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Mon Nov 9, 2015, 06:43 AM Nov 2015

When Is NASA Going To Provide Open Access To Published Research Results?

http://nasawatch.com/archives/2015/11/when-is-nasa-go.html

When Is NASA Going To Provide Open Access To Published Research Results?
By Keith Cowing on November 7, 2015 3:06 PM. 10 Comments

Fully Opening NASA Research Data To The Public, SpaceRef

"In 2013 The White House told NASA and other government agencies that they needed to make the results of their research more readily available to the public. In so doing the White House said that agencies needed to make research publications that had been available only for a fee available for free within 12 months of their publication. The public plaid for this science, the public should have access to it.

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NASA Deputy Chief Scientist Gale Allen was able to provide me with insight into this project. Their intent is ambitious, but if they pull off, NASA will have a substantially enhanced presence online in a way that a much broader audience will be able to access and utilize research results from NASA. Based on my discussion with Allen there is the intent to fully comply with the spirit and intent of what the White House has directed NASA to do."

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