petersuber<p>The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AuthorsAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsAlliance</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AuthorsAlliance</span></a></span>) just updated its excellent FAQ on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy.</p><p>Here's the original FAQ from June 6, 2025.<br><a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06/the-nih-public-access-policy-qa-for-authors/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06</span><span class="invisible">/the-nih-public-access-policy-qa-for-authors/</span></a></p><p>Here's the update from July 18, 2025, answering several additional questions.<br><a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/18/an-update-nih-and-publisher-guidance-what-authors-need-to-know-about-nihs-public-access-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">authorsalliance.org/2025/07/18</span><span class="invisible">/an-update-nih-and-publisher-guidance-what-authors-need-to-know-about-nihs-public-access-policy/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a></p>
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petersuber<p>While the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has not revoked or weakened the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>, and the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> even accelerated its effective date, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> led House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science is trying to defund its implementation. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> just released an open letter asking the committee to change course.<br><a href="https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Against-Section-550-in-House-CJS-FY-26-.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploa</span><span class="invisible">ds/2025/07/Against-Section-550-in-House-CJS-FY-26-.pdf</span></a></p><p>"I am writing to respectfully urge you to strike Section 550 from the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which would prohibit funding to implement the Office of Science and Technology Policy's August 25, 2022, memorandum ensuring free, immediate access to federally funded research…Rather than blocking <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> requirements, we should focus on addressing legitimate concerns about cost structures - including publication expenses - to ensure that access to publicly funded research is available while protecting taxpayers from unreasonable costs." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>1/ The new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy takes effect today. <br><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grants.nih.gov/policy-and-comp</span><span class="invisible">liance/policy-topics/public-access</span></a></p><p>Here are a few notable points about the policy. </p><p>The NIH has had a mandatory OA policy since 2008. The new policy is a strengthened version that eliminates the permissible embargo. The policy now requires unembargoed or immediate OA, from the date of publication.<br><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/search/693/embargo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grants.nih.gov/faqs#/search/69</span><span class="invisible">3/embargo</span></a></p><p>This strengthening was required by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a>). </p><p>Note that Trump has not revoked or weakened the Nelson Memo even though it came out of the Biden White House and uses <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> language. Nor has he scuttled or weakened any agency policies drafted under its guidance. </p><p>That may be baffling. But part of the larger picture is that Trump's own OSTP in his first term drafted a memo similar to the Nelson Memo. It too would have strengthened the federal OA policies by eliminating the embargo. <br><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/academic-publishing-market-trump-executive-order.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/technology/2020/02/a</span><span class="invisible">cademic-publishing-market-trump-executive-order.html</span></a></p><p>There may be many reasons why he didn't sign the memo, including the fact that it wasn't finished until near the end of his term when he was caught in impeachment hearings. </p><p>🧵 </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funders</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAintheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAintheUSA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Many thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AuthorsAlliance</span></a></span> for launching this form to collect author experiences under the new federal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policies, including the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> policy.<br><a href="https://www.authorsalliance.org/fedpublicaccess/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">authorsalliance.org/fedpublica</span><span class="invisible">ccess/</span></a></p><p>"We are particularly interested in learning about:<br>* Challenges with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> whose policies may disallow their uploading of articles to agency-designated <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>;<br>* Common questions or points of confusion expressed by grantees; <br>* Confusion or questions about agency guidance;<br>* Other technical, legal, or practical barriers to depositing articles."</p><p>Note to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>: When you encounter authors facing any kind of problem with a fed OA policy (understanding, compliance, publishing), please refer them to this form. The more we document the problems, the more we can facilitate solutions.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monitoring</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> has released its own new info on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy.<br><a href="https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Update-to-NIH-PA-Policy-Deadline.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploa</span><span class="invisible">ds/2025/06/Update-to-NIH-PA-Policy-Deadline.pdf</span></a></p><p>Excerpt:</p><p><blockquote><br>● The Policy requires immediate public access to articles -- <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embargoes</span></a> are no longer allowed.<br>● NIH reiterates authors do not have to pay a fee to comply with the Policy.<br>● The Policy applies to manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. This means the Policy will apply to existing grants if an article is accepted on or after that date.<br>● The Policy requires that final peer-reviewed manuscripts be submitted to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PubMedCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PubMedCentral</span></a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a>) upon acceptance to be made publicly available immediately upon publication.<br>● The Policy requires that grantees explicitly grant the NIH the right to make the manuscript available in PMC without an embargo.<br>● The Policy does not explicitly grant full reuse rights of the manuscript to the public.<br></blockquote> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Embargoes</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> just released new info on its zero-embargo <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy, which takes effect next week (July 1).<br><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grants.nih.gov/policy-and-comp</span><span class="invisible">liance/policy-topics/public-access</span></a></p><p>This includes:</p><p>* a new overview of the policy itself<br><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/nih-public-access-policy-overview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grants.nih.gov/policy-and-comp</span><span class="invisible">liance/policy-topics/public-access/nih-public-access-policy-overview</span></a></p><p>* a new overview of the methods for submitting papers to comply with the policy<br><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access/submitting-pubmed-central" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grants.nih.gov/policy-and-comp</span><span class="invisible">liance/policy-topics/public-access/submitting-pubmed-central</span></a></p><p>* and a new FAQ.<br><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public-access-policy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public-ac</span><span class="invisible">cess-policy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Embargoes</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PubMedCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PubMedCentral</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Alondra Nelson — of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> — just resigned her positions at the National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>) and Library of Congress (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOC</span></a>). Read her resignation letter. <br><a href="https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7285045/resigning-nat</span><span class="invisible">ional-science-foundation-library-congress/</span></a> </p><p>"Even as the White House threatens the foundational tenets of constitutional democracy and continues to slash funding for essential social services, it is tempting to hope that the public institutions charged with promoting and protecting knowledge will, nevertheless, soldier on with their mission. I did…[But] perseverance has its limits. The erosion of these institutions’ integrity —and the growing realization that it is impossible to fulfill their missions in good faith— has made the cost of continuing untenable."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/alondra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alondra</span></a></span></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Accelerating Access to Research Results: New Implementation Date for the 2024 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> Public Access Policy"<br><a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/n</span><span class="invisible">ih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy</span></a></p><p>"I am excited to announce that one of my first actions as NIH Director is pushing the accelerator on policies to make NIH research findings freely and quickly available to the public. The 2024 Public Access Policy, originally slated to go into effect on December 31, 2025, will now be effective as of July 1, 2025."</p><p>PS: This announcement is from the Trump-appointed NIH director, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JayBhattacharya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JayBhattacharya</span></a>. It's another sign that Trump has not revoked or weakened the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>, despite other attacks on research, including <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>takedowns</span></a> of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> texts and data. At the NIH, the largest funding agency, implementation of the Nelson memo is even speeding up.</p><p>EDIT. Another NIH reaffirmation of its NelsonMemo OA policy. From Lyric Jorgenson, NIH Ass Director for Science Policy, April 30, 2025: "We revised our Public Access Policy to eliminate the embargo period so that researchers, students, and members of the public have rapid access to these findings. NIH leadership believes strongly that transparency in all we do is critical and that we should not waste a moment in fulfilling our promise to the public."<br><a href="https://osp.od.nih.gov/transforming-transparency-through-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">osp.od.nih.gov/transforming-tr</span><span class="invisible">ansparency-through-policy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Bad news from the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KnowledgeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeCommons</span></a> (and the rest of us).<br><a href="https://about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/</span><span class="invisible">on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/</span></a></p><p>"On April 2, 2025, we received notification that our NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant, awarded in 2020, was terminated effective immediately…On April 10, 2025, we received further…notification that our contract to provide the NEH’s Designated Public-Access <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Repository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repository</span></a> was also being terminated…This loss is devastating…both for the financial impact it represents…but also for the unceremonious end to a goal we’d set for ourselves years ago…Not to mention the bigger picture here: that designated public-access repository is no longer needed, because it is assumed that the NEH will no longer be funding research, and thus there will be no results of research to make publicly accessible."</p><p>PS: All the agencies covered by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> must designate <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> repositories for their OA content. NEH was the only agency to designate a repo not hosted by the govt. All the other agency repos will be hosted by the govt, where they will be subject to political censorship or takedowns.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The Association of American Universities (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AAU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAU</span></a>) defense of US higher ed is a bit better. It doesn't focus narrowly on the economy.<br><a href="https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/meeting-moment-facing-americas-research-universities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aau.edu/newsroom/press-release</span><span class="invisible">s/meeting-moment-facing-americas-research-universities</span></a></p><p>But it ends on a jarring note of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a>. </p><p>"America cannot afford to pause for one second in our race with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and other competitor nations – nations who are doubling down on their investments in university-based research into crucial emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing."</p><p>I want US research to be <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>, and fully available to China and every other country. BTW, I want the same for Chinese research and research from every other country. Taking the nationalist argument seriously makes it an argument against OA, which also makes it an argument against current federal policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>) and against the interests of all US universities. Let's remember that science is international. Let's defend open access, not nation-limited access. And let's defend US universities because they're universities, not because they're in the US. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
petersuber<p>Update. I still don't know the full story behind the takedown of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. But here's a clue. The Dept of Defense (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>) continued rolling its memo-based <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy *after* Trump took office and *after* the memo was taken down. <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/113964410103345053" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@petersuber/11</span><span class="invisible">3964410103345053</span></a></p><p>That's a sign that agencies have not been told to stop rolling out their memo-based policy upgrades. But of course that may change. </p><p>Also note that memo is preserved in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a>, for now, not just in the Wayback Machine. <br><a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/w</span><span class="invisible">p-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</span></a></p><p>(Yes, I'm aware that Trump fired Colleen Shogan, the Biden-era National Archivist.)<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-fires-the-nations-archivist-in-latest-round-of-personnel-purge.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-fires-the-nations-archivist-in-latest-round-of-personnel-purge.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@neuralreckoning" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neuralreckoning</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <br>Sorry if you already know this. The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> described <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> policies. It required deposit in OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>, not submission to OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journals</span></a>. Some publishers told authors that they'd have to pay <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> to comply with the policy. But that was deception and spin. Compliance with the policy was always free of charge. When journals charge APCs to publish fed-funded research, it was to publish in those journals, not to comply with federal policy.</p>
petersuber<p>Update The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has taken down the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.</p><p>It was formerly at this URL.<br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uplo</span><span class="invisible">ads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</span></a> </p><p>You can still find it in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaybackMachine</span></a>, as recently as Jan 18, 2025.<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250118021041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025011802</span><span class="invisible">1041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf</span></a> </p><p>We can't tell yet whether it was taken down because Trump officials didn't like the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policies it laid out, didn't like its use of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> language — or both.</p><p>h/t <a href="https://fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@social.coop" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@s</span><span class="invisible">ocial.coop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.esmarconf.org/@kdnyhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kdnyhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <br>Yes. I called this <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openwashing</span></a> because it used the halo of openness or transparency to block regulations that would protect the environment and climate. (Medical studies on the harms of airborne pollution could not fully open their data, for reasons of medical privacy.) Here are the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OATP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OATP</span></a> items I tagged with that sort of openwashing during the first <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration.<br><a href="https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/item_search?q=(%23oa.trump+OR+%23oa.epa)+AND+%23oa.trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/</span><span class="invisible">item_search?q=(%23oa.trump+OR+%23oa.epa)+AND+%23oa.trump</span></a></p><p>But note that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> calls for both (1) this older kind of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> openwashing and (2) direct, unembargoed <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> (or <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccess</span></a>) to EPA-funded research, echoing the Biden-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. See p 439: "Add teeth to long-standing executive orders, memoranda, recommendations, and other policies to require that EPA regulations are based on transparent, reproducible science as well as that the data and publications resulting from taxpayer-funded activities are made immediately available to the public."<br><a href="https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static.project2025.org/2025_Ma</span><span class="invisible">ndateForLeadership_FULL.pdf</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <br>We honestly don't know yet. On the one hand, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has taken down govt science sites and datasets in his first and second terms. On the other hand, his Office of Science and Technology Policy (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a>) drafted an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy for federal agencies much like the one later adopted by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> OSTP through the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. He could have stopped those OSTP efforts but he didn't. As the time came to make a decision and perhaps sign off on it, he was entangled in impeachment hearings. One way to read these conflicting trends is that he takes down science he has ideological reasons to dislike (e.g. on climate and gender) but doesn't oppose OA as such. Or, since he probably has no opinion about OA as such, the advisors he trusts might not oppose OA as such. For example, one passage in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> (p. 439) supports OA for EPA-funded research. We'll have to wait and see. </p><p>More details on both of this tension.<br><a href="https://bit.ly/TrumpOA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/TrumpOA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The Dept of Defense (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>) just released the implementation plan for its upgraded <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy under the Biden-era <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.<br><a href="https://discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discover.dtic.mil/wp-content/u</span><span class="invisible">ploads/2024/12/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Dec_2024.pdf</span></a></p><p>This is the first fed agency action of its kind since <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office. Note that, so far, this work has not stopped or changed.</p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lavaeolus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sparc</span></a></span> <br>Got it. Just tried to help and then realized that the current policy pages are being replaced to live up to new Biden-era standards (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>) and respond to public comments. Those changes are improvements and not mandated by Trump officials. We should wait for the new and final policy pages to be posted before tracking them for this purpose. Sorry.</p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lavaeolus</span></a></span> <br>Sure. I'd start with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccess</span></a>) policies at federal research-funding agencies. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sparc</span></a></span>) made this guide a few years ago and it's still useful. But SPARC will soon upgrade it (or create an alternative) to include the new policies mandated by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>. <br><a href="https://researchsharing.sparcopen.org/articles/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">researchsharing.sparcopen.org/</span><span class="invisible">articles/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> just released the final version of its upgraded <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-science-policies-and-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/nasa-science-policies</span><span class="invisible">-and-reports/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The US National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>) just updated its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide. The guide includes the latest draft NSF <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> requirements to comply with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/papp/pappg26_1/FedReg/draftpappg_dec2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/papp/p</span><span class="invisible">appg26_1/FedReg/draftpappg_dec2024.pdf</span></a></p><p>The new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> requirements are open for public comments until Feb 10, 2025.<br><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/12/2024-29244/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2024/12/12/2024-29244/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward</span></a></p>
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