The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy has issued two calls for public comment. One deals with policies for access to journal articles reporting on federally funded research. This is somewhat similar to a call that was issued last year. The second covers policies related preservation, access and reuse of data created as part of federally funded research programs. I believe that one or both of these topics are of interest to many institutions and individuals within the CNI community, and that our community has a great deal of good advice and insight to offer OSTP.

These calls can be found at

http://federalregister.gov/a/2011-28621 (data)

and

http://federalregister.gov/a/2011-28623 (publications)

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI