In 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a policy memorandum directing federal agencies to develop policies to make the publications and data resulting from funded research freely available to the public. Not all agencies have stated Open Access policies, but those that do are linked below. The list highlights access solutions for journal articles that are defined as research deliverables, and in the case of the U.S. DOT it is rare that "articles" are defined as deliverables. Typically "reports" are the deliverable. This list will be updated as new information becomes available. Agency examples are listed below.
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Agency
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Article Solution
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Maximum Embargo Period
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ACL/ NIDILRR
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PubMed Central (PMC)
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12 months
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AHRQ
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PMC
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12 months following publication date
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ASPR
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PMC
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12 months
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CDC
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CDC Stacks, using NIHMS submission system
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12 months
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DOD
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Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
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12 months
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DOE
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Public Access Gateway for Energy & Science (PAGES)
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12 months
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DOT
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DOT National Transportation Library (NTL)
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12 months
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FDA
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PMC
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12 months
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IES
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ERIC
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12 months
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NASA
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NASA branded PMC portal
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12 months
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NIST
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PMC interface
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12 months + reserves right to shorten/extend
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NIH
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PMC
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12 months
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NOAA
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NOAA Institutional Repository
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12 months
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NSF
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NSF-PAR
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12 months
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SI
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SRO, CHORUS
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12 months
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USAID
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N/A
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N/A
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USDA
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USDA public access archive system (PubAg)
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12 months
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USGS
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Info.Product Data Sys. (IPDS) & USGS Pubs. Warehouse
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12 months
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VA
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PMC
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12 months
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Note: Original table created by Columbia University Library from a community-sourced document tracking OSTP Responses: http://bit.ly/FedOASummary
