machine-readable formats and supercharge national priorities, such as COVID-19 response, climate change, and President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot.