Responses to OSTP directive

All: these developments should inform our discussions of the implementation guidelines, Bernard
FYI: after NASA and USGS, NSF has now published its response to the White House OSTP open access memo: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/public_access/
AAAS reported:
Public Access to NSF-Funded Research. On March 18, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced its plan to promote public access to the results of NSF-sponsored research. While the agency is not building its own public archive, NSF states that accepted manuscripts or versions of record must be publicly available in an approved repository within 12 months of publication. Availability signifies that any user can download, read, and analyze the data free of charge. This will apply to “ ew awards resulting from proposals submitted, or due, on or after the effective date of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that will be issued in January 2016."
The NASA response is available here: http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2014/12/05/NASA_Plan_for_incr...
The USGS Data Management Policy References are available on this page (http://www.usgs.gov/datamanagement/policyreferences.php ). They include the following updated "Instructional Memos":
IM OSQI 2015.01 - Scientific Data Management Foundation (http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/im/IM-OSQI-2015-01.html )
IM OSQI 2015.02 - Metadata for Scientific Data, Software, and Other Information Products (http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/im/IM-OSQI-2015-02.html )
IM OSQI 2015.03 - Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release (http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/im/IM-OSQI-2015-03.html )
IM OSQI 2015.04 - Preservation Requirements for Digital Scientific Data (http://www.usgs.gov/usgs-manual/im/IM-OSQI-2015-04.html )